Oh deer

I lost my trail cam for a while. I forgot which tree I put it on. Honestly I forgot it was on a tree and not on a stand. I doused myself in bug spray and dove into the summer woods looking for it, and found it right where I left it last time. Hm.

Any who, there will be trail cam pics for a couple days.

Photo description: night vision photo of a doe eating leaves

Squirrel dump

Today I present a photo dump full of squirrels. These are all taken from my breakfast table, looking out to the back yard over the last couple of months.

Photo description: squirrel standing on a bird ladder eating corn
Photo description: squirrel telling me that the corn is out and demanding to speak to a manager
Photo description: squirrel standing on the grape vine rail and looking at the top of a post for peanuts
Photo description: young squirrel using the deer antler screwed to the tree as a perch for eating corn
Photo description: squirrel hanging from a repurposed chick feeder eating bird seed

Woodpeckers

Here are some more pictures from the back yard, woodpecker edition. I was surprised to see that we have two different species.

Photo description: Downy woodpecker (ID by iNaturalist) clinging to the rim of a hanging bird feeder
Photo description: Red-bellied Woodpecker (ID from iNaturalist community) clinging to the side of a Post Oak tree

It is neat to watch the woodpeckers hop around the bark of a tree, listening. Even though my feeders target squirrels, we have had an increase in woodpecker sightings since installing the hanging feeders.

Eastern Phoebe

Here is another set of pictures taking from my kitchen with my digital camera. I watched this little Eastern Phoebe beat the katydid against the railing several times, then swallow it whole. Wow.

Photo description: Eastern Phoebe with a green katydid in its beak
Photo description: Eastern Phoebe with a green katydid in its beak, different angle
Photo description: Eastern Phoebe swallowing the katydid, the insect parts can just be seen inside the beak
Photo description: Eastern Phoebe finishing swallowing
Photo description: Deed done. Phoebe fed.

Oh deer!

We have been taking pictures with my Canon digital camera out the back door but I only just downloaded for the last month. Hm. I found the deer pictures my eldest took, when she spotted a doe in the back woods!

Photo description: deer in the backwoods, squirrel tree circus in foreground
Photo description: Zoom in on the deer, watching the house

Do I ever see deer in the yard with my own eyes? No. I see them on camera: either the trail cam or someone else’s picture. Hm.