Ha! thats CraaaaaaayyyyyyyyyZeeeeeeeeee!.

This has me puzzled. The lighter side? cute remarks? WTF, the man died a horrible death. :eyebrow:

The Onion was a real newspaper before it was online.

Onion, those assholes? That would explain this sick shit, thank you.

This from the unimpeachable source of National Geographic.
Look at this frame from a NG video, of a herd of bunnies, Artic Hares to be precise. Now what do you see in the background? Nothing, not a living thing, no birds or bushes, not a blade of grass. That's because the bunnies have ruthlessly murdered and eaten ever living thing. Do you think it's a coincidence the Polar bears are endangered? Thank god the penguins are safe at the southern end.

Zap...

Great minds, and all that...

Ha, do you think you can fool me by flopping the picture and sticking it in the thread before mine? :p:

He was fine, btw...



























...it just knocked him off his feet.

Ahshitwegotagroundhog.:mad:

I guess I gotta change m'name to Carl Spackler, now.

And get some dynamite.

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The end. But of whom?

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All I got in my head is "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins.

This could easily turn into a nightmare of "Caddyshack" proportions.

:facepalm:

It could be battling the bunnies for your blood. :eek:

Well, it's nice to feel wanted, at least...

Here are some pics of his handiwork. So far.

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These Black-Eyed Susans are supposed to be about knee high, instead, they are ground-hog-head high. Momdigr is somewhat miffed.

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Well there ya go, Momdigr has been luring him in with bait.
I had a chuck with kids down by the creek. One of her kids moved up to under the shed by the plum tree. One day she waddles up to eat some plums and the kid comes out to challenge her. She quickly chased the kid back under the shed, then starting at the base of the tree waddled in a spiral around the tree, picking up plums, taking a small bite, and throwing it back down with gusto. That'll show the kid who's boss. :haha:

Bald eagle brings a cat to the nest, to feed the family... on live Eagle Cam.

http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/04...cat_video.html

The hawk I saw just sitting by the road the other day was so frickin huge, it could take a beagle.

He brought this big meal home for her and the chicks, but what was her problem? She just sat there like, What, cat again.

hummers, lots of hummers.

That's a fun hobby. I can see myself doing that when things settle down in several years.

Yeah, fuck that. We had two (2) feeders on the patio. Man, you took your life in your hands when you walked out that back door. Those little fuckers would chase each other around blindingly fast, with their tiny little spears out in front just waiting to take out an eye, or lodge in your heart.

I can't count the times I've felt the wind when they went zooming past my face.

That's why he has them in the front yard, to keep bill collectors, Mormons, and JWs away. ;)

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Here's the story.

Dis m'groundhog:

Dirtdigr!

Outside my bedroom window, literally, like two feet:

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Every morning they're cooing, or coo cooing, or coo coo cooing. That's all fine, but, if they ever go Iamthewalruscoocoocatchoo, they gotta just plain go.

That's a white headed voyeur bird.

Popdigr caught a rabbit in his groundhog trap:

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See that face? That face is saying "I'd take pleasure in gutting you, boy."

Let me tell ya, that was one sulled up bunnyrabbit.

He's 23 years old, 1400 lbs, and stands 9ft 8inches.

:mg:I know a chick just. like. that.

Properly used NSFW language:

White velvet on the antlers? :eyebrow:

Nature isn't always pretty...

Never seen an albino moose before. That's pretty interesting.

And I'd like to know the story behind the hyena and the lion. The lion looks young. Not like it died of old age or disease. More like it died from violence.

And the rattlesnake on the beautiful skull looks posed. That skull looks like it came off someone's wall.

The snake/antler pic may be staged. The antlers look like they may have been stained, the color is too consistent, and the skull looks to be bleached/cleaned.

But, if they belong that fella whats crawlin on em, I ain't gonna argue about it.

Beautiful skull and rack, though.

I think the young hyena got leftovers.

He just wanted some head.

:drummer:

It's the suspense that makes this video so awesome. Who/what is chasing the woman? You have to watch 45 seconds before you see. LOL

Fat Bastard living large...

Awesome!

:rattat:

Ye olde scribes, led pretty sheltered lives shut up in monasteries away from the public, hand copying books. But they were able to observe and understand nature. They knew the secret lives of the forest creatures and drew them in the margins. :yesnod:

Scotland says, Nature, I got your nature right here.

Damn.:headshake

This morning I read a piece extoling these people and their hunting preserves, for saving today's parks and green-spaces from being built on. :rolleyes:

Anyway, Kenya was a wild and beautiful place, until those long-haired-hippie-type-pinko-fags*, dodging the draft, joined the Peace Corps.
*Charlie Daniels

Uneasy Rider ref - 50 points.:)

Oh sure, feed those pigeons, take bread to the ducks, mix sugar water for the hummers, buy seed for the robins, a friend to our feathered friends, eh. Just wait till they turn on you and leave you for the buzzards. :yesnod:

♫If you go down to the plain today
You're sure of a big surprise.
If you go down to the woods today
You'd better go in disguise!

♫For every vulture that ever there was
Will gather there for certain,
Because today's the day the
Vultures have their picnic.

Watch for the shadow about 1:15

I really enjoyed that. Thanks, Bruce.

In this corner of SE England the Red Kite has been re-introduced in recent years having been persecuted almost to extinction by Victorian game keepers.
With a wing span approaching six feet, it's an impressive bird even if it does lack the gravitas of the vulture.
They are so distinctive that people leave out food for them in the hope of getting a closer view.
Unfortunately, this has caused the occasional problem as experienced at a children's picnic. Read on...

Metro

Impressive, to say the least.

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Gravitas? Vultures? :haha: Look at the video, 60 Fagins.
Ill mannered, noisy, squabbling, garbagemen. Useful, even valuable, part of natures balance, but they ain't got no stinkin' gravitas. :headshake

Yes, you make a valid point!
Perhaps 'avoir du pois' might have been more fitting!

Even if it is French. ;)

For me, the word Vulture prompts many more mental images than any other bird, none soaring gracefully, and some of them a quite disgusting. :haha:

You don't see the gracefulness of a soaring vulture?:eyebrow:

I said that isn't an image that comes to mind when I hear the word vulture.
I use to do a lot of freshwater fishing in southern Delaware where there are tons of chicken farms. The only things I saw every damn time was vultures and Frank Purdue's trucks. Soaring they looked birdy, but on the ground they look ominous.
If you make them move when they are fine dining on roadkill, they don't fly away, they waddle to the edge pavement, not even onto the shoulder, then turn around and glare at you. Since their head is about window high to a car they look you in the eye and you can almost hear the curses.
Or when there's no roadkill... yet, they'll perch on something by the road and licking their beaks, watch you like a Warner Brothers cartoon.

Did I mention on hot sunny days they shit on their own legs and feet for the cooling effect? :drool:
They're the swamp buggy of birds, all about function, no frills.

Found a feather in the yard, obviously a wing feather. It's a medium brown. 13½" long, about 2¼" wide, has a bow of about 1", and the quill at the fat spot is 5/16". The two notches don't look like damage, but normal for this feather.

http://cellar.org/2016/feather.jpg

As you can see the barbs thin out near the tip. What isn't as obvious, is the lighter shade along the trailing edge curves up toward you about 3/8". At first I thought it was the curve causing the light to make it look a lighter shade but it's not. Holding it up to the light, the barbs, or rather the barbules, are less dense than closer to the shaft. The lighter shade is the paper reflecting light through it.
I tried sticking in my cap, but the tomato sauce ran right off. ;)

Bat of Prussia, my l'il brown bat who lives in the space between the porch roof and the wall, has returned for 2016.

Or a new one has taken its place. It looks like a slightly different bat...

Shitting up the porch as usual! That's the part I don't like.

I have yet to get a good 2016 picture.

A little microcomposting for your banzai?