Animal friendships

[jackflash]

I'll try. The buzzards get a little spooked when I try to photo them as me walking toward them is seen as a threat I guess. I call them buzzards but they are really black vultures. The turkey buzzards sometimes show up but they don't socialize or stay long. I am pretty close to an interstate connector with lots of woods and such so the big birds hang out waiting for food to be roadkilled. They started roosting about 5 years ago when we had something kill two large elm trees. They started sitting up in them. After I cut them down, the damn birds just kept coming back. They are worse in winter than summer though. I have had as many as 50, but only a couple are here everyday all year. They are mostly here in the mornings when it is cold as they sun themselves on my roofs and open field to warm up. When it is scorching like it has been, they like to partake of the water we put out for the cats.

My cats are rather used to critters. Besides the vultures, there are 3 foxes running around the street every night, raccoons are not unusual, possums are always scurrying around at night, and we have anywhere between 1 and a dozen deer at a time walking around the yard in the later afternoon and at night. We are woods adjacent, have a field, and have a small pond. I just think it is funny the vultures stand around the cats' water bowl.

Dekster; down in Redland Oregon we had some BIG black birds that folks called "Turkey Vultures", but ours had whiteish colored wings. Do the vultures that u see have the whiteish colored wings? I had forgotten all about the Turkey vultures until U just mentioned them so I just checked them out online. The soaring vulture image in the link below I instantly remembered them from my memory. They were always HIGH(4-500 ft.) in the air circling in a disorganized pack(gaggle?). We figured they had @ least a 4'/4-1/2 wide wingspan. Now I find out they have a wing span up to 70" like that's pretty near a SIX FOOT wide wing span like yikes!!!

Raptor | bird

Raptor, in general, any bird of prey; the term raptor is sometimes restricted to birds of the order Falconiformes (hawks, eagles, falcons, and their allies). See bird of

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I've gotta ask U, what species of deer do U have on your property???

 

[jackflash]

Are baby donkeys the cutest or what? I love so many things about this.

YES!!!

 

[jackflash]

I can PERSONALLY VOUCH for the Jersey's!!!

 

[Dekster]

Dekster; down in Redland Oregon we had some BIG black birds that folks called "Turkey Vultures", but ours had whiteish colored wings. Do the vultures that u see have the whiteish colored wings? I had forgotten all about the Turkey vultures until U just mentioned them so I just checked them out online. The soaring vulture image in the link below I instantly remembered them from my memory. They were always HIGH(4-500 ft.) in the air circling in a disorganized pack(gaggle?). We figured they had @ least a 4'/4-1/2 wide wingspan. Now I find out they have a wing span up to 70" like that's pretty near a SIX FOOT wide wing span like yikes!!!

Raptor | bird

Raptor, in general, any bird of prey; the term raptor is sometimes restricted to birds of the order Falconiformes (hawks, eagles, falcons, and their allies). See bird of

www.britannica.com

I've gotta ask U, what species of deer do U have on your property???

All our deer are blah white tails. We do occasionally get a few turkey vultures mixed in the flock in winter, but our everyday ones are black vultures. The turkey vultures are more brown with red on their heads and beak in these parts. The fox have moved on since I originally posted that. Haven't seen them in awhile.

 

[buttercup]

 

[jackflash]

All our deer are blah white tails. We do occasionally get a few turkey vultures mixed in the flock in winter, but our everyday ones are black vultures. The turkey vultures are more brown with red on their heads and beak in these parts. The fox have moved on since I originally posted that. Haven't seen them in awhile.

Sorry for the raptor image. The turkey vulture image top left that's soaring is what I remember exactly. The bottom images show the black vultures U speak of.

Turkey Vulture Similar Species to, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Similar looking birds to Turkey Vulture: Zone-tailed Hawk Adult, Black Vulture Adult, Black Vulture Adult, Bald Eagle Adult, Golden Eagle Adult, Red-tailed Hawk Adult (borealis)

www.allaboutbirds.org

Yeah, I hear ya on the "blah White-Tailed" deer. Up here in eastern Washington we really got a mixed bag of desert Mulies, generic White- Tailed deer(all look the same) & of course the high country Mule deer. Below; the night life in Spokane Washington:

Oh deer! Viewer footage shows deer in downtown Spokane

A viewer sent KHQ video of deer running in downtown Spokane. Right now, it's not clear if they were going shopping, or running late to a movie, but it sure

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It's no longer just the night life as it's now 24/7 Mulie Heaven;(does heading E. on Sprague Ave. between Stevens St. & Howard St. Spokane Wa.

Mule deer sighting in East Spokane

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A younger-looking buck and doe mule deer took a break from the afternoon summer heat in East Spokane Tuesday to relax in the shade.

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Keep talking as I am all EARS!!!!!!!!;

Deer - PAWSPAWS

Deer are a common sight throughout Washington State, although the species and subspecies of deer varies by region. There are two species and four subspecies of deer that occur in Washington; on the west side of the Cascade Mountains the Columbian Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus...

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Take care, till next time!

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Other than the last minute, I hope people will think about how they view the rest of God's creation, and open their minds to the possibility that all innocent life deserves respect and kindness

 

[jackflash]

I don't know if this is going to show up, because it's a Fedbook video, but i'll try. Look at those faces.

I hear ya on the fedbook like yikes!

 

[jackflash]

I don't know if this is going to show up, because it's a Fedbook video, but i'll try. Look at those faces.

Below; Pets come in all shapes & sizes. If the pet is too big to be an indoor/outdoor pet then one modifies the windows so the pet can be a 1/3 indoor/outdoor pet!



Below; Lake-Wolf Creamery Jersey calf having the time of her life! It's an absolute impossibility to be around these lil tykes & not fall in love with them!

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[buttercup]

Below; Pets come in all shapes & sizes. If the pet is too big to be an indoor/outdoor pet then one modifies the windows so the pet can be a 1/3 indoor/outdoor pet!



Below; Lake-Wolf Creamery Jersey calf having the time of her life! It's an absolute impossibility to be around these lil tykes & not fall in love with them!

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What an adorable little guy! Reminds of me this, speaking of animal friendships

 

[SootedUpCyndi]

What an adorable little guy! Reminds of me this, speaking of animal friendships


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Leave animals alone- and they get along better then humans. How cute. HI! you're the buttercup and i bet you get along with bread.?

 

[jackflash]

What an adorable little guy! Reminds of me this, speaking of animal friendships


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The farm creatures they are just so beautifully/totally innocent! Not just farm creatures but also many wild & also wild but domesticated to a person/family type creatures. The below vid was taken by the counterpart of Marlis Jermutus(Lord bless her soul) from the Pelorian Pages site. Their deer are called "California Mulies" & they are the product of the Columbian Black-Tailed deer & the Rocky Mountain Mule deer hooking up together. Below @ 1:18 into the vid Zippy is getting excited as she rounds a pine & breaks into a mild/brief "stotting" show. At 1:34 into the vid after receiving a double shot of her babies love ZIPPY breaks into a classic full stotting(think popcorn popping) show though briefly. When it comes to the stotting it's limited to only 3 species of deer, California Mulies, Columbian Black Tailed & of course the big Rocky Mountain Mule Deer.

Pelorian Pages

Pelorian Digital: abnormal normality when normally abnormal. Wild Deer Wild Abstract Artist Marlis Jermutus Wild Writer and Futurist Robert Anton Wilson and other wild people, places and things.

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[buttercup]

 

[jackflash]

Chocolate Labs, how could it get any better? I had two of the Black labs like who cares about the color as it's the pooch that counts. Those eyes of theirs ring of faithful & true with heavy on the LUV! No matter what size the creatures are it's ALWAYS in the EYES!

 

[jackflash]

Chocolate Labs, how could it get any better? I had two of the Black labs like who cares about the color as it's the pooch that counts. Those eyes of theirs ring of faithful & true with heavy on the LUV! No matter what size the creatures are it's ALWAYS in the EYES!

This cutie pie looks to be a European Roe doe that have the almond shaped eyelids(only deer with almond shaped eyelids). I just so admire folks that have the BIG hearts, & I am absolutely sure that our Boss does to!

 

[buttercup]

This cutie pie looks to be a European Roe doe that have the almond shaped eyelids(only deer with almond shaped eyelids). I just so admire folks that have the BIG hearts, & I am absolutely sure that our Boss does to!

Yes, absolutely, I agree with you on all counts! That poor baby was so scared, but it's always cool to see that at some point during a rescue they begin to understand the human is there to help, not harm them. Seeing animal rescues like this always makes my day.

Btw, I know this is random, but this just came to my mind, it's a beautiful documentary called Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home. I don't know if you'd be interested in watching it, but I'll share it anyway. I love this film... it's both sad and happy (there's one part that makes me cry like a baby, lol) but overall it's uplifting.

The full film is not on YouTube, but you can see it here on their website: Peaceable Kingdom - The Journey Home

Actually, someone uploaded it to YouTube, so here it is for you or anyone who wants to watch it: