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I was holding off posting this collection of predators until I was able to include photos of a hawk and a snake. Even better would have been a hawk catching a snake! However, the hawks won’t cooperate by pausing their flights long enough for me to capture them with my camera and I have never seen a snake here (which some people would say is a good thing!) So here is my “hawkless” and “snakeless” presentation of predators found around the farm. In order of appearance on the slide show, I present a coywolf in our sweet corn field, a turkey vulture, a murder of crows that landed in our winter wheat, a Nursery Web Spider and a Bold Jumping Spider. (As if regular spiders aren’t creepy enough, we have to have both one of the biggest spiders in the arachnid family AND a jumping one…that’s bold….yuck.) If you prefer seeing adorable animals at the farm, you can visit Tater Tales July 25 to see the likes of bunny rabbits and ducklings.
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These adorable pictures are guaranteed to start your Tuesday morning by generating a warm and fuzzy feeling! I sometimes stumble across the most endearing animals as I travel around the farm collecting images for the website. Here are a few of my favourite photos of the cutest little animals that live here with us, from the family of ducklings that has taken up residence in our irrigation pond to the baby hummingbird that flew into our garage. For more pictures of animals you can visit “Pond Life Part II.”
Usually I am left to fend for myself on the May long weekend as the final push is on to get the last fields planted. Due to a strange combination of running out of seed potatoes and yet more rain, this long weekend was not as hectic as it usually is. I had a bit of free time to study the swans in our irrigation pond a little more closely. When I arrived at the pond, they swam over to greet me. They either have no fear of humans, or they are very curious birds. It turns out swans stick close together, and they seem to be synchronized in their actions. Now to keep my eyes peeled for babies! You can view a video of the swans at “Tater Tales May 5th: The Conversation. “
What a rainy week. The fields are overflowing with water, the tractor drivers are all cranky due to minimal planting getting accomplished and it still continues to rain. I managed to escape the house for a quick tour of the back 40 one evening. It looked like Noah’s Ark had unloaded directly into our irrigation pond! Murray wasn’t too impressed with all these creatures in his kingdom. Although I didn’t understand all of their conversation, it’s safe to assume the dog and the birds were discussing territorial rights of the pond. So far the Trumpeter Swans seem to have won as I can still spot them in the pond periodically. To view photos of other animal guests at the farm, you can visit our “Gallery.”
Robins are a very common sight in both the country and in the city. Here is a close up look at the robin nestlings that were born on our front porch last week. Both the mother and father fed these three babies every 15 minutes since they were born. Just yesterday they flew out of the nest. Kids grow up so quickly!
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