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Wildlife around your house

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by curiousbear, Oct 29, 2013.

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  1. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    One of my XBILs would find, & surprise, them on the outdoors staircase. He would pickup the playing dead opposums by the tail & toss them into the brush. After seeing their teeth & claws up close (a rescue opposum that was brain damaged to the point of being completely docile) I want nothing to do with touching one.

    As a young kid I used to hear the stories of how opposums would burrow deep into the ground to chew into caskets to feed on dead bodies. Even back then I didn't believe it :rolleyes:.
     
    Chris Noyb, Oct 28, 2025
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  2. genuinemommy

    genuinemommy Moderator Staff Member

    There are so many ibis. So many.
     
    genuinemommy, Nov 3, 2025
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  3. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    The opossum has become a nightly visitor.

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    Borla, Nov 4, 2025
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  4. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    :mad: :mad: :mad:


    :p
     
    Chris Noyb, Nov 4, 2025
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  5. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

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    This hawk comes by every now and then. We have several squirrels that are very active in our yard on a daily basis. The hawk completely ignores them. I’ve even seen the squirrel sitting in a tree with the hawk sitting in the same tree less than 5’ away from the squirrel.


    Not sure if the hawk is young and too small to go after a squirrel, or the squirrel is too much of a chonker, or what.
     
    Borla, Dec 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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  6. fflowley

    fflowley Don't just do something, stand there!

    Do you have any bird feeders?
    That hawk is looking for winged prey.
     
    fflowley, Dec 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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  7. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    Yes. You can see the tube feeder in the far right of that pic. We have a couple of those, and a couple smaller feeders as well. Lots of finches, sparrows, junkos around this time of year.
     
    Borla, Dec 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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