The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Images > Quality Images and Videos

Quality Images and Videos Post your own images and videos of your own days

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 06-20-2020, 08:35 PM   #1681
monster
I hear them call the tide
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
Posts: 30,852
And there was this, yesterday evening.

I was sat out in the hot afternoon stillness, reading, chilling in my firepit area under the trees at the end of the yard.... Suddenly, there was a "kerthunk" and a tree behind me shook, Bollywood sex-scene-style.

Then a squirrel darted up the trunk, went out on the first branch and.....

Name:  squirrelflop.png
Views: 2002
Size:  269.5 KB
__________________
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart
monster is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-21-2020, 12:48 PM   #1682
Gravdigr
The Un-Tuckian
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: South Central...KY that is
Posts: 39,517
It always makes me smile when I see squrls lazing around in that pose.
__________________


These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.
Gravdigr is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-21-2020, 01:42 PM   #1683
glatt
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
We have been watching a couple of parent catbirds raising their chicks that hatched two weeks ago in our rose bush. Right next to our garbage cans, about a yard off the ground. They started off really kind of gross looking, but now their feathers have really come in. And they look pretty damn cute.
glatt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-10-2020, 12:12 AM   #1684
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
...
Name:  never.jpg
Views: 1959
Size:  15.7 KB

Well whatayaknow...

Name:  nevergiveup.jpg
Views: 2435
Size:  26.6 KB
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-11-2020, 08:16 PM   #1685
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
Insted of burning or burying all these dead deer biologists let nature take its course and studied how that happens.
Dead plants feed back into the system so it makes sense that animals do too. But we don't know exactly how.
Attached Images
 
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2020, 02:15 PM   #1686
Diaphone Jim
Junior Master Dwellar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Northern California
Posts: 2,122
I have a spot on my little ranch, as remote as I can get, where I have left all dead animals including livestock (up to cow size) for almost 50 years.
They are not all still moldering and decomposing into the water table and have fed lots of birds and other critters.
It stinks some, but only for a while.
The spot is currently bare, clean, empty and waiting.
Diaphone Jim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2020, 11:56 PM   #1687
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
Do the critters carry off the bones?
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-13-2020, 02:34 PM   #1688
Diaphone Jim
Junior Master Dwellar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Northern California
Posts: 2,122
Pretty much all but the larger skulls.
A while back, before he figured to make a fortune growing wine grapes, a neighbor had what he called his "gut tree" in a back pasture.
It was really just a pit he would fill and re-dig elsewhere every few years.
Everyone could use it and it was simple, except that Turkey Vultures (buzzards) don't like to feed below grade because they can't spot predators as well as needing a runway to get in the air.
Turned in to just being a hole full of offal.
Another tale is when I had a big cow die of old age and I dragged out to my spot. Thinking I would help the vultures and crows and such get into the goodies in her belly, I turned her on her back with her legs in the air.
Usually the sharp-eyed vultures are on carcasses right now (enough so that we joke about not taking a nap in the open), but mamma cow just lay there for days, unattended.
I finally figured out that the cleanup crew was not interested in a four-poster bed and pulled her back on her side. Took about a half hour for the usual proceedings to start. It was a 28-bird feeder at one point.
Diaphone Jim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2020, 03:12 AM   #1689
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
No shit, they couldn't ID it as a carcass legs up? I guess that's not a normal fall down dead position.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2020, 11:12 AM   #1690
BigV
Goon Squad Leader
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
Posts: 27,063
Quote:
Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
No shit, they couldn't ID it as a carcass legs up? I guess that's not a normal fall down dead position.
Not much of a cartoon watcher, are you?
__________________
Be Just and Fear Not.
BigV is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2020, 12:05 PM   #1691
Diaphone Jim
Junior Master Dwellar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Northern California
Posts: 2,122
Quote:
Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
No shit, they couldn't ID it as a carcass legs up? I guess that's not a normal fall down dead position.
Yeah, that seems to be the problem. Surprised me and a couple of farm adviser types I talked to.

BigV: You need to draw X's over their eyes to attract diners.
Diaphone Jim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-23-2020, 03:31 AM   #1692
Carruthers
Junior Master Dwellar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Buckinghamshire UK
Posts: 4,059
Name:  Curious Fox.JPG
Views: 1937
Size:  146.8 KB

Generally speaking, visiting Foxes and Badgers don't pay any attention to my camera but this one let his curiosity get the better of him.

I think it's one of two cubs, now well grown, that have been visiting for the last couple of months.

They're always welcome and I put out some dog food for them but they also seem to have developed a liking for the peanuts that I leave for the Badgers.
__________________
Carruthers is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-23-2020, 05:52 AM   #1693
Griff
still says videotape
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
Well hello there!
__________________
If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Griff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-24-2020, 12:02 AM   #1694
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
Are they salted peanuts? Most critters will eat anything with salt.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-24-2020, 03:41 AM   #1695
Carruthers
Junior Master Dwellar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Buckinghamshire UK
Posts: 4,059
Quote:
Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
Are they salted peanuts? Most critters will eat anything with salt.
No, they're the same as I feed to the birds (in suitable containers) but, of necessity, bought in bulk.

From the Woodland Trust website...

Quote:
What can I feed badgers?

If you have badgers visiting your garden, they can make fascinating guests. Their presence produces a wide and varied response from gardeners; some consider them a nuisance as they may root up flower bulbs, eat fruit and vegetables, and dig up lawns.

But if you enjoy seeing badgers in your garden, there's a range of suitable foods that you can put out.

Since they eat such a wide diversity of foods, they will probably eat most of what you put out for them (or for the birds, or hedgehogs, or the dog), but it's best to stick to foods that most closely match their natural diet.

Fruit - grapes, apples, pears, plums

Raw peanuts or brazil nuts (no salt or chocolate)

Dried dog food (muesli type)

Mealworms

Peanut butter (unsalted, sugar-free)
Not quite formation foraging but here's mum plus three sampling my largesse ten days ago.

Name:  Four in a row..jpg
Views: 1921
Size:  116.5 KB

Link
__________________
Carruthers is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 2 (0 members and 2 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:02 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.