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Show your Bugs and Critters
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Thank you ! I don’t know much about them , we do not have them in my area . Dan
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I don't get out much, but when I have, I have not seen any dead birds or geese. We have a lot of both here usually, and it seems like the numbers are a bit low. I have seen geese waddling around looking for something to eat. There used to be thousands of them 1/2 mile away, but the fools built homes on the farm they used to get corn from, and now the geese go elsewhere.Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 8:02 amIDNR is asking not to use feeders and baths until May 31 . I haven’t seen any dead birds in my area . Hummingbirds are back as of yesterday and had a Grosbeak in yard last two days . DanNaperville wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:08 pmIf you have dishes and fountains set out for birds, pick them up, empty and clean them with bleach. You may be adding to birds with Bird Flu.
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Last year, I found a dead crow under a tree in my backyard, no obvious cause of death. I called animal control to come get it, but they weren't going to. So I sprayed the carcass with Raid, put it in a Glad trash bag, and put it into the trash bin.
Not sure why I shared that...
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Not sure why I shared that...
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At least you didn’t eat Crow ! Sorry I need to stop my puns . DanJames Y wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:46 pmLast year, I found a dead crow under a tree in my backyard, no obvious cause of death. I called animal control to come get it, but they weren't going to. So I sprayed the carcass with Raid, put it in a Glad trash bag, and put it into the trash bin.
Not sure why I shared that...
Jim
MNOSD 0002 / Do more than is required of you . Patton
Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:54 pmAt least you didn’t eat Crow ! Sorry I need to stop my puns . DanJames Y wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:46 pmLast year, I found a dead crow under a tree in my backyard, no obvious cause of death. I called animal control to come get it, but they weren't going to. So I sprayed the carcass with Raid, put it in a Glad trash bag, and put it into the trash bin.
Not sure why I shared that...
Jim
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Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
I first time through I read this quickly and read COW, not crow…James Y wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 1:18 pmManixguy@1994 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:54 pmAt least you didn’t eat Crow ! Sorry I need to stop my puns . DanJames Y wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:46 pmLast year, I found a dead crow under a tree in my backyard, no obvious cause of death. I called animal control to come get it, but they weren't going to. So I sprayed the carcass with Raid, put it in a Glad trash bag, and put it into the trash bin.
Not sure why I shared that...
Jim
Jim
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
A snake swam up to our campsite a few years ago with a fish in its mouth. My wife thought it was awesome...I was terrified and left, she actually took this picture hahah. I DO NOT do snakes.
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1 - Bradford Guardian 3 / Vanadis 4E Wharnie
1 - Monterey Bay Knives Slayback Flipper / ZDP 189
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31/Macassar Ebony Inlays
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Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
That is an awesome picture. And pretty rare to see in person.
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Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
I may have added too many filters, but was trying to make the snake pop out of the water a bit more.
We were sitting in our lawn chairs by the water, listening to music and having drinks watching the kid rub 2 sticks together thinking she was going to start a fire and all the sudden I saw movement in the water. My wife looks at me and says, I'm pretty sure that's a snake. It came closer and closer, once I realized what it was and it was about 10 feet from us I got up and went back to the picnic table haha! She said it ate that fish, sat there for a minute and then swam back out. Pretty cool I guess, but still gives me the chills just thinking about it. The fact she was this close to that thing
I was much more timid in the kayak after that!
We were sitting in our lawn chairs by the water, listening to music and having drinks watching the kid rub 2 sticks together thinking she was going to start a fire and all the sudden I saw movement in the water. My wife looks at me and says, I'm pretty sure that's a snake. It came closer and closer, once I realized what it was and it was about 10 feet from us I got up and went back to the picnic table haha! She said it ate that fish, sat there for a minute and then swam back out. Pretty cool I guess, but still gives me the chills just thinking about it. The fact she was this close to that thing
I was much more timid in the kayak after that!
15 's in 10 different steels
1 - Bradford Guardian 3 / Vanadis 4E Wharnie
1 - Monterey Bay Knives Slayback Flipper / ZDP 189
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31/Macassar Ebony Inlays
1 - CRK Large Inkosi Insingo/ Black Micarta Inlays
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31 Insingo/Magnacut
-Rick
1 - Bradford Guardian 3 / Vanadis 4E Wharnie
1 - Monterey Bay Knives Slayback Flipper / ZDP 189
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31/Macassar Ebony Inlays
1 - CRK Large Inkosi Insingo/ Black Micarta Inlays
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31 Insingo/Magnacut
-Rick
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Your wife is the Ultimate Babe !
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Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Looks like it is eating something similar to a walking catfish.TkoK83Spy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 2:50 pmI may have added too many filters, but was trying to make the snake pop out of the water a bit more.
We were sitting in our lawn chairs by the water, listening to music and having drinks watching the kid rub 2 sticks together thinking she was going to start a fire and all the sudden I saw movement in the water. My wife looks at me and says, I'm pretty sure that's a snake. It came closer and closer, once I realized what it was and it was about 10 feet from us I got up and went back to the picnic table haha! She said it ate that fish, sat there for a minute and then swam back out. Pretty cool I guess, but still gives me the chills just thinking about it. The fact she was this close to that thing
I was much more timid in the kayak after that!
I posted some closer shots on page one, but if you ever need some encouragement on catching them, just let me know. I am here for you. This one was about 4-5ft long. I caught it so the kids at camp could touch it.
- Jeff
May your feet be warm and dry and your throat warm with whiskey. A knife in hand or in the sock band.
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May your feet be warm and dry and your throat warm with whiskey. A knife in hand or in the sock band.
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I saw a pair of Walking. At fish many years ago when I was heavy into Aquariums . There was a premier fish shop run by a couple in Bloomington that was run only by word of mouth . I got to be friends with them and they took me to a back room where they bred fish and some oddities . On a counter they had a pair of the Walking Catfish , I had read about them and knew they were invasive . They told me they were tracked by Feds and were told they could keep them but were forbidden to sell or gift them to anyone . Interesting fish but bad news . DanJSumm wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 4:42 pmLooks like it is eating something similar to a walking catfish.TkoK83Spy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 2:50 pmI may have added too many filters, but was trying to make the snake pop out of the water a bit more.
We were sitting in our lawn chairs by the water, listening to music and having drinks watching the kid rub 2 sticks together thinking she was going to start a fire and all the sudden I saw movement in the water. My wife looks at me and says, I'm pretty sure that's a snake. It came closer and closer, once I realized what it was and it was about 10 feet from us I got up and went back to the picnic table haha! She said it ate that fish, sat there for a minute and then swam back out. Pretty cool I guess, but still gives me the chills just thinking about it. The fact she was this close to that thing
I was much more timid in the kayak after that!
I posted some closer shots on page one, but if you ever need some encouragement on catching them, just let me know. I am here for you. This one was about 4-5ft long. I caught it so the kids at camp could touch it.
MNOSD 0002 / Do more than is required of you . Patton
Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Growing up in Florida they were so bad in our family pond that I would not release them after catching.
- Jeff
May your feet be warm and dry and your throat warm with whiskey. A knife in hand or in the sock band.
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May your feet be warm and dry and your throat warm with whiskey. A knife in hand or in the sock band.
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With their auxiliary air bladder they can go anywhere . Poison a pond they hop out and search for another body of water .
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Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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Don’t feel bad , I have a phobia with Rats .TkoK83Spy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 2:50 pmI may have added too many filters, but was trying to make the snake pop out of the water a bit more.
We were sitting in our lawn chairs by the water, listening to music and having drinks watching the kid rub 2 sticks together thinking she was going to start a fire and all the sudden I saw movement in the water. My wife looks at me and says, I'm pretty sure that's a snake. It came closer and closer, once I realized what it was and it was about 10 feet from us I got up and went back to the picnic table haha! She said it ate that fish, sat there for a minute and then swam back out. Pretty cool I guess, but still gives me the chills just thinking about it. The fact she was this close to that thing
I was much more timid in the kayak after that!
MNOSD 0002 / Do more than is required of you . Patton
Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
15 's in 10 different steels
1 - Bradford Guardian 3 / Vanadis 4E Wharnie
1 - Monterey Bay Knives Slayback Flipper / ZDP 189
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31/Macassar Ebony Inlays
1 - CRK Large Inkosi Insingo/ Black Micarta Inlays
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31 Insingo/Magnacut
-Rick
1 - Bradford Guardian 3 / Vanadis 4E Wharnie
1 - Monterey Bay Knives Slayback Flipper / ZDP 189
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31/Macassar Ebony Inlays
1 - CRK Large Inkosi Insingo/ Black Micarta Inlays
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31 Insingo/Magnacut
-Rick
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No photo, but a story that's a little gross. One day, maybe about a year ago, I was out front trimming the bird of paradise plant, when I kept stepping on and off something that felt like a rubbery pit or berry in the grass. I didn't think much of it, and kept thinking it's probably some plant matter. At one point I looked down, and it was a rat's head. Where was the rest of it? I then looked around. I spotted its headless body and semi-dried blood in the street. I have no idea what got it. A cat? The rat was a big one. Do cats kill rats that big? Had a hawk or an owl gotten it? The body hadn't been there a few hours earlier.
Anyway, I bagged the head and the body, sealed it, then took the bag down the alley and tossed it in someone else's trash receptacle several houses down. I hadn't wanted it sitting in my own trash receptacle. I'm a bit squeamish of rats (and cockroaches).
Jim
Anyway, I bagged the head and the body, sealed it, then took the bag down the alley and tossed it in someone else's trash receptacle several houses down. I hadn't wanted it sitting in my own trash receptacle. I'm a bit squeamish of rats (and cockroaches).
Jim