Images from:
1) SNS (Moth) Too late for the bug post.
2) SNS (Butterfly)
3) Anymouse (Baby Bunny Wabbits) It’s what’s for breakfast. One of the eagles from last years hatch stopped by for an uninvited visit and meal.
4) Anymouse (Baby Bunny Wabbits) Started in the middle of our yard and when friend wife leaving, or I should say tried to leave, and came right back to the house afraid the eagle might attack her. Told her to just stay on the sidewalk and he’d ignore her, being busy with his breakfast.
5) Anymouse (Baby Bunny Wabbits) Bold SOB as I walked past him any number of times and he just kept eating and ignoring me. Finally took off when I started the lawn mower and carried off the body leaving me the guts and some bones that he had already stripped clean.
6) Roger F (Merlin) He is not happy. He is a long hair, but every couple of years I get him a lion cut. For a couple of weeks, he is upset.
7) Tim-FJB (Buck)
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Nice rack on that little buck… Thank you Claudia for the weekly respite. Hope all of you iOtwrs have a great new week!
FJB
Agree with CRACKER! Thanks!
Thanks Lady C for this welcome break in the madness and for posting my happy snaps.
I was wondering if anyone had skillz to identify these. The Interwebs doesn’t really help, nothing looks quite like them, and I had no ide there were THAT MANY moths in particular. These guys were both quite alive, both in Southwestish Ohio, and both went on their scatterbrained way after posing for these shots. The moth also has orange-reddish legs, and I was worried for him because this was on an enterance vestibule in the middle of a parking lot, but my experience with moths is that they crumble to powder if you try to pick them up so I figured God made it so He would guide it. Beautiful creatires even with the butterfly’s wing damage so I thought I’d share, when I saw the bug post.
Happy Sunday!
God Bless,
SNS
Ditto the above.
Thanks, Claudia!
@RogerF, yeah… Merlin is not amused. Check inside your shoe before donning them. 😉
Lovely (if not a bit grim) collection Miz Claudia.
#6 Reminds me of a kitty I had years ago, Frisco, could be his twin. Got him in ’84 and died in ’05.
Photo 1 : Antheraea polyphemus
Photo 2 : Pipevine Swallowtail, with a lot of flying hours, obviously at the end of life.
I love the look of the sheared cat: : “How dare you, I will avenge…”
Thank you Apollo, I just don’t have the patience. I appreciate that you do.
I always wondered if cats are aware of their fur and if they see it as part of their identity, and would they care if they were shaved. Merlin’s expression proved it.
Dogs don’t seem to care very much about their look. Some really furry dogs seem to appreciate being shaved in summer because they are cooler.
My Schnazapoo didn’t let his groomer finish cutting out his mats so she gave up at his body, leaving his head and feet unshaved. Silliest looking liondog you ever saw, but he is not shy about it at ALL…
With apologies…
Was a Redtail Hawk with closer examination. Didn’t think they got as big as this one. Somewhere around a five foot wing span!
Took some pics of the younger eagles that hadn’t fletched out with the white that looked similar.
Guess I should have sent the pictures of the Stag Beetles. Nasty looking critters and I already deleted the pics.
Not to compete, but this here is one very saddest pictures you’ll ever see…
https://theferalirishman.blogspot.com/2023/08/go-camping-they-said-it-will-be-fun.html
Should be titled, “I promise Ma, I’ll never do it again!”
With as crapy as the little flip phone pictures are I’m always surprised when you use them Claudia…
And yeah, the one above was me screwing up the e-mail address.
Thanks for the Critters!
One of my favorite things online on Sundays!!
had to put down pumpkin my chihuahua of 17 years last night. sadly it was time. im reaching out for comments on euthanasia by injection. is this the best method we have? it was a very stressful end of life event for the pooch, my wife and i. with the injections, the catheter and being in her most hated environment. i think i could have done a better job with a plastic bag over her carrier and a tank from the soda machine. why are chambers outlawed for pets? it seems more humane to me. pumpkin was on pain meds and slept most of the day she could have fallen asleep and be done with no distress. i already know about the misuse of chamber technique, but really what could be better than falling asleep at home and not waking?
@ pie….find a vet that will do it at home on her favorite bed. Favorite smells and favorite people all surrounding her…The vet or you can slide her a treat with a sedative….I’ve only had to put one dog/friend down in my lifetime of 7 dog/best buddy ownership and she LOVED the vet so it was “easy?”….Nah it wasn’t…
As far as them losing control of their bodily functions? Some do and some don’t, but be prepared for the clean up. It’s the least you can do….The hell for a catheter and diaper….
pie AT 12:29 PM
I lost my 18 yo Chihuahua last year so I can sympathize, and may the Lord bless and comfort you for your loss.
There’s not a lot of options for end of life, but it can be done in some places at home, where the pet can be comfortable and other pets can be brought in after, so they can smell that their companion is gone.
https://www.angelspaws.com/home-euthanasia
It’s a terrible decision to make, but sometimes living in pain is more awful. You have to do what needs to be done.
I am thrilled that Merlin has survived this long. He Hate Me when I get his hair cut, but he does not let me rake / comb him as much as I would like, so I do what I can. At about 20 years old (give or take), I value and love my time with him
ty willys. yes, we thought about at home vet (one to choose from) and made a poor choice. with her being on pain meds thought she could sleep right through. it was midnight and went to the 24hr vet thinking it would be slow in the office. nope. vet gave her a intra muscular and she squealed, didnt touch her distress. second intra muscular squealing and still fighting alert trying to bite. had to muzzle. she fought terrible. just finished the burial and late in responding. there must be something better. i know a gunshot would be quick and painless. after last night i think i could do a gunshot, before that not so much.
thank you for sharing sns. sorry to hear you had a similar choice to make. i am a bit peeved about not having more choices for end of life. i feel this one size fits all solution for end of life for our pets is inhumane. at this point my only other humane solution is a gunshot. its ridiculous. unfortunately i was not prepared to make a good choice last night. but after last night i will have no problem using a pistol for a clean kill. even if i botch the first shot, the follow up shot would be better than the iv euthanasia i watched last night.
How absolutely terrible for you, I’m d
sorry you had to go through that. Don’t blame yourself for what the vet didn’t do however, you did the best you could and made the choice that would have been right if they were better at their job, and you were there for Pumpkin ar the end as you should have been. That’s a hard thing to do, made harder by the vet, but you did it and at least that was a comfort to your fur baby. IM was a pretty weird and slow route, but it doesn’t matter now. Be comforted that Pumpkin no longer hurts and now concentrate on healing your own pain.
God Bless,
SNS
There has been a nesting pair of red tailed hawks in a large spruce tree in my apartment complex for 10 years. The tenants like to fatten up the squirrels and chipmunks which then fatten up the hawks. They’ve become quite acclimated to people. I was out walking one day and one landed in a tree branch 4 or 5 feet from me. We eyeballed each other for a couple of minutes. I hurried back to my apartment to grab my camera, but by the time I got back it was gone. It’s fun watching them raise the kids, teaching them how to hunt, and they keep the rodent population down.
Wild Bill AT 6:31 PM
Not sure where their nest is if there is any, but further paying attention has shown that the hawk is part of a mated pair. Believe they have housekeeping set up close to my daughter’s place (three doors to the west). Have a tract of land just North that’s mostly flood plain and I imagine the pickings are pretty easy for them. Perch often at my daughter’s oak trees and do a bunch of screaming. Maybe in future the daughter of her husband might get a decent picture that I can pass on to Claudia.