Juncos and More

I loved all the comments I had on my last Wednesday post (which I also linked to Friday and Saturday linkups) so I am doing so again this week.  Today I am linking to Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday.  On Friday will be Tom's Willy Nilly Friday Five and on Saturday Eileen's Saturday's Critters. Though I am unable to see any of my comments on blogger, I have been posting a link to my blog post on my facebook page, and I can read all the comments there!   Love hearing what everyone has to say!

As for the Juvenile Scrub Jays, they tend to descend upon my suet feeder in gangs!   I sometimes count fifteen or more at once! They swoop in, eat it all, and leave! :-)   Not sure why.  Finneas is a beautiful cat (and sweet part of the time, but he does like to bite!) and I love sharing him too.  Anyway, keep visiting me and commenting!   I love hearing from you all!

1.  The juncos have been fairly frequent visitors lately:

2.  And towhees:

3.  Red-tail in a field with prey:

4.  More of the Juvenile Scrub Jays:

with Northern Flicker also

 5.  Mule Deer in a field at Palisades Cove:

Rascals!

These rascals were after the nectar feeders, believe it or not!   Once before I'd had a feeder knocked off a pole and thought perhaps a deer had been nosing it and it had fallen in the dirt.  But, that feeder was a casualty again on this night of the rascally raccoon pair along with a turned over planter that had a small nectar feeder on a pole stuck down in the dirt.  I've had to do some re-arranging since that night....

Also want to share a few photos of cottontails in my back yard, just hanging out. All planting in my yard has to be carefully surrounded by chicken wire and netting to keep these guys and the deer from snacking ...

Joining Eileen's Saturday's Critters:
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You can barely see the second one as they make their escape.

The Young Buck

I came home one day and went out onto the deck to hang new suet in the feeder, and spied this beautiful young buck below in the yard.  He seemed very curious about what I was doing, so I broke a corner off one suet cake and let it drop to the ground.  When I went inside to get the camera, he was lapping it up.  I got several photos of the lovely sweet guy before he sauntered off.  For Eileen's Saturday Critters:
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Look at that beautiful face!

Looking up at the suet feeder

More of the Mule Deer

For Eileen's Saturday's Critters, here are more of the mule deer. All these shots were taken through the deck fencing.

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Can't reach my itch!

Such a sweet face!

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Where'd everybody go?

A short video to enjoy...

More Mule Deer at the House

For Eileen's Saturday's Critters, more of our mule deer visitors:

Deer Oh Deer!

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We see the mule deer so often.  Someone said we needed to "tell them it's hunting season so they can go hide." :-)   But, we actually live on a 12,000 acre ranch that is an animal preserve, and that's why they are so bold.  I have to put fencing around anything I plant in the yard...but it's worth it!

Beautiful boy!   Look at his grass stem snack! :-)

Two buddies sticking together

Deer Me!

For Eileen's Saturday's Critters I have some more mule deer photos to share!

two little ones through the deck fence

 

"Just passing by" the side of the house

Resting doe and magpie

"Hey, what's this?  There's seed or something up here!"

Just out of reach

 

and a short video I forgot to include before when I posted the deer buck under the deck....