Random Daily Pics

[SledNeck]

Here's random.

Scott Suggs at the boat ramp. 

 

 

[SledNeck]

Every GD day

[Wanderer]

We had to get the Easter egg hunt off to an early start before our snow started to get bad.  Sigh. 

[Canon Guy]

Took the dogs to Lake Harriet for their walks this weekend thinking I might see some waterfowl migrating through town. Saw a few loons, horned grebes, wood ducks and a large number of red breasted mergansers.  

 

 

 

 

 

[chaffmj]

A little different bit of weather in this picture from the ones just above but we are getting some waterfowl up here on the rivers.

 

 

 

[Canon Guy]

Making a stop in the city on the way north.

 

[chaffmj]

From its location and all limbs attached I would call this one roadkill! It also looks like someone was feeding it corn.

 

[chaffmj]

Here are some of the critters that were eating it.

 

[Wanderer]

On 4/25/2022 at 4:48 PM, chaffmj said:

From its location and all limbs attached I would call this one roadkill! It also looks like someone was feeding it corn.

 

Back to nature it goes.

 

Your comment makes me curious if deer have the same problems digesting corn this time of year as they do in early and mid winter.  And in an area where corn doesn’t make up Any regular part of their diet. 

[Wanderer]

Just had a conversation this morning where we’re hearing farmers talk about finding dead deer out in their corn fields since they’ve been able to finally get out.

 

“Been gorging on corn and killing themselves”

 

”Same thing will happen to cows if you let them.  You have to moderate what they can eat or they get sick.”

[Mike89]

heard some talk about that too...   not good...

[chaffmj]

Deer are everywhere up here eating anything they can find. They have been coming in my yard and are eating any vegetation that isn't still covered by snow. Here is a pic from 3 days ago and I'm not sure what it was trying to eat there.  Maybe dead leaves from last fall?

 

 

 

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, chaffmj said:

Deer are everywhere up here eating anything they can find. They have been coming in my yard and are eating any vegetation that isn't still covered by snow. Here is a pic from 3 days ago and I'm not sure what it was trying to eat there.  Maybe dead leaves from last fall?

 

 

 

 

Dang, ribs showing not good! 

[Wanderer]

They are starving!! Anything they can get!  

[Duffman]

Is this where I go "Screw what those farmers and professional's say, I'm still putting out that corn."?

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, Duffman said:

Is this where I go "Screw what those farmers and professional's say, I'm still putting out that corn."?

There's other feeds you can put out like a Alfalfa bale, oats. 

[bobbymalone]

Pretty sure in the natural order of things deer are supposed to be scrawny in the early spring.

[Wanderer]

11 hours ago, Duffman said:

Is this where I go "Screw what those farmers and professional's say, I'm still putting out that corn."?

Stopping the corn feeding is catching on about as fast as catch and release fishing did in the 90’s.  Bird feeding and bird flu are a little bit behind that.

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, bobbymalone said:

Pretty sure in the natural order of things deer are supposed to be scrawny in the early spring.

True that.  And others to be fat in the spring! 

[rundrave]

13 hours ago, Duffman said:

Is this where I go "Screw what those farmers and professional's say, I'm still putting out that corn."?

 

Kind of, just tell the farmers to stop planting corn end row to end row,  leave some native habitat and stop tiling everything and removing all the tree groves 

[bobbymalone]

I've seen a hen wood duck and a ganser fly in and out of my duck house but I think the ganser won.  

[leech~~]

2 hours ago, bobbymalone said:

I've seen a hen wood duck and a ganser fly in and out of my duck house but I think the ganser won.  

 

How are you getting the shot.  Ceil phone in the hole or box cam?  

[bobbymalone]

13 minutes ago, leech~~ said:

 

How are you getting the shot.  Ceil phone in the hole or box cam?  

Cell phone in the hole

[leech~~]

8 minutes ago, bobbymalone said:

Cell phone in the hole

 

Wasn't there some dispute between the Woody and Ganser last year?  Or something that cleaned out of the Woodys eggs and she had to start all over?  

Edited April 29, 2022 by leech~~

[bobbymalone]

4 minutes ago, leech~~ said:

 

Wasn't there some dispute between the Woody and Ganser last year?  Or something that cleaned out of the Woodys eggs and she had to start all over?  

I think that was somebody else that was worried their house got cleaned out.  I have always had a wood duck nesting, but I think she's usually got a few kids that grow up to be mergansers.  The gansers always check it out.

 

I checked again a bit ago and think maybe this ganser is gonna have a baby wood duck.

 

Last year I had two wood ducks in the same nest and like 40 eggs.