Leave the mods alone and get outdoors?Pics from your walk ?

[mel b 4,386]

25 minutes ago, mackem said:

They are melanistic eastern grays mel,but the blacks actually seem larger than the gray version,maybe because black stands out more?I saw a few black grey squirrels in the UK,near Milton Keynes,they are still just greys.

When we moved into my house , about 27 years ago . We had a handful of black grey squirrels knocking about . One by one the oddball old fella next door shot them .

My kids were only young , and they thought that the black greys were monkeys .

[shaaark 11,620]

2 hours ago, mackem said:

Out fishing,had one tiny crappie so far,got here earlier than my brother in law so followed a set of coyote tracks down the river,it made a bee-line for every beaver and muskie den on the ice,there was a few otters fishing along the edge of the ice earlier.

Mack, that bird in the pic just below the woodpecker  is that a Canadian version of our nuthatch?

[mackem 30,807]

1 hour ago, shaaark said:

Mack, that bird in the pic just below the woodpecker  is that a Canadian version of our nuthatch?

White-breasted nuthatch mate,they are very common.

[shaaark 11,620]

2 minutes ago, mackem said:

White-breasted nuthatch mate,they are very common.

Lovely little birds.

Nuthatches are one of my favourites.

[shaaark 11,620]

@mackem

Just had a quick Google of canadian nuthatches.

Those red breastfed nuthatches are little beauties, eh?

Well, all of em, really.

[mackem 30,807]

4 minutes ago, shaaark said:

@mackem

Just had a quick Google of canadian nuthatches.

Those red breastfed nuthatches are little beauties, eh?

Well, all of em, really.

I saw a red breasted a few weeks back,not so common around me as the white breasted which I see on a daily basis,there’s a pair of bald eagles local but I haven’t seen them yet.

[shaaark 11,620]

8 minutes ago, mackem said:

I saw a red breasted a few weeks back,not so common around me as the white breasted which I see on a daily basis,there’s a pair of bald eagles local but I haven’t seen them yet.

I love the fact nuthatches can climb both up and down tree trunks.

Beautiful little birds.

[mackem 30,807]

9 minutes ago, shaaark said:

 nuthatches can climb both up and down tree trunks.

Yup.

[shaaark 11,620]

Just to add, to some of the replies on the last couple of pages, re hunter gathering etc.

I think that as a person gets older, has more life experiences etc, that we become more comfortable with being wildlife observers, rather than just hunters.

For me, anyway.

Perhaps I'm just getting softer as age creeps up on me? Lol.

 

 

[tatsblisters 11,236]

5 hours ago, shaaark said:

Just to add, to some of the replies on the last couple of pages, re hunter gathering etc.

I think that as a person gets older, has more life experiences etc, that we become more comfortable with being wildlife observers, rather than just hunters.

For me, anyway.

Perhaps I'm just getting softer as age creeps up on me? Lol.

 

 

Same mate tbh though I have always took an interest in wildlife and the fauna of the countryside wile hunting different species with lurchers i notice more these days as I am not focused on catching stuff as I was when out on the land with the dogs. 

[Leo Sayer 3,925]

3 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

Same mate tbh though I have always took an interest in wildlife and the fauna of the countryside wile hunting different species with lurchers i notice more these days as I am not focused on catching stuff as I was when out on the land with the dogs. 

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[Arry 25,866]

10 hours ago, shaaark said:

I love the fact nuthatches can climb both up and down tree trunks.

Beautiful little birds.

I love to sit and watch the Tree Creepers as the seem to hop on the underside of a branch in the same way.

Cheers Arry

[waltjnr 8,333]

12 hours ago, shaaark said:

Just to add, to some of the replies on the last couple of pages, re hunter gathering etc.

I think that as a person gets older, has more life experiences etc, that we become more comfortable with being wildlife observers, rather than just hunters.

For me, anyway.

Perhaps I'm just getting softer as age creeps up on me? Lol.

 

 

Spot on ! 

[steve66 3,873]

Love whatching nuthatches and dippers , but dont seem to see as many about these days around here 

[shaaark 11,620]

44 minutes ago, steve66 said:

Love whatching nuthatches and dippers , but dont seem to see as many about these days around here 

Yep, dippers are another bird I love to see.

Quite fortunate where I live, as it's very close to the river Taff, which has got MUCH cleaner over the last 30 years, and has seen a pretty dramatic return of wildlife, including quite a lot of dippers  kingfishers, wagtails and ducks of all sorts.