Animals in your garden

[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

 

[DeborahJane]

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


What beautiful birds....so tiny and delicate. I'm glad you like to take photos of them!!! Thanks

Wren

Blue Jay

Mourning Dove

American Goldfinch

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - male

Great-Crested-Flycatcher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

 

[grouie]

I have a lot of birds, if that counts.....and I like to take pictures of them
That's a great collection. My garden attracts quite a few too,.
Wren

Blue Jay

Mourning Dove

American Goldfinch

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - male

Great-Crested-Flycatcher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

 

[grouie]

Watch the trapeze act!!!
This guy looks a bit bigger than the one who visited us earlier.

 

[DeborahJane]

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

Just looking a these birds again. Just beautiful!! Thanks Goatdriver

 

[DeborahJane]

Had these two beautiful King Parrots visiting. They actually do ask to be fed. I put the seed out on the railing only when they come as otherwise the cockatoos come and as much as I like them, they can be quite destructive.

Here is Mr. And Mrs. King Parrot.....note Mr. K.P is stunning!!!!
Along came Mr.K.P no: 2 and chases Mrs KP away. Mr KP No1 became very protective and said " Don't be treatIng my lady like that". There was noisy confrontation. I got up to put more seed out so enough for all but they flew off. You can just make them out in the trees where they often sit.

I hoped they'd return but Pearl heard the kerfuffle and look......

 

[grouie]

The images of parrots are not opening and yes Pearl also needs to welcome them. Right? (lol)

 

[Sheal]

They are beautiful colours DeborahJane. I've not seen King parrots before.

 

[DeborahJane]

More visitors today, notice 4 male and 4 female...birds are very loyal aren't they?

They King Parrots had a lovely time until Pesky Pearl made an appearance.

 

[Trellum]

I finally got my laptop back guys!!! The one that has all my photos in it and other important stuff. So here are some of the animals that used to visit my garden:

 

[Beth_B]

I really need to get another good camera! All I have currently is the rather crappy one on my phone. Nothing as exotic as monkeys or parrots here (although I suppose "exotic" is a relative term) but I have a small variety of bird feeders out front, and currently see...five different types. Pair of cardinals, sparrows, blue jay, flicker, starlings....oh and a nuthatch. Oh,and there's the mourning doves. I have a list of over 30 species that have visited my feeders so far.