Got some interesting wildlife in my yard

[ffvetteman]

The first animal I spotted in my yard was a mean little bastard. At first, I thought it was a Badger, but my neighbor said it was something else, just cant remember what right now. The previous owner left a large pile of wood that were I think 4x10 x 10'long. Whatever this animal was, took a liking to this pile and lived under it with its children. I think there was 3 babies in there. When I removed and cut up the pile, there was a tunnel system in the dirt I had to contend with and fill. Here they are before I moved the pile:

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Then I has 2 little birds that were sitting on a wire that goes over my front yard. When I was trying to leave one night, the little bastards kept attacking my. I would open the front door and they would swoop down at me. This went on for about 20 minutes until I got a broom and began to swing it at them. Then I wasa able to escape to the safety of my car.

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And today, I had these things in my yard eating the grass. There was 2 of them and a baby. Again, not sure what they are, but kinda cool looking. They did not like me around and were maiking some noise when they saw me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/ffvetteman/W4557%20Hy%2018/100_4427.jpg

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AHHHHH living in the country!!!!

[Yooformula]

time to get a gun and use it.

[lilws6]

first one not shure what they are the last too i may be right. the birds are swallows and the tall ones look like cranes to me i maybe wrong but i see alot of these in tichigan as well may the first ones be muskrats???

[ffvetteman]

That was it, my neighbor said the birds were barn swollows.

Still cant think what the other animal is.

I was wondering if thoes were craines.. I dont know much about wildlife I guess.

[Prince Valiant]

Those are Sandhill Cranes...fairly rare, but common compared to the very similar looking and VERY rare whooping crane." NOT a common site, so consider yourself fortunate.

[Reverend Cooper]

i have many guns one is a red dot,just point and pull trigger so easy a caveman can do it

[stealthy1ss]

Those nasty little bastards look like Woodchucks.

[Holeshot]

^^^^ Yeah lets do a Caddy Shack on those Varmints. Hello Mister Gopher, Mister squirrel is dropping in for a visit KA BOOM

[SmokinRAM114]

that fist pic, SHOOT them little fu<kers!!!

[ffvetteman]

that fist pic, SHOOT them little fu<kers!!!

They are gone now. I evicted them from the wood pile and have not seen them since.

[ffvetteman]

Those are Sandhill Cranes...fairly rare, but common compared to the very similar looking and VERY rare whooping crane." NOT a common site, so consider yourself fortunate.

How can you tell the difference? I will have to look them up on the net. Now Im curious.

Here are some more pics"


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[ffvetteman]

Nevermind found it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_Crane

[DirtyMax]

Those could very well be Fishers.

[Flicktitty]

where do you live? I see those sandhill cranes every once in a while out in the Elkhorn area. and those barn swallows suck.

[ffvetteman]

Those could very well be Fishers.

I just looked up a fisher, and I dont think that is it. I did see these animals out of that area wandering around in my yard, but I did not have a camera there that day. They have low wide bodies and very short tails. I am leaning toward woodchuck or badger, but I didnt pay enough attention to the colors of the face when they were out, and in that area where they are in the picture, I did not want to get to close.

The face looks the same as the fisher, but not the body. Good call though from the pic alone.

[ffvetteman]

where do you live? I see those sandhill cranes every once in a while out in the Elkhorn area. and those barn swallows suck.


Its out in the Town of Jefferson. I dont live there yet, still rebuilding the house. Just spend a lot of time out there working on the house.

[ffvetteman]

where do you live? I see those sandhill cranes every once in a while out in the Elkhorn area. and those barn swallows suck.

Yea they were not very friendly!!!!!

[Boost21]

sandhill cranes are everywhere like air by the dells area, or at least by our cabin.

[Flicktitty]

Yea they were not very friendly!!!!!

there not that there MEAN there just dumb they fly into everything and have no respect for people. my buddy has a ton of them out in his barn and thats where we work on our cars and others cars and ****ers piss us off.

[lilws6]

we have swallows that fly around here towards evening picking bugs off just above the water. And the cranes we see out in feilds all the time. one other close bird to the cranes i see very often the blue heron (sp?) always walking in the shallow water looking for fish

[UnderPSI]

I live in waukesha, I have those sand hill cranes in my yard all the time. They are tall. I'll see if I have any pictures still.