Animals in your area ?

[Ritajanice]

I forgot to mention rats and mice, mice have gotten into my loft, they seem to have left.

Huge rats under my decking, I think it was to do with me feeding the birds, so I’ve stopped doing that reluctantly as I loved watching my birds feed.

 

[talons]

Variety of birds; crows, buzzards, jays, wood-peckers, humming, mocking, gulls, sparrows, road-runners, cranes, cardinals, others…

Mocking birds that live in our yard , we have an above ground swimming pool and my wife will take a timer with her that will beep . Walking to the pool one day I heard the timer beep and thought , what ? ? Mocking birds having fun , LOL !

 

[amigo de christo]

The other night, the Sneaky Labrador started barking at about 11 p.m. A big deer was out front munching on the pansies I'd just planted. If it wasn't illegal to discharge a firearm inside city limits, that deer head would be mounted above the fireplace.

I once hit a deer at 65 MPH on the freeway. Caused $3000 worth of damage to the front end of my Mazda. The deer was totaled.

We have native forest behind the house, so we see a good variety of critters like squirrels, 'possums, raccoons, skunks, snakes, bats, herons, hawks, buzzards... The Sweet Lady says she's even seen a fox or two.

Back in Colorado, our house was close to the Rocky Mountains. I never saw any, but my dad and my brother have seen bears and mountain lions. (And my brother texted me a picture of the bear for proof.)

Now, when we lived down in Florida, there were alligators in almost every open body of water. I remember taking the kids to a wildlife refuge, and there was a family there whose little boy was chunking rocks at a 'gator while their little girl was trying to poke it with a stick. The parents just stood there watching. The father says to me, in the most delightful British accent, "Excuse me, sir. That animal - is it dangerous?" I guess you don't have much experience with alligators in the UK.

That british accent could have changed tone into a shriek of terror had that ol gator clamped down on that boy or girl .
Excuse me sir is that animal dangerous . COUNT THE TEETH IN ITS SKULL that alone looks dangerous enough .

 

[amigo de christo]

I would have done the same as your Son..Bless Him.

why waste the meat . of course if folks dont know how to dress it and etc , well it makes sense to say no

 

[amigo de christo]

I forgot to mention rats and mice, mice have gotten into my loft, they seem to have left.

Huge rats under my decking, I think it was to do with me feeding the birds, so I’ve stopped doing that reluctantly as I loved watching my birds feed.

i have often had rats and mice in the attic that come down into the house .
When they do i introduce them to my two friends . a russian blue and a big ol siamese .
say hello to my little friends . that siamese will get them quick .

 

[Rita]

why waste the meat . of course if folks dont know how to dress it and etc , well it makes sense to say no

Most of us don’t experience hunting or killing animals in the U.K, so seeing the animal destroyed put both my son and daughter in law off having any meat from the animal. I am Sure others would have benefitted from the meat, so it wouldn’t have been wasted x

 

[Debp]

Wonderful posts.

Coyote packs and javelina herds in and around our neighborhood. By the way: they do not share with “their brothers”—lots of squabbling when they feed (just a reminder that we, too, are social mammals, but when we listen to God to share and care, we are truly living in His image).

Birds: doves, fat quail, finches, cactus wrens, and the hilarious Gila woodpeckers. At the feeders, they spray seed everywhere, to the delight of the ground-scratchers. They also dominate the hummingbird feeder, to the annoyance of the hummingbirds (4 year-round species).

Bird predators: lovely owls and feisty hawks. One can always tell when the latter have been in the birdbath: there is tell-tale grease on the surface.

Nature’s bounty: Thank you, God!

Blessings.

When I used to visit my uncle in Phoenix, Arizona many years ago, there was a Chameleon in the bathroom. He said they often would get into his home.

It disappeared. I wouldn't have been good at catching it to release it outside.

He also had a Woodpecker always pecking his home.

When my uncle and Grandma used to rent a house in Phoenix, there were lots of Black Widow spiders on the back patio.

 

[VictoryinJesus]

Same as others. Deer, coyote, squirrels, feral cats, skunks, possums, chipmunks, beavers, woodpeckers, bobcats, fox …the strangest thing I’ve seen in my yard is a Spicebush swallowtail caterpillar. It looked like it had eyes and belonged in a cartoon. at the time I couldn’t tell if it was a snake or a caterpillar.

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[Marvelloustime]

i have often had rats and mice in the attic that come down into the house .
When they do i introduce them to my two friends . a russian blue and a big ol siamese .
say hello to my little friends . that siamese will get them quick .

@amigo de christo is spotted.

 

[Marvelloustime]

I also have an animal in my area. I have a brother, whom I do bible reads with, hears this animal on the phone every day. It’s orange and white and got four legs. Goes by the name of Izzy, haha.

 

[Bob]

Rabbits, Fox, deer, owls,cows, squirrel, bulls, Badger, Pheasant,Crow, Magpie, Blue Tit, snakes ,adder, grass snake, slow worm, otters, Blackbird, Swans, Black Swan, Ferrell cats.Ducks, chickens, Moles,Lama,wild ponies,Horses, Goats,sheep.Lambs.Ferret.

Wow: is the Tibetan monk domesticated or feral? (A llama is a beast, but a lama is a priest!)

What is a “slow worm”?

Do they all outnumber the people? (Not necessarily bad)

Much love

 

[Ritajanice]

Wow: is the Tibetan monk domesticated or feral? (A llama is a beast, but a lama is a priest!)

What is a “slow worm”?

Do they all outnumber the people? (Not necessarily bad)

Much love

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What is a slow worm UK?
While slow worms may look like snakes, they are actually legless lizards. They have a smooth, glossy, grey or brown cylindrical body and, unlike snakes, a flat forked tongue, eyelids and a tail which sheds when under attack. The tail will carry on moving even when it has been shed in order to distract the predator

 

[amigo de christo]

Wow: is the Tibetan monk domesticated or feral? (A llama is a beast, but a lama is a priest!)

What is a “slow worm”?

Do they all outnumber the people? (Not necessarily bad)

Much love

Whether or not a Tibetan monk is domesticated or feral i know not . But i do know THEY are DECEIVED .

 

[Debp]

I also have an animal in my area. I have a brother, whom I do bible reads with, hears this animal on the phone every day. It’s orange and white and got four legs. Goes by the name of Izzy, haha.

Nice to hear about your life there.

At first I thought your brother was the animal! Lol

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What is a slow worm UK?
While slow worms may look like snakes, they are actually legless lizards. They have a smooth, glossy, grey or brown cylindrical body and, unlike snakes, a flat forked tongue, eyelids and a tail which sheds when under attack. The tail will carry on moving even when it has been shed in order to distract the predator

Oh, that's a creepy looking fellow. Are they very big?

 

[Ritajanice]

Nice to hear about your life there.

At first I thought your brother was the animal! Lol


Oh, that's a creepy looking fellow. Are they very big?

Quite small Sis, it’s the adders that concern me in the summer, they are in the woods, heathland....they even bathe in the sun...along countryside paths.thankfully that is the only venomous snake in U.K.

As children we used to play over the common, where they were rife, we played hide and seek, in the bracken, my friend got bit by one, ...they aren’t as poisonous as some snakes, like a rattlesnake, ...



Adder.

Do Adders Exist in The UK?​

A 13-year-old was rushed to hospital following a bite by an adder while he was running along dunes with his 15-year-old sister near Pwllheli beach.

A three-year-old boy was also rushed to hospital after being bitten by an adder while walking his dogs in a field near Rhosneigr, Anglesey.

Unsurprisingly, most first aid courses will not cover adder bites here in the UK. So here is some information that might one day, prove useful.

So How Common & How Dangerous Are UK Adder Bites?​

According to the NHS website about 100 adder bites are reported in the UK every year.

Most bites happen between June and August, with the number of bites peaking during July.

According to the Forestry Commission website, no one has ever died from an adder bite in the UK for over 20 years.

 

[Reggie Belafonte]

Their eating the Dogs and Cats around here.
Na just joking !
But i did see a Sausage Dog wraped in a Hot Dog bun suit of late.
Cats are going missing tho around here, next door and one 3 streets away went missing. you would think that they would come back.

 

[Skovand]

Beautiful Wolf Spider species.
Banded Garden Spider
Golden Silk Orb Weaver

 

[Skovand]

Also a handful of beautiful snakes.

Gray Rat Snake.

Much larger one.



Eastern Mud Snake



One of the banded water snakes.

Lastly for now. The cute spicy black racer.

 

[Debp]

Also a handful of beautiful snakes.

Gray Rat Snake.
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Much larger one.
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Eastern Mud Snake
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One of the banded water snakes.
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Lastly for now. The cute spicy black racer. View attachment 53515

Is that you in the photos of the spiders and snakes? If so, are they native to Alabama?

One of my cousins moved to Montgomery, Alabama, a few years ago from NJ.

 

[Lambano]

Much larger one.

You sure that's not an Eastern Diamondback? I saw one in Florida; them suckas are huge! (And I bloody well wouldn't pick one up.)