Animals in your garden

[Tradewinds]

grouie, I love your photos and videos, you live in a wonderful environment.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

What great shots. Do you know the type of duck you showed. It's the same breed as the one that I saw in Samos

They're Mallard Ducks. The most common species here in the US.

 

[R.R.]

Great pictures everyone! Gosh I would totally hate having monkeys in my backyard...

 

[marlingardener]

Grouie, please keep posting your animal photos--they are fascinating, and so different from what we have around here. Here's a photo of our "next door neighbors":

This is Reba, the longhorn, and her calf Dilemma. Dilemma won't get her horns for a few years yet. Reba has a pretty good spread though. The steer in the background is a shorthorn and is in a different pasture (the separating fence doesn't show).

 

[DeborahJane]

They're Mallard Ducks. The most common species here in the US.

Thanks JB. I'll google it and try to find out a bit more. I'd love to know where he was heading.

 

[DeborahJane]

Peacocks are seen around here often, what with concrete jungles mushrooming everywhere that the only place where they get to see some greenery is where we live,.

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Thanks Grouie. You obviously live in a spot of paradise. I love your roof menagerie.

 

[DeborahJane]

Grouie, please keep posting your animal photos--they are fascinating, and so different from what we have around here. Here's a photo of our "next door neighbors":
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This is Reba, the longhorn, and her calf Dilemma. Dilemma won't get her horns for a few years yet. Reba has a pretty good spread though. The steer in the background is a shorthorn and is in a different pasture (the separating fence doesn't show).

Your "next door neighbours" could have trouble popping in for a neighborly "cuppa"!! My sister breeds Scottish Highland Cattle and they are magnificent too with their massive horns. My sister had a video of her chiwhauw [how do you spell that...I know "extremely small dog"] playing under the cattles' feet. Apparently he loved their hot breath on him and they didn't trample him....unbelievable really

 

[grouie]

Maybe we need a special separate @grouie sticky for all of your posts?

Yes. Indeed

Great pictures everyone! Gosh I would totally hate having monkeys in my backyard...

Monkeys do not roam around freely but once in a way

 

[grouie]

Grouie, please keep posting your animal photos--they are fascinating, and so different from what we have around here. Here's a photo of our "next door neighbors":
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This is Reba, the longhorn, and her calf Dilemma. Dilemma won't get her horns for a few years yet. Reba has a pretty good spread though. The steer in the background is a shorthorn and is in a different pasture (the separating fence doesn't show).

Those horns are intimidating!

 

[grouie]

Thanks Grouie. You obviously live in a spot of paradise. I love your roof menagerie.

Those peacocks were a real surprise.

 

[grouie]

I had the rare occasion to click this video of mongooses in action - you know what action I am talking about

 

[grouie]

Here is the Greater racket tailed drongo perched on our birdbath chirping away. She has different ways to chirp including a 'meaoow'!!. You will love it.

 

[grouie]

Known as Greatercoucal,India this bird always is seen in the garden whenever there is a snake around. I therefore get the jitters when I see it.

 

[GoatDriver]

I have a lot of birds, if that counts.....and I like to take pictures of them

Wren

Blue Jay

Mourning Dove

American Goldfinch

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - male

Great-Crested-Flycatcher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

 

[DeborahJane]

Here is the Greater racket tailed drongo perched on our birdbath chirping away. She has different ways to chirp including a 'meaoow'!!. You will love it.

She is fascinating...she seems bilingual, even speaking "cat". And what a beautiful tail. Thanks Grouie