Day 346 - Chubby critter

Been awhile since I've photographed our resident rodents, and boy, have these guys put on the pounds!! Well... ounces, anyway. Lookit the bulk on that beast! Clearly they've been feasting well.

Day 311 - Sneaky little bugger

Our resident squirrel was up to its antics again today. Apparently, it had hidden an acorn in my flowers and got hungry ...

so dug it out and proceeded to sit a spell for a munch or two.

Then it unceremoniously went on its merry way, leaving a mess of soil and shells behind.

Day 307 - Munching

The squirrel was busy munching on a found acorn...

while Zoey watched and wished she could do a little munching herself.

Day 261 - Body Armored

So I'm sitting at the computer, minding my own business, when all of a sudden I hear this "thunk" against the patio door. Thinking it might have been one of my hummers, I went over to take a look-see and saw this laaarge... as in big!... grasshopper. Seriously, the thing was at least 2 inches long, if not more.

Relatively speaking, probably not really all that big, I guess. I'm just used to the little inch-long jumpers hopping out of my way when I walk across the lawn. This dude could've made me seek cover!

Day 224 - A squirrel and its nut

Michael pointed out this little guy/gal scurrying around on our back yard oak so I snapped a few to see what it was all excited about. Looks like it found something tasty for dinner!

Day 221 - Green on green

I went out in the yard to take a picture of something with water and the birdbath, but got distracted by this little critter hopping around my feet. It was funny how it seemed to be hanging on to a blade of grass for dear life as I crawled around getting close-ups and its bent antenna was almost dapper - kind of Jiminy Cricket-ish. ;)

I also got this reflection in the birdbath water.

Day 192 - Baby bug

Out in the back yard to take a picture for another project, I came across this little critter crawling up the door frame as I was about to come in. It's a baby, only about 3/4" long, and only hung around long enough for me to get one macro close-up before it disappeared while I was trying to focus for a closer shot. I musta skeered it. :)

Day 172 - Wildlife visitor

(taken with Lew's Nikon D40X SLR)

Looky who came to visit us today! I almost fell out of my chair! Having lived here for over thirty years, I've seen my share of deer... out in the farmer's field. Once recently, in the darkest of night, a slew of them came up to the fence, but this is the first time I've ever seen one this close in daylight. I was astounded! Isn't she a beaut?

Actually, she was a little thin - we could see her ribs - which probably explains why she came so close to civilization. Had it not been for what's left of the fence, she probably would have been in the yard, munching on my azaleas!

(taken with my Nikon Coolpix 4800 point & shoot.)

She moseyed along the fence in one direction, then turned around and walked back, stopping to feed along the way. Here, I caught her in mid-munch. I have another shot of her with leaves in her mouth, but I'll be posting it on my regular blog for Camera Critters on Sunday. Both of these were taken from inside the house. (I just love my camera!)

Day 164 - Moth malaise??

Lew did some more weeding today and came across this critter sitting on a piece of mulch. It didn't try to fly away, as a matter of fact, didn't move around much at all. I'm thinking it must be injured... somewhere... but how do you tell? Anyway, it was very accommodating and let me photograph it from several angles and wing positions.

I thought its fuzzy, wooly little head was fascinating and almost wanted to reach out and scratch behind its - ears? - but figured I'd leave well enough alone. Besides, at this point it was looking a little perturbed and ready for me to get out of its face.

As I type, hours later, it's still parked on the arm of the bench, though it has crawled over to the side. Maybe it's waiting for a flame to fly off to.

Day 142 - Squirrely rodent

I was pretty pre-occupied today so all I managed to shoot was one of our resident squirrels all in a dither looking for the acorns he forgot where he buried... goofy critter!

Day 124 - Got an itch?

Caught this sequence of one of our resident squirrels going after an itch... or maybe a flea or some other creepy crawly thing.

Day #289 - Furry fauna ...

The fauna were restless in my yard today. Between the birds and the squirrels, my beasties were going nuts. This little guy was especially busy and spent a good bit of the day digging, eating, and burying acorns right outside the door while the cats stalked it from inside.

Day #272 - 'Til the cows come home...

So, here I am, living out here in the middle of cow country and I haven't taken a picture of a cow yet for this project!! Duh-huh! Ergo...

This little(!) lady lives down the road apiece and interruputed her lunch to pose for me (actually, she was just curious and wondering who the hell I was!)

Day #251 - Huh?

What the h*ll, you may ask, are those!? Hah, haven't a clue! Some kind of caterpillar things, I guess, but they've been hanging out on the patio for a couple and made for a good picture. I didn't examine them too closely (wuss that I am) but I think they're quite dead. Or hibernating or something... they didn't move when I gave a little shove. But they are pretty, little furry things, aren't they?

Day #165 - Lilies for lunch?

So all in all, it hasn't been the best past couple of days. After a major screw-up by Comcast, we finally have our cable and Internet back (if you're curious, I wrote about it on my blog,) but I noticed today that something is majorly munching on my lilies. Whatever it is is non discriminating - it likes the leaves and flowers. Erg!

Day #117 - Under Construction...

That's not trash...

that's building material!

This is an ongoing project by one of our fine feathered friends, who can't seem to make up his/her mind whether a nest on our porch light is really the best location. Haven't seen the critter itself, but it sure is making a mess in the process of building a cozy little egg drop.

I dunno, seems to me one of the many nearby trees might be a bettter choice, but what do I know - I don't have a bird's brain (that's not up for debate!)

Day #115 - Warning - Bug Ahead...

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It's an ant... an ant who has no business being in MY house... in MY kitchen... on MY counter!! Ucck!

Now it's a dead ant...