I was surprised the squirrel would be so bold as to stand still there while I got closer with the camera. Since we lost Cadbury they’ve had no worries, as Roxie generally can’t be bothered to chase them. But yesterday, Jammer the new dog arrived, so perhaps they’ll learn to be a bit more cautious.
Mammals
Frost on the pumpkin
Mid-morning, new year’s eve. Apparently the deer don’t eat dead pumpkin.
Front lawn by day
Automated slideshow of about a dozen shots, Oct 22 and 24, about 5pm both days. Scroll down a bit to see the whole frame. Rapidly left-click the picture to speed things up.
Front lawn after hours
Automated slideshow of several dozen shots, Oct 15-20. Scroll down a bit to see the whole picture. Rapidly left-click on the picture to speed things up.
Tomato Cage
Elspeth designed this tomato cage for Sandy’s birthday, and I helped her and Tim put it up last weekend, though not quite all the chicken wire is up yet, and it still needs a door at the back. Maybe next year some of the tomatoes will come to us instead of the squirrels.
Growing tomatoes
Have you seen the net we put up to keep the humans out of the tomatoes?
Mouse(?) at midnight
On the bluebird nesting box by the well.
Inspecting the quality of the rototilling
Still no luck with the owl box
Still no luck with the owl box, nor with the Wildview camera, really. I removed the second squirrel nest and installed fresh bedding of a few wood chips, leaves, etc. And since the camera had this time failed to get a single shot of the squirrel coming and going, I moved it to a tree five feet closer, even though it’s now going to be pointing close to the setting sun.
Here’s the Wildview camera:
Squatters in the owl box
Too windy to put up the ladder today, but maybe tomorrow I’ll again evict the squirrels who have been filling Sandy’s owl box with twigs. (Photographed on maximum zoom with the Kodak Z740, from the front porch, about 200′ from the nesting box.)