Camera Critter #99

When I lived in the Junipers west of town, I fed the critters. Be they bird, or deer, or even a Peacock, they knew they could always find food around my house.

One of the species of birds I enjoyed most was the Mountain Chickadee. There were at least a dozen of them who regularly visited my feed station. And if they arrived and found no food, they actually let me know it, very loudly.

The birds became so accustomed to us, that we could put bird seeds in our hand and they would eat right out of our hands.

I now live in town and although the chickadees are in the area, they don't visit my feeding station. They are great birds to watch and I miss seeing them. Hopefully, I'll see the Mountain Chickadees again at my feeders, but I doubt it will be where I currently live.

Below are images of the chickadees I have taken in the past. They definitely are cute birds.

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Camera Critters #98

Here on the High Desert, we don't determine the arrival spring by the arrival of Robins. Those birds come here to spend their winters.

What we do look for is the departure of the Rough-legged Hawks. The raptors come here for the winter, and return to their breeding grounds above the Arctic Circle when winter starts breaking up. Today, I had the opportunity to see if winter was on its way out and I found out it is still clinging to the area.

I came across one Rough-legged Hawk, then two, three, four and finally a fifth...which is about average for this area.


As I was leaving the area, the fifth Rough-Legged Hawk showed up, but its arrival was a nice one, as a group of Ravens decided to mob him. They eventually drove the hawk off to another area.


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Camera Critters #97

Eight years ago, I lived outside of town in a comfortable home nestled back off the road in the Juniper trees. There were many things about the spot I liked and one of them was the wildlife.

Because we fed the birds (including a Peacock which arrived from who-knows-where) and put out Purina Deer Chow for the Mule Deer in the area, we had a lot of both. The fawn below was a regular visitor and had no fear of me or my mother...unless we got too close. Too close was generally six feet away.

But having the critter hang out with the big boys was always cool.

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Camera Critters #96

My landlord has had a visitor the past couple of weeks. It was her daughter-in-laws Cocker Spaniel.

Precious (that's her name) is one of the cutest dogs I have ever met...and one of the happiest. It took her a while to get used to me, but I won her over.

Meet Precious

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