I hope it was a case of a fox having a meal. Strange that I like cats but they are very cruel creatures. I just can't tolerate their torturing a critter to death. If the cat is hungry it will kill the mouse or bird and eat it but that isn't the case in the area. I quite regularly find tortured mice left on my lawn.
I went out to put more seed into the bird feeders on Christmas day and under one feeder, in front of my GH, I found a big rabbit laying there, dead as a fence post. No blood, no sign of a fight, very thin though. I am thinking that it was just very old. I know once in a while I will see a dying sparrow spend all its time left sitting right at the bird feeder. Maybe a dying rabbit will stay at a food source when it's so weak.
Yes, it's got a bigger cousin the grey, both are eastern squirrels and not native here in western Canada. I believe they have pretty much pushed our little native red squirrel out of the city.
Long Tailed Tits come into our garden mob-handed. Suddenly there is a twittering and a squawking, and there they are, taking over the feeding station. Then - as suddenly as they arrived they are gone. Shame - they are such pretty birds: it's a pleasure to have them as visitors.
Hosta, what a fab picture, and you are so lucky to get them all in one shot. We do have them here - usually 5 or 6 at a time and they twitter as they fly from willow to silver birch trees but never on our bird feeders.
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I hope it was a case of a fox having a meal. Strange that I like cats but they are very cruel creatures. I just can't tolerate their torturing a critter to death. If the cat is hungry it will kill the mouse or bird and eat it but that isn't the case in the area. I quite regularly find tortured mice left on my lawn.
Activity at my bird feeders today.
I went out to put more seed into the bird feeders on Christmas day and under one feeder, in front of my GH, I found a big rabbit laying there, dead as a fence post. No blood, no sign of a fight, very thin though. I am thinking that it was just very old. I know once in a while I will see a dying sparrow spend all its time left sitting right at the bird feeder. Maybe a dying rabbit will stay at a food source when it's so weak.
Yes, it's got a bigger cousin the grey, both are eastern squirrels and not native here in western Canada. I believe they have pretty much pushed our little native red squirrel out of the city.
Not a problem, the black ones are here every day and allll day. I'll have a picture as soon as the sun is up.lol
These wee guys come and go en masse, never singly. Sorry
for repeating photo from another thread.
long tailed tits.
Long Tailed Tits come into our garden mob-handed. Suddenly there is a twittering and a squawking, and there they are, taking over the feeding station. Then - as suddenly as they arrived they are gone. Shame - they are such pretty birds: it's a pleasure to have them as visitors.
Hosta, what a fab picture, and you are so lucky to get them all in one shot. We do have them here - usually 5 or 6 at a time and they twitter as they fly from willow to silver birch trees but never on our bird feeders.