Thanks for sharing, love animal pictures, loved the beautiful fur detail on the cheetah. They are all great.

Sheila

Thanks for sharing, love animal pictures, loved the beautiful fur detail on the cheetah. They are all great.

Sheila

Thanks for sharing, love animal pictures, loved the beautiful fur detail on the cheetah. They are all great.

Sheila

Thanks for the info on the cams. We need to see about getting some set up. No telling what we would see! Regarding the fox and raccoon, our fox was bullied by the coons. They would chase her away from her food, she would go and stand in the round pen that was there at the time. John would go out and run off the coons then sit outside while the fox came back to eat... It was crazy! The coons would start trying to sneak back and you could see them looking around the corner of the house to see if he was still there with her.

You are lucky to still have your Red Fox... Looking forward to seeing your pictures of them this year.

Thank you Dick. I was so excited to have been that close to getting a shot of him, I'm surprised I even had him in the frame, in all the excitement! He is a beautiful boy, I love the markings on his wings and those red shoulders.

Sheila

Do your security cams take stills, video or both? That is one thing I have not invested in and should. Last night, I watch coons clean up the seeds the birds did not get and I love to watch them with their little hands and masked face. I know lots of people don't like them, but I love to watch them. They get into everything but they are just trying to survive

Well they are very nice shots. After we would feed Ms Fox as we called her, I would come in thinking how many people go out and feed wild foxes to start their day.

I bought a D750 a few days ago, refurbished one, and will be looking at a zoom lens for it. Gotta do some research~~ My first venture into the full frame camera.

Wow, those shots are awesome! I just love the red foxes. What lens did you use to get those shots? They are beautiful memories. Our little gray fox had two kits one year but the other two years only seen her with one. They move FAST! I will get to watch your video later today. Can't wait.. Thanks for sharing your critter pictures!

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Such great stories. When my Great Dane passed away from cancer, a female gray fox started watching us feed the horses as she passed thru the yard. When I noticed she was pregnant, we put out some dry dog food for her. She began to visit and dine twice a day, she would be waiting on my husband to put her food out early in the mornings. She got to where she would let us feed her by throwing food at her feet, usually bologna, which she loved. She would not eat out of our hands but would get close enough to do so. This went on for about 3 years. Then we saw a gray fox dead on the side of the road, fearing it was her mate. I guess it was, because she came around less and less and now we have not seen her for 2 years. I am hopeful that she moved on and found a new mate. I miss our interactions with her, she was beautiful and had such soulful eyes. I have a few pictures of her. A couple of her and mate and one picture of her and her mate and pup. They were all taken thru a window and not very good, but I treasure those memories I have of her.

Woodsman,

Awesome to have saved a hummingbird, they are amazing, tiny and beautiful birds.

He is lucky you saw him so you could help. I think on our window situation they have a slight reflective surface, sunblock I guess, but the birds most likely see the wooded reflection and get confused. I have tried hanging different things on the windows to deflect them but have not found anything that works, they still hit the window. From the number of birds that feed, only a very few fly into the windows. I have thought about feeding them further from the house. But, hawks keep me from doing that. Many of the wild animals that would take advantage of the little birds, will not come so close to our house.

This is a picture of "Woody" just broke my heart when he hit the window. He hit hard and was in pretty bad shape, but after a long while, hubby holding him and keeping him warm, he flew away. I took the pic with my cell phone, it felt like it would be less intrusive and scary for Woody and his dilemma.

Thanks Rjaywallace,

Sadly, hawk was flying off with him when I opened the door. He was actually on my porch getting the bird, and probably is why the bird flew into the glass.... I love feeding the little songbirds, can't do much about the predator birds, though, I do chase them away when I know they are out there. They come in on occasion when they find all the diners at one place and easy prey...

We put out lots of bird seed in the winter for different birds that decide to stop in. Standard birds for this, finches (purple and gold), sparrows, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Woodpeckers, Doves and prob more I am not thinking of... So today, I was sitting in the house and one of the birds hit the window pretty hard and I saw him fall on the porch. Usually I get them and hold them for a bit and they can recover and fly away. However, today, this guy beat me to the little bird. I was able to grab my camera and get one picture of him in the tree and then as he flew away. Probably mad cause he had to leave his buffet....

Wow, nice. Surprised you got so close, he surely was watching!

Nice captures!

Very nice looking little guy. How lucky to have seen him resting.