Images from:
1) Conservative Cowgirl (Great Blue Heron) This Great Blue Heron frequently hunts gophers on our property, for which I am very grateful!! I managed to get a photo of him with a gopher before he swallowed it.
2) Conservative Cowgirl (Deer) I feed a little bit of oatmeal and sunflower hearts to birds at the back door and I think this doe and her fawn were hoping for some, too. It was all gone, but they had a consolation prize by eating the roses next to the door. Lol!
3,4) Freepik.com
5, 6) Pexels.com
7) Unsplash.com
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Always love the critter break. Thank you Claudia. Wishing all of you a great new week.
FJB
Those deer remind me of the ones that come into my backyard garden and eat the daylilies that I try to grow. I spray repellant and that usually works but earlier this week they ignored it and mowed down thousands of blossoms and nothing was left in the morning. Once I found a spotted fawn actually up on the patio (three steps up) nibbling on the blossoms while momma watched from the yard. They must taste like candy to these critters.
The gopher hunter was amazing. Good catch Conservative Cowgirl. And thanks to Claudia.
Great shot of the heron.
Love Sunday Critters!
@Jethro, good to know about daylilies! I’ve thought of planting some, but it would be pointless! Lol! I’ve been thinking of spreading some red clover seeds out in the field so the deer have that to nibble on
Love the radar ears on the deer, they are giving us their full attention.
Didn’t know Heron went for gophers!
See, you keep learning every day!
Thanks to Claudia’s Critters!
CΒ²
@Conservative Cowgirl
Try these – the most deer resistant:
https://www.americanmeadows.com/product/perennials/daylily-stella-doro
Thanks Jethro! I will get some of those. ππ»
@Conservative Cowgirl
The herons eat crawfish at my place.