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Weekend Blog, September 12 & 13, 2009
- bydebbie on13 Sep 09 inThe Blog
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Saturday - In the wee hours of the morning a big bear was spotted at Hidden Pond! The deer were pretty thick there a few hours later but they were acting strange, like they were afraid to get close to the deer feeder. Maybe the smell of the bear had them a bit spooked! The Osprey was in the top of the lake tree first thing this foggy morning at Bird Point; it sure is good to see him again! It wasn't too long before he caught his first fish of the day! Deer and raccoons have been in and out of most of the cameras all morning and a squirrel was playing in the feeder at Dogwood Mountain. Lost Field had a bear this morning! Now this is strictly my opinion and nothing anyone else has ever mentioned but I've noticed that sometimes when it rains a lot one day the bears may miss coming out for a day or so. I don't think they like the storms and torrential downpours!
A couple of bucks had a sparing match on Fossil Ridge! I hear through the grapevine we'll be seeing a lot more of that in the near future!We had several turkeys at Hidden Pond this afternoon and raccoons this evening. We also saw raccoons at Deer Run, Dogwood Mountain, Turkey Hollow, Lost Field and Fossil Ridge.
Sunday - Bears were seen on Upper Springs and Fossil Ridge today! Turkeys were on several cameras as were deer and raccoons. There were 6 tom turkeys on Fossil Ridge and several Wood Ducks were trying to get a turn at the feeder on Hidden Pond but deer scared them away! The Great Blue Heron was again at Bird Point today and seems to have gotten a bit of fishing in too! Lots of ducks were hanging around too, along with a few deer and turkeys. We heard some type of owl in the background on Bird Point today and there was talk of the Great Horned Owl. For anyone who doesn't already know; we have one which comes to Bird Point and we call him/her Hootie! We all enjoy it when Hootie makes an appearance!
Wildlife sighted at USeeWildlife.com so far are Black Bears, Gray Foxes, Skunk, White Deer, White-tail Deer, Fox and Gray Squirrels, Groundhogs, Chipmunks, Bobcats, Coyotes, Raccoons, Opossum, Armadillo, Cougar, Bats and Rabbits.
Water and shore birds seen so far are Melanistic or Hybrid Mallard/Black Duck, Snow Geese, Trumpeter Swans, Canada Geese, Mallard, Wood Ducks, Ringneck Ducks, Wigeon, American Coot, Gadwall, Ringbills, Pintail Duck, Canvasback Duck, Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Goldeneye Duck, Little Blue Heron, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Sand Piper, Killdeer, Osprey, Belted Kingfisher, Cattle Egrets and Great Egret.
Woodpeckers spotted to date are Downy, Red-headed, Pileated, Red-bellied, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Northern Flicker.
Birds of Prey and larger birds seen so far are Bald and Golden Eagles, Eastern Wild Turkeys, Great Horned Owls, Double-Crested Cormorants, Black and Turkey Vultures, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk and Red-tailed Hawk.
Song and other birds seen (or heard) so far are Blue and Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, Eastern Meadowlarks, Brown Thrasher, American and Fish Crows, Great Crested Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Carolina Chickadee, White-throated, Field, Chipping and Song Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ovenbird, Carolina Wren, Whip-poor-will, Dark-eyed Junco (Snowbird), Mourning Doves, Purple Martins, Tree & Barn Swallows, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Tufted Titmouse, European Starling, Pine Warbler, Summer (Tanager) Piranga, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Eastern Towhee, Phoebe, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Louisiana Waterthrush, Eastern Wood Pewee, Orchard Oriole, Kentucky Warbler, Eastern Bluebirds, Northern Parula Warbler and Indigo Bunting.
Butterflies seen to date are the Zebra Swallowtail, Red-spotted Admiral; Question Marks, Commas, Hackberry Emperor, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Red Admiral, Snout Butterfly and Pipevine Swallowtail.
Dragonflies seen to date are Common Whitetail or Long-tailed Skimmer, Ebony Jewelwing and Halloween Pennants.
Reptiles seen to date are Timber Rattlesnakes, Northern Fence Lizard and 3-toed box turtles
Amphibians seen or heard to date are Fowler's/Woodhouses Toad, Dwarf American Toad, Green and Gray Tree Frogs, Cricket Frogs, Southern Leopard Frogs, Bull Frogs and Bronze (Banjo) Frogs. (Thank you hraney for the IDs)
Well it was a pretty good weekend here at USeeWildlife.com and I hope you all enjoyed it! God bless you and yours! Debbie
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Daily Blog, Friday, September 11, 2009
- bydebbie on11 Sep 09 inThe Blog
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The Cottontail Rabbit made a very early morning appearance at Fossil Ridge along with a few deer! Dogwood Mountain had a momma turkey with her two almost full grown poults! I'm not sure there was a single inch of Dogwood Mountain that they didn't explore and when they left 7 deer came in to replace them; all does. They never even went close to the deer feeder; they seemed to like the green leaves just fine! There were also several deer on Turkey Hollow; does, bucks and fawns. Upper Springs had 4 tom turkeys foraging for something to eat! Strange, as they were leaving, two of them jumped up to grab a leaf (or something on the leaf) from a limb above them! A little later several Mourning Doves were having breakfast at the feeder as a crow squawked or screeched or whatever it is they do, in the background. It was about 35 or so minutes later when five more tom turkeys showed up; again at Upper Springs! Turkeys, deer, raccoons and squirrels were in and out of several cameras today.
The Great Blue Heron was perched in the lake tree this morning for a while on Bird Point and oh, my goodness; there was over 70 ducks there today and most of them were Wood Ducks; not sure what the others were. Later in the day an Osprey showed up!! Woohoo!! I'm so excited he's back and I hope he's here to stay for a while and maybe he'll bring a friend or two!
I heard he did a little fishing but didn't actually catch anything this time. So we have a bunch of ducks back and still more to come and the Osprey is back so now it's getting closer and closer to time for the Trumpeter Swans and the Eagles to come back! Woohoo!! I can't wait!!Hmmm... it seems we have bats!
You never know what's going to happen along at USeeWildlife.com but it's sure we'll be watching for whatever it is!Wildlife sighted at USeeWildlife.com so far are Black Bears, Gray Foxes, Skunk, White Deer, White-tail Deer, Fox and Gray Squirrels, Groundhogs, Chipmunks, Bobcats, Coyotes, Raccoons, Opossum, Armadillo, Cougar, Bats and Rabbits.
Water and shore birds seen so far are Melanistic or Hybrid Mallard/Black Duck, Snow Geese, Trumpeter Swans, Canada Geese, Mallard, Wood Ducks, Ringneck Ducks, Wigeon, American Coot, Gadwall, Ringbills, Pintail Duck, Canvasback Duck, Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Goldeneye Duck, Little Blue Heron, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Sand Piper, Killdeer, Osprey, Belted Kingfisher, Cattle Egrets and Great Egret.
Woodpeckers spotted to date are Downy, Red-headed, Pileated, Red-bellied, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Northern Flicker.
Birds of Prey and larger birds seen so far are Bald and Golden Eagles, Eastern Wild Turkeys, Great Horned Owls, Double-Crested Cormorants, Black and Turkey Vultures, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk and Red-tailed Hawk.
Song and other birds seen (or heard) so far are Blue and Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, Eastern Meadowlarks, Brown Thrasher, American and Fish Crows, Great Crested Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Carolina Chickadee, White-throated, Field, Chipping and Song Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ovenbird, Carolina Wren, Whip-poor-will, Dark-eyed Junco (Snowbird), Mourning Doves, Purple Martins, Tree & Barn Swallows, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Tufted Titmouse, European Starling, Pine Warbler, Summer (Tanager) Piranga, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Eastern Towhee, Phoebe, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Louisiana Waterthrush, Eastern Wood Pewee, Orchard Oriole, Kentucky Warbler, Eastern Bluebirds, Northern Parula Warbler and Indigo Bunting.
Butterflies seen to date are the Zebra Swallowtail, Red-spotted Admiral; Question Marks, Commas, Hackberry Emperor, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Red Admiral, Snout Butterfly and Pipevine Swallowtail.
Dragonflies seen to date are Common Whitetail or Long-tailed Skimmer, Ebony Jewelwing and Halloween Pennants.
Reptiles seen to date are Timber Rattlesnakes, Northern Fence Lizard and 3-toed box turtles
Amphibians seen or heard to date are Fowler's/Woodhouses Toad, Dwarf American Toad, Green and Gray Tree Frogs, Cricket Frogs, Southern Leopard Frogs, Bull Frogs and Bronze (Banjo) Frogs. (Thank you hraney for the IDs)
I hope you all had a wonderful day! God bless you and yours! Debbie
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Daily Blog, Thursday, September 10, 2009
- bydebbie on10 Sep 09 inThe Blog
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The white buck with the antlers that are broken off really short was acting super strange when I first turned on Deer Run camera this morning. He was waving his head around (that one is hard to explain), stomping the ground, jumping into the air and being terribly mean to any other deer that came near him! Don't know what he was doing but it was weird! The Wood Ducks were thick on Bird Point this morning and the little white doe was walking around in the field to the right of the lake! A little later, still on Bird Point, there were two Great Blue Herons in the dead tree; one was on the top limb and the other was several limbs lower. The lower one kept jumping onto a higher limb one at a time until he was finally just below the top one then they both flew away! Seconds later one of them came back but don't have a clue which one it was! He finally flew to the branches growing out of the lake right beside a Green Heron! Eleven deer were grazing in the field to the right of the lake and just enjoying the rain! Four turkeys, 20 deer (mixed), a few mourning doves and several wood ducks were all enjoying the morning at Hidden Pond! The turkeys didn't stay around too long; guess they weren't enjoying all the fighting going on between the deer! The ducks were nonchalantly swimming in the pond or perched in the trees just minding their own business for a little while but it wasn't long before they were also fighting over who got to sit on the limb and watch the deer fights (front row seats)!
Eventually the ducks all flew down to the ground in front of the feeder to get something to eat but the deer didn't let them stay there for long. I was zoomed in on a white doe in the trees on Deer Run when a Red-shouldered Hawk landed on a limb right in front of the doe! Talk about perfect timing; that Hawk knew just when to land to get into the limelight! The Green Heron's been hanging around Bird Point all morning; guess he likes the rain too! We even had a bear cub brave the rain on Fossil Ridge! Someone thought they heard a cat on Bird Point but try as I may, I couldn't find one. Wonder if we had one of those Gray Catbirds; sure would like to see one of them! Five turkeys were roaming the field at Fossil Ridge.This afternoon I chased an armadillo around on Lost Field for a while and one of the Great Blue Herons was back and perched in the lake tree on Bird Point. He left for a little bit and a vulture was in the top of the tree but the Great Blue flew back in and scared it away! There was a bear on Dogwood Mountain for awhile then in the evening we had a bear cub on Fossil Ridge! There were several turkeys, deer, Wood Ducks, a Red-shouldered Hawk and a Great Blue Heron on Bird Point and deer and a raccoon on Turkey Hollow and even later Turkey Hollow had 7 raccoons! It rained a lot today but it didn't keep the animals away; we had another great day on USeeWildlife.com! I hope you all had a wonderful day! God bless you and yours! Debbie
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Daily Blog, Wednesday, 09/09/09
- bydebbie on9 Sep 09 inThe Blog
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What a way to start a morning; I was scanning the field at Turkey Hollow and something flew out of the trees. It turned out to be a turkey and we watched 5 fly from their roost in the trees to start their morning! A little later they were joined by 5 more and 4 of them were strutting! A couple of deer were checking them out too. Hidden Pond had a repeat of yesterday morning; many deer and several turkeys and Wood Ducks in the trees! Upper Springs also had several deer and one was a fawn that didn't seem to want to leave the feeder even when all the other deer were leaving! He was doing a clean-up of the ground surrounding the feeder! Bird Point had vultures spreading their wings in the lake tree and ducks on the log. One of the small bear cubs wandered in twice at Lost Field this morning and he ate a pretty good breakfast while there! We had three deer coming into Dogwood Mountain when I spotted a box turtle so we watched him for a bit. Later another bear cub showed up at Fossil Ridge for an early lunch at the deer feeder. This little guy had a bad itch and was eating and scratching simultaneously! In the afternoon a Pileated Woodpecker was up close and personal on Upper Springs for a few minutes and when he flew, in my quest to find him again I found a little White-breasted Nuthatch hop, hop, hopping all over another tree! We had a Red-shouldered Hawk on Bird Point about the same time and a couple of Wood Ducks in the trees at Hidden Pond! They were actually flying back and forth from the feeder to the trees and some to the pond then later in the afternoon and again in the evening there were several turkeys! The Red-shouldered Hawk was back at Bird Point yet again this evening and the Great Blue Heron was there also. The deer were grazing on the point this evening and in the far field on Fossil Ridge.
Wildlife sighted at USeeWildlife.com so far are Black Bears, Brown Bears, Gray Foxes, Skunk, White Deer, White-tail Deer, Fox and Gray Squirrels, Groundhogs, Chipmunks, Bobcats, Coyotes, Raccoons, Opossum, Armadillo, Cougar and Rabbits.
Water and shore birds seen so far are Melanistic or Hybrid Mallard/Black Duck, Snow Geese, Trumpeter Swans, Canada Geese, Mallard, Wood Ducks, Ringneck Ducks, Wigeon, American Coot, Gadwall, Ringbills, Pintail Duck, Canvasback Duck, Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Goldeneye Duck, Little Blue Heron, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Sand Piper, Killdeer, Osprey, Belted Kingfisher, Cattle Egrets and Great Egret.
Woodpeckers spotted to date are Downy, Red-headed, Pileated, Red-bellied, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Northern Flicker.
Birds of Prey and larger birds seen so far are Bald and Golden Eagles, Eastern Wild Turkeys, Great Horned Owls, Double-Crested Cormorants, Black and Turkey Vultures, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk and Red-tailed Hawk.
Song and other birds seen (or heard) so far are Blue and Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, Eastern Meadowlarks, Brown Thrasher, American and Fish Crows, Great Crested Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Carolina Chickadee, White-throated, Field, Chipping and Song Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ovenbird, Carolina Wren, Whip-poor-will, Dark-eyed Junco (Snowbird), Mourning Doves, Purple Martins, Tree & Barn Swallows, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Tufted Titmouse, European Starling, Pine Warbler, Summer (Tanager) Piranga, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Eastern Towhee, Phoebe, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Louisiana Waterthrush, Eastern Wood Pewee, Orchard Oriole, Kentucky Warbler, Eastern Bluebirds, Northern Parula Warbler and Indigo Bunting.
Butterflies seen to date are the Zebra Swallowtail, Red-spotted Admiral; Question Marks, Commas, Hackberry Emperor, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Red Admiral, Snout Butterfly and Pipevine Swallowtail.
Dragonflies seen to date are Common Whitetail or Long-tailed Skimmer, Ebony Jewelwing and Halloween Pennants.
Reptiles seen to date are Timber Rattlesnakes, Northern Fence Lizard and 3-toed box turtles
Amphibians seen or heard to date are Fowler's/Woodhouses Toad, Dwarf American Toad, Green and Gray Tree Frogs, Cricket Frogs, Southern Leopard Frogs, Bull Frogs and Bronze (Banjo) Frogs. (Thank you hraney for the IDs)
I hope you all had a wonderful day! God bless you and yours! Debbie
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Daily Blog, Tuesday, September 8, 2009
- bydebbie on8 Sep 09 inThe Blog
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It was a pretty busy morning at Hidden Pond; there were 19 Whitetail deer all mixed up, does, bucks and fawns! They were in and out all morning and were joined by 7 turkeys at one point for awhile. A Red-shouldered Hawk was perched for a few minutes at Deer Run; he seemed to be just watching the deer but he was probably searching for breakfast! Turkeys were at Turkey Hollow this morning and the Wood Ducks were pretty thick at Bird Point. There had to be close to a hundred ducks, swimming in the lake, perched in the lake tree, resting on the log in the water and in the grass on the point eating bugs or something! A couple of vultures were perched in the top of the dead tree and it was super foggy so it was pretty eerie looking for a while! Five deer made a walk through but didn't hang around. Seven turkeys showed up just a little later, still on Bird Point and at the same time there were a couple of deer and nine turkeys at Turkey Hollow, numerous deer at Hidden Pond and a beautiful little bear cub on Upper Springs! What a wonderfully busy morning we had at USeeWildlife.com! Perched in the lake tree at Bird Point we had 2 vultures, a Great Blue Heron and a couple of Wood Ducks; guess they don't care who they keep company with! The Great Blue Heron finally left his perch in the tree around 9:30 and did a little fishing for breakfast. Another bear cub was at Dogwood Mountain for about 30 minutes, having a little breakfast; bless his heart, he's too little to be all by himself. Bird Point had a Green Heron fishing, a Belted Kingfisher in the lake tree scanning the lake and later in the morning a Red-shouldered Hawk was perched in the top of the tree overseeing all overseeing all of Bird Point! Hmmm, did I see and hear an eagle or am I imagining things? Check out the photo on Discussions ~ Bird Point ~ September Part 1, and see what you think!
A lone turkey hen was strolling across Lost Field. The Belted Kingfisher and a Green Heron and were back at Bird Point in the early afternoon. Then 4 turkeys were coming back out from behind the camera so I followed them and they walked right past 5 turkeys resting in the edge of the woods but that's not all; I was scanning right after that and out on the peninsula there were even more turkeys! On Deer Run a little doe was bombarded with 4 fawns and they were all trying to nurse her! She let them for a minute but then she made them all get away from; they were almost as big as she was! A bigger bear was at Dogwood Mountain this afternoon; I say bigger because we're so used to the cubs lately. The Great Blue Heron was back at Bird Point but he was cooling off in the tree this time! Early evening there were loads of Wood Ducks at Turkey Hollow! What a great evening we had at Bird Point! We had a menagerie; a Red-shouldered Hawk, a Great Blue Heron in the tree, 4 turkeys, several crows, several deer and Wood Ducks too numerous to count! It was a great day at USeeWildlife.com! I hope you all enjoyed it! God bless you and yours! Debbie
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Daily Blog, Monday, September 7, 2009
- bydebbie on7 Sep 09 inThe Blog
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In the wee hours of the morning we had raccoons and lots of deer at most of the cameras and one opossum at Dogwood Mountain. There was a raccoon fight under the feeder at Turkey Hollow and a little later there were several deer and 3 turkey hens and one had a pretty small baby turkey (poult) with her! A couple of squirrels were playing chase on a tree at Dogwood Mountain. Deer took off running and crows were throwing a fit on Fossil Ridge so I scanned all over looking for whatever it was that had them running for cover but couldn't find anything so I finally gave up and went to another camera. Guess I wasn't off of there more than a minute or so when a coyote did a walkthrough!
A bear cub showed up for a little nourishment around 8:50 this morning. I thought he was leaving about 30 minutes later but he just did a little walk around the place and came back and started eating again! A couple of times I heard a Pileated Woodpecker in the background. Turkeys were on Bird Point strolling across the point while Wood Ducks rested on the log in the lake. Four tom turkeys were out in the field on Turkey Hollow eating bugs or seeds or something and then just a short time later we had three turkeys show up at Upper Springs and several at Hidden Pond! One of the bear cubs was at Lost Field but not for long before something frightened him away. Four tom turkeys wandered in for lunch at Bird Point this afternoon. There was a lizard in the feeder at Dogwood Mountain. Hidden Pond had several turkeys and then later in the afternoon a bear for a while and Turkey Hollow has had turkeys almost all day! The bear cub was back at Upper Springs this evening for about thirty minutes or so. Wow! Bird Point had turkeys, Wood Ducks, deer and raccoons this evening and a Great Blue Heron was also in attendance for a bit! It was hilarious; one of the raccoons startled a doe and she jumped straight up in the air and in turn that startled all the ducks and they all flew into the lake!YOU WILL SEE ACTION!!! GUARANTEED!!! Wildlife sighted at USeeWildlife.com so far are Black Bears, Brown Bears, Gray Foxes, Skunk, White Deer, White-tail Deer, Fox and Gray Squirrels, Groundhogs, Chipmunks, Bobcats, Coyotes, Raccoons, Opossum, Armadillo, Cougar and Rabbits.
Water and shore birds seen so far are Melanistic or Hybrid Mallard/Black Duck, Snow Geese, Trumpeter Swans, Canada Geese, Mallard, Wood Ducks, Ringneck Ducks, Wigeon, American Coot, Gadwall, Ringbills, Pintail Duck, Canvasback Duck, Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Goldeneye Duck, Little Blue Heron, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Sand Piper, Killdeer, Osprey, Belted Kingfisher, Cattle Egrets and Great Egret.
Woodpeckers spotted to date are Downy, Red-headed, Pileated, Red-bellied, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Northern Flicker.
Birds of Prey and larger birds seen so far are Bald and Golden Eagles, Eastern Wild Turkeys, Great Horned Owls, Double-Crested Cormorants, Black and Turkey Vultures, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk and Red-tailed Hawk.
Song and other birds seen (or heard) so far are Blue and Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, Eastern Meadowlarks, Brown Thrasher, American and Fish Crows, Great Crested Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Carolina Chickadee, White-throated, Field, Chipping and Song Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ovenbird, Carolina Wren, Whip-poor-will, Dark-eyed Junco (Snowbird), Mourning Doves, Purple Martins, Tree & Barn Swallows, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Tufted Titmouse, European Starling, Pine Warbler, Summer (Tanager) Piranga, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Eastern Towhee, Phoebe, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Louisiana Waterthrush, Eastern Wood Pewee, Orchard Oriole, Kentucky Warbler, Eastern Bluebirds, Northern Parula Warbler and Indigo Bunting.
Butterflies seen to date are the Zebra Swallowtail, Red-spotted Admiral; Question Marks, Commas, Hackberry Emperor, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Red Admiral, Snout Butterfly and Pipevine Swallowtail.
Dragonflies seen to date are Common Whitetail or Long-tailed Skimmer, Ebony Jewelwing and Halloween Pennants.
Reptiles seen to date are Timber Rattlesnakes, Northern Fence Lizard and 3-toed box turtles
Amphibians seen or heard to date are Fowler's/Woodhouses Toad, Dwarf American Toad, Green and Gray Tree Frogs, Cricket Frogs, Southern Leopard Frogs, Bull Frogs and Bronze (Banjo) Frogs. (Thank you hraney for the IDs)
I hope you all had a wonderful day! God bless you and yours! Debbie
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Weekend Blog, Sept. 5 & 6, 2009
- bydebbie on6 Sep 09 inThe Blog
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Saturday - The deer seem to like to lie down in the grass after the rain and there has sure been a lot out and about lately at all 8 cameras! There was a cottontail at Turkey Hollow and that's unusual; we usually only see one at Fossil Ridge! There were opossums seen at both Dogwood Mountain and Lost Field and raccoons were seen one time or another at all 8 cameras! Turkeys were in and out of several cameras; Upper Springs, Turkey Hollow, Lost Field, Fossil Ridge, Hidden Pond and Bird Point. Bird Point also had a Great Blue Heron perched in the lake tree and then fishing, lots of Wood Ducks and if you listened closely you could hear turkeys gobbling and Pileated Woodpeckers pecking! A 15 point buck was spotted at Deer Run which is very impressive but he's not even close to the biggest buck in there; just keep looking and one day you will spot him! I guess the bears don't care for the rain but I did some checking and it seems they don't start into 'hibernation' until maybe January or a little later or that's what it says on some of the websites I checked out. There were quite a few deer at Turkey Hollow late tonight and the little white doe was among them. I hate it when the other deer are mean to her and try to chase her away!
Sunday - Hidden Pond had a couple of coyotes visiting; guess that's what scared off all the deer that were there previously. Wood Ducks were perched in the lake tree and the Great Blue Heron was once again fishing at Bird Point. Several turkeys were strolling around the field at Fossil Ridge and there were 11 tom turkeys at Turkey Hollow along with many deer. The deer seem to be hanging out a lot there lately but actually they're hanging out at most of the other cameras also! It looks like a couple of the bear cubs showed up at Upper Springs and Hidden Pond this afternoon for a while. The turkeys were all over the place this afternoon; they were seen at Dogwood Mountain, Bird Point, Fossil Ridge, Hidden Pond and Lost Field. The Wood Ducks at Bird Point seem to be multiplying all the time. It will be so great to have all the different ducks, swans and eagles back again! YOU WILL SEE ACTION!!! GUARANTEED!!! Wildlife sighted at USeeWildlife.com so far are Black Bears, Brown Bears, Gray Foxes, Skunk, White Deer, White-tail Deer, Fox and Gray Squirrels, Groundhogs, Chipmunks, Bobcats, Coyotes, Raccoons, Opossum, Armadillo, Cougar and Rabbits.
Water and shore birds seen so far are Melanistic or Hybrid Mallard/Black Duck, Snow Geese, Trumpeter Swans, Canada Geese, Mallard, Wood Ducks, Ringneck Ducks, Wigeon, American Coot, Gadwall, Ringbills, Pintail Duck, Canvasback Duck, Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Goldeneye Duck, Little Blue Heron, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Sand Piper, Killdeer, Osprey, Belted Kingfisher, Cattle Egrets and Great Egret.
Woodpeckers spotted to date are Downy, Red-headed, Pileated, Red-bellied, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Northern Flicker.
Birds of Prey and larger birds seen so far are Bald and Golden Eagles, Eastern Wild Turkeys, Great Horned Owls, Double-Crested Cormorants, Black and Turkey Vultures, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk and Red-tailed Hawk.
Song and other birds seen (or heard) so far are Blue and Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, Eastern Meadowlarks, Brown Thrasher, American and Fish Crows, Great Crested Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Carolina Chickadee, White-throated, Field, Chipping and Song Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ovenbird, Carolina Wren, Whip-poor-will, Dark-eyed Junco (Snowbird), Mourning Doves, Purple Martins, Tree & Barn Swallows, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Tufted Titmouse, European Starling, Pine Warbler, Summer (Tanager) Piranga, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Eastern Towhee, Phoebe, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Louisiana Waterthrush, Eastern Wood Pewee, Orchard Oriole, Kentucky Warbler, Eastern Bluebirds, Northern Parula Warbler and Indigo Bunting.
Butterflies seen to date are the Zebra Swallowtail, Red-spotted Admiral; Question Marks, Commas, Hackberry Emperor, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Red Admiral, Snout Butterfly and Pipevine Swallowtail.
Dragonflies seen to date are Common Whitetail or Long-tailed Skimmer, Ebony Jewelwing and Halloween Pennants.
Reptiles seen to date are Timber Rattlesnakes, Northern Fence Lizard and 3-toed box turtles
Amphibians seen or heard to date are Fowler's/Woodhouses Toad, Dwarf American Toad, Green and Gray Tree Frogs, Cricket Frogs, Southern Leopard Frogs, Bull Frogs and Bronze (Banjo) Frogs. (Thank you hraney for the IDs)
I hope you all had a wonderful day! God bless you and yours! Debbie
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Daily Blog, Friday, September 4, 2009
- bydebbie on4 Sep 09 inThe Blog
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Bird Point had several deer grazing on the point again early this morning until something scared them all away at a dead run! Wood Ducks were resting on the log in the water and were not frightened by what scared the deer which is strange because they usually scare very easy. There was deer at Hidden Pond, Fossil Ridge, Upper Springs, Turkey Hollow and of course, Deer Run. Eight or so Mourning Doves were enjoying the deer feeder at Dogwood Mountain and there were several at Fossil Ridge too. The deer at Upper Springs hung around for over an hour, grazing on grass and plants until something finally scared them away at around 8:30. It wasn't too long before a bear cub showed up so I'm assuming that's what scared them. He stayed for a few minutes, even found a feather on the ground and pawed at it, and then he ate a little more and left behind the camera. Had a doe at Upper Springs a couple times and several deer at Turkey Hollow. The Great Blue Heron was in the lake doing some fishing on Bird Point while 5 or so turtles sunned themselves on the log. Six turkeys were strolling around Turkey Hollow, decided to take a short rest then got up and started strolling about again. They strolled all the way to the far end of the field and into the woods out of the rain! When I went back to the bird feeder there was a Raccoon under it very methodically cleaning up the spillage. When I left the raccoon, the turkeys were back and several deer as well. Some of the turkeys started lying down in the grass and fanning their wings over the top of them!
Bird Point had several deer grazing on the point this afternoon including a white doe! A big bear was at Dogwood Mountain for a while later this afternoon and it seems as if a skunk was seen at Fossil Ridge; aww, I missed that one! The deer and turkeys were still hanging around Turkey Hollow into the evening and the Mourning Doves were all over Dogwood Mountain!
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Water and shore birds seen so far are Melanistic or Hybrid Mallard/Black Duck, Snow Geese, Trumpeter Swans, Canada Geese, Mallard, Wood Ducks, Ringneck Ducks, Wigeon, American Coot, Gadwall, Ringbills, Pintail Duck, Canvasback Duck, Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Goldeneye Duck, Little Blue Heron, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Sand Piper, Killdeer, Osprey, Belted Kingfisher, Cattle Egrets and Great Egret.
Woodpeckers spotted to date are Downy, Red-headed, Pileated, Red-bellied, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Northern Flicker.
Birds of Prey and larger birds seen so far are Bald and Golden Eagles, Eastern Wild Turkeys, Great Horned Owls, Double-Crested Cormorants, Black and Turkey Vultures, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk and Red-tailed Hawk.
Song and other birds seen (or heard) so far are Blue and Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, Eastern Meadowlarks, Brown Thrasher, American and Fish Crows, Great Crested Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Carolina Chickadee, White-throated, Field, Chipping and Song Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ovenbird, Carolina Wren, Whip-poor-will, Dark-eyed Junco (Snowbird), Mourning Doves, Purple Martins, Tree & Barn Swallows, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Tufted Titmouse, European Starling, Pine Warbler, Summer (Tanager) Piranga, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Eastern Towhee, Phoebe, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Louisiana Waterthrush, Eastern Wood Pewee, Orchard Oriole, Kentucky Warbler, Eastern Bluebirds, Northern Parula Warbler and Indigo Bunting.
Butterflies seen to date are the Zebra Swallowtail, Red-spotted Admiral; Question Marks, Commas, Hackberry Emperor, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Red Admiral, Snout Butterfly and Pipevine Swallowtail.
Dragonflies seen to date are Common Whitetail or Long-tailed Skimmer, Ebony Jewelwing and Halloween Pennants.
Reptiles seen to date are Timber Rattlesnakes, Northern Fence Lizard and 3-toed box turtles
Amphibians seen or heard to date are Fowler's/Woodhouses Toad, Dwarf American Toad, Green and Gray Tree Frogs, Cricket Frogs, Southern Leopard Frogs, Bull Frogs and Bronze (Banjo) Frogs. (Thank you hraney for the IDs)
I hope you all had a wonderful day! God bless you and yours! Debbie
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Daily Blog, Thursday, September 3, 2009
- bydebbie on3 Sep 09 inThe Blog
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Dogwood Mountain had several raccoons in the wee hours of the morning. The deer were everywhere on Bird Point a little later in the morning; several were grazing on the point, some to the right in the field and some to the left on the bank and there were even a couple way in the back on the little peninsula! The Wood Ducks were having a good morning too and there was a Great Blue Heron doing a little early morning fishing! Oh no!
The three little cubs were by themselves again this morning at Fossil Ridge! That doesn't seem to be a very good sign for Momma Bear; I hope she's ok and those babies don't have to raise themselves!Three turkeys were roaming around Lost Field this morning when like a flash a deer ran right in front of the camera! I followed her and right behind her was a coyote. She made it back to the woods and he was right behind her all the way! A couple seconds later another coyote came running through the same way, hot on their trail. A minute or so later another one came out of the woods and was sniffing around and followed the same trail as the first ones. Hope the deer got away; those coyotes sure scared all of my turkeys away!
Hey, check it out, this is so cool; Malvin found a couple of rocks on Dogwood Mountain the other day and has them laid out on a stump so we can show them off. One is shaped like the state of Arkansas and the other is jammed full of fossils! So if you see a couple of rocks on the screen sometime be sure and take a really close look at them!
The Great Blue Heron showed back up for some more fishing on Bird Point and he didn't do too badly! The dragonflies were flying all around him while he fished! A Green Heron decided to come in and do a bit of fishing himself but didn't stay too long. I came upon a little box turtle on Hidden Pond around noon and followed him around for a bit. The turkeys were back at Turkey Hollow about that time then a little later a bear showed up for some lunch at Dogwood Mountain. Hidden Pond had a couple of turkeys and one of them was taking a dirt bath! He dug a pretty good size hole in the ground and was just a wallowing in it! There were several turkeys at Upper Springs today and then later on this afternoon Turkey Hollow had 6 tom turkeys. I looked for the seventh but he was no where to be found so I'm not sure these were the same ones that have been showing up almost every day. The three lone bear cubs were back at Fossil Ridge this afternoon and a big bear was at Dogwood Mountain. In the evening Bird Point was a busy place again with many deer grazing on the point and Wood Ducks all over the place! A pretty good size bear was at Lost Field for a little while and a cub wandered in to Dogwood Mountain and was still there when we left for the night. I guess you could say we had another pretty exciting day at USeeWildlife.com! I hope you all had a wonderful day! God Bless you and yours! Debbie
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Daily Blog, Wednesday, September 2, 2009
- bydebbie on2 Sep 09 inThe Blog
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A few of our early morning visitors were raccoons, a doe and a opossum on Lost Field, a cottontail rabbit on Fossil Ridge, deer and raccoons at Hidden Pond, a bear on Upper Springs and a raccoon on Dogwood Mountain. Fossil Ridge had deer all over it this morning; mostly grazing and some at the feeder then the fog started rolling in and it got pretty thick and hard to see for a while! A Blue Jay was eating from the bird feeder at Turkey Hollow this morning; he's the first one I've seen on the bird feeder! I found one of the bear cubs on Fossil Ridge at the deer feeder but he was only there for a couple minutes before he turned, looked around and took off running behind the camera. I scanned around to see what had scared him and a coyote came out of the edge of the woods and took off behind the camera also! I continued to scan to see if they might have come back in and there was a 6 pt buck at the far end of the field just nonchalantly taking it all in, then he slowly made his way to the feeder like he hadn't a care in the world! Guess he's not afraid of bears or coyotes! A Great Blue Heron was perched in the lake tree at Bird Point and once again, the seven tom turkeys were back on Turkey Hollow. They were just strolling around eating bugs and maybe a little bird seed under the bird feeder and a small 'spike' buck joined them for a couple minutes but they chased him off. They were there for an hour or more before taking off into the woods. Later in the morning a Red-shouldered Hawk flew into Bird Point and about the same time one of the older bear cubs showed up at Fossil Ridge. He looked like the same one that was there earlier and he was really paranoid acting or should I say 'watchful'. It probably wasn't 5 minutes later that a bigger bear made an appearance at Dogwood Mountain; they both hung around about 30 minutes or so! Around noon a Great Blue Heron flew back in to do some fishing at Bird Point. He was out in the middle of the lake wading in the water until he flew to the big island; he then took off on the other side of the island and continued on his quest for fish! In the afternoon seven tom turkeys made an appearance at Upper Springs, an armadillo was rooting around in the grass at Lost Field and a little later a few turkeys were sharing a meal with a lone doe at Hidden Pond. Late afternoon and early evening Bird Point had lots of Wood Ducks splashing around in the lake and having a good time, a doe and her fawn were grazing on the point and a Great Blue Heron was perched in the lake tree. Wow! What's going on with the bear cubs? They showed up at Fossil Ridge all by themselves; no momma bear anywhere in sight! I guess the little hooligans are getting brave! It wasn't too long after that there were 3 cubs all by themselves at Lost Field; don't know if it was the same three or not. They were all three sitting on the ground eating who knows what when something scared them and they ran up the big tree! Bless their little hearts; they were really scared and were still in the tree when we signed off!
Wonder where Momma Bear is; I hope she's ok. Wow; a big bear was on Lost Field later in the night and a bear cub was at Upper Springs. Well, it was another great day at USeeWildlife.com! I hope you all had a wonderfully blessed day! God Bless you and yours! DebbieYOU WILL SEE ACTION!!! GUARANTEED!!!
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