Urban Wildlife

[welikecamping2]

So I currently find myself trapped at "Base Camp". This is pretty much the middle of the Sonoran Desert in the middle of the hot season (July-October). Fortunately, there is always wildlife. Despite that I live in an urban environment, I recognize and appreciate the critters that share my space. In light of this, I provide an oasis for the critters that can use it. Thus far, I've seen a variety of owls, hawks, falcons, songbirds, rabbits, foxes, coyotes and javelina. This thread is about pictures of those less-common visitors.

To start, here is our most recent visitor, we named him "Alice"...


Alice has visited our watering hole several times now, to the dismay of the local flock of Love Birds.

 

[dstefan]

Hmm…”Base Camp”I like that … maybe I need to change my address here in the Valley from “Home Arrest”🤨

No Hawks lately, but nightly Javalina visits trampling the front yard and tons of quail, doves, hummers. Couple years ago we got this guy in the back yard. He was unbothered by me being 15 ft away taking his pic. Biggest male bobcat I’ve ever seen. Amazing what wanders by here. Maybe hawks we’re not seeing have driven away the Lovebirds in our neighborhood. Haven’t seen any at all this whole year and a couple years ago they were everywhere.

 

[STREGA]

Hmm…”Base Camp”I like that … maybe I need to change my address here in the Valley from “Home Arrest”🤨

I’ve used “base camp, Grand Canyon” in my signature for about 12 years now, since I live in a rv and it felt like I was always camping, well maybe glamping. 😎

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

I like " base camp"

I have not had much urban wildlife that I got pictures of any way, we have had a lot of hawks as of late

The cows sometimes consider themselves wild,
The dog is wild about naps and snacks
The robin family was fun to watch from nest building to hatching, fledging and all flying away.

This little frog really likes the glow in the dark flowers

 

[welikecamping2]

Sorry, didn't abandon this thread. Had to get out of town for a few days. Went camping up in the AZ rim country. I'll start a new thread in the adventure forum. Here is a pic of a Great Horned Owl hunting in my backyard during the day. I don't think he was happy I was taking his picture...

 

[welikecamping2]

This guy was pretty acrobatic, have never seen this behavior before or since..

 

[welikecamping2]

Spotted this Peregrine looking for dinner while we watched the sunset from our front porch.

 

[welikecamping2]

Lunchtime...sorry for the poor image quality, I clipped it from an mp4. It's a trip watching a hawk take down prey and eat it. (circle of life)

 

[ThundahBeagle]

Man. We get deer, bears, fox, bobcat, coy-wolves, coyotes, hawks (red tail, sharp shin, red shoulder), great horned owls, barred owls, turkeys, turkey vultures and flying squirrels among the typical squirrels, raccoons and rabbits.

The other night we were watching the Persied meteor shower (saw some good ones!) and heard some screeching in the woods that turned out to be two barred owls in nearby trees screeching and dancing to each other.

I'll see what pics I can dig up.

 

[ThundahBeagle]

Hummingbirds!
Oh! And woodpeckers. We get woodpeckers. Lady Beagle thinks they are delightful to watch...we live in a log cabin, and I dont want to have only a bathtub and a chimney left in 5 years. So for me, the only good woodpecker is a dead woodpecker

 

[ThundahBeagle]

Terrible picture of a flying squirrel. It had just glided down from the swing set jungle gym where I was with my grandson. Seen here he was hiding under a leaf near the foot if the jungle gym