With the current heat wave, things have moved along even more since these were taken 3 days ago! My tomatoes are anxious to get outside but I’m waiting until 6/1 to take a chance.
There is a chipmunk turf war going on here under the bird feeders. Unless that’s love? There is an awful lot of chasing going on. Yesterday, when the kids were here, my younger son threw a combo that Chip (or Dale) nabbed and immediately stuffed into his little cheek pouch. He/she left it there only a few minutes yet couldn’t resist sampling it. Of course the other was after it so when one ran the other chased to get it.
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Spring has clearly sprung by you.
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Yes, Jim. How are you doing? Haven’t “talked”in a few days.
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Cataract surgery tomorrow.
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Good luck and a good outcome are wished for you.
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Very nice photos.
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Thanks, dear.
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A pleasure
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Love chipmunks and groundhogs…except when they dig. The rhubarb blossom is awesome looking.
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These have a pile of cement they live under, but they have burrowed in the small gap between the slabs of concrete in the carport, right under the bird feeder, which I’m sure leads to the cement pile. I keep tapping the dirt back in. They’ve only done it once so far this year.
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They are not too bad…ground hogs…as cute as they are will dig huge holes…I wont hurt them but I try to fill in and make noise to get them to leave.
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We had a groundhog living under out porch at our old house, but he just disappeared. We had raccoons living up in a hollow of one of our trees also there. They used the street drains to get around town!
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Smart raccoons! Imagine if they organized!
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LMAO. Instead of Lance Link, we’d have Rocky Raccoon :)
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p.s. I did learn something a couple of nights ago. Coyotes are out back, in the woods. I heard a pack of them. Talk about a scary sound :(
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They can be down right dangerous. I know someone else in Michigan that talks about them around her house. She said she keeps her small dog inside. She lives in Port Huron I believe.
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Thats directly east from here on the other side of the state, across the river from Canada. I saw a dead one on the side of the road a few years ago and took a pic of it but it was on my old computer. I don’t trust a screen to keep my cats safe from them!
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It’s so refreshing to see the springtime in your yard! :)
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:)
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Aww! Love the pics, Li. Your yard is a beautiful place this spring. ❤️
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Glad you like it, Punam :)
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Chipmunks are fun to watch, as long as they aren’t digging at your house foundation.
Great photo of the nest! (K)
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So far they’ve dug a hole in the gap in teh concrete directly under the bird feeder, cheeky little….. I just fill it up again.
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They used to drive my father crazy. It was a draw.
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lol The cats are mesmerized by them. They live harmoniously with the birds, but they seem to have conflicts with each other.
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Lovely pics! That rhubarb steals the show, although all the blooms seem equally beautiful. The Fauna stories are so cute, except for the coyote pack, that sounds unsettling. Are you hearing more this year because of the lockdown?
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I’ve never heard the coyotes here before. I had been putting food out for the cat in hopes of taming him enough to get him to the shelter for medical exam, neutering, etc., and every morning the food was gone. The night before I heard them out back I’d heard a strange sound in the carport and guessed it was two cats fighting over the food. Now I think it was the coyotes. I stopped putting food out because I don’t want them near the house. You know it may be what you say: less people out and about which has them roaming more freely.
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Yikes! I hope the cat does not run into those coyotes.
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I hear you! I have seen him slide under my garage door pretty easy. Hopefully they can’t get in there.
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