The Garden tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-344878 2009-09-29T20:46:57-07:00 Life on the Northern California coast, gardening, sprouting stories and More........ TypePad Animals Galore tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83531147469e20120a5ab35da970b 2009-09-29T20:46:57-07:00 2009-09-29T20:46:57-07:00 It's been weeks since I've posted. Been pretty busy around here. However; I haven't stopped taking pics of the numerous wildlife critters that have been visiting our gardens. I caught this woodpecker eating bugs he spotted in a piece of... hisierra

It's been weeks since I've posted. Been pretty busy around here. However; I haven't stopped taking pics of the numerous wildlife critters that have been visiting our gardens.

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I caught this woodpecker eating bugs he spotted in a piece of driftwood standing in one of my plants.
Then another day, I caught this stellar jay, digging for almonds in the half barrel planter that the chipmunks had hidden there.

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A family of deer came to call....

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and brought a tag-along young buck from the mama deer's previous season.

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This little guy above, prefers the dry seeds of a carrot plant. Yum!
Below are a few more critters that stopped by to get their picture taken.

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And that my dear friends is all she wrote. I hope you enjoy my little animal parade.
Till next time....be happy.
xo Colette

 Chip And Dale tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83531147469e20120a55ee469970b 2009-09-11T13:34:39-07:00 2009-09-11T13:40:01-07:00 Our wildlife gathering has increased it's numbers recently. One morning I looked out on the back deck to find this.. Isn't he cute!? I just love him. Here's a close-up of him below.... This little guy came faithfully to our... hisierra

Our wildlife gathering has increased it's numbers recently. One morning I looked out on  the back deck to find this..

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Isn't he cute!? I just love him. Here's a close-up of him below....

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This little guy came faithfully to our slider door for about two weeks, when one day, a second little one showed up and chased this guy out! Here's the second one....

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This little "chipper" has a little more orangey color than the first one. He is also plumper. Probably since he chases off all the other ones and has the bounty all to himself. ; ) Here he's feasting on lobelia seeds.

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Here he's nibbling on a piece of a dried mushroom he found in one of my planter boxes.

As the days went by, the first little chipmunk was getting hungry I guess, cuz one day I opened the slider door and to my surprise, a striped little furry ball streaked past my feet into the house and ran all over the place! Was I surprised! I quickly got some almonds out of the bag nearby and began placing them on the throw rug by the slider door and talking to the little frightened chipmunk and calling him to the door. He finally came over to the almonds, filled his pouches and RAN out the slider door. Since then, he has been the one to come back each day for food and handouts. They like sunflower seeds but they LOVE almonds. They fill their cheek pouches and run off somewhere to hide the seeds. Presumably for winter. I am now finding little diggings in my potted plants and planter boxes on the deck. ; )

There is more to this story but I'll save it for another post.

Meanwhile, have a chipper week end!

xo Colette

 Gypsy Music tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83531147469e20120a5293682970b 2009-08-28T00:16:17-07:00 2009-08-28T00:41:52-07:00 hisierra <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><object width="380" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oSjeQ7Ia4U4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oSjeQ7Ia4U4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="380" height="344"></embed></object> </div> Just Summer Blooms tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83531147469e20120a50f096d970b 2009-08-21T22:57:32-07:00 2009-08-21T23:01:41-07:00 Wishing you all a great week end! ;-) xo Colette hisierra

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Wishing you all a great week end! ;-)
xo Colette

 Deer Inspiration tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83531147469e201157257e090970b 2009-08-05T16:56:08-07:00 2009-08-05T16:56:08-07:00 I've been away from my blog for a few weeks now. Not feeling very inspired, until this afternoon. I was sitting at the table talking on the phone, gazing out the slider window. And there he was....this handsome, young buck.... hisierra

I've been away from my blog for a few weeks now. Not feeling very inspired, until this afternoon. I was sitting at the table talking on the phone, gazing out the slider window. And  there he was....this handsome, young buck.
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He stayed around for about half an hour or more, munching at the thimble berry bush.
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lie down and take a siesta! He laid in the thicket behind the bushes for about 15 minutes. And then much to my surprise! he got up and had a second course!
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Oh dear...he's eying my planter box of flowers....and....

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he's headed right for it.

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Isn't he beautiful?

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I know deer do not eat cosmos. So this part of the garden box is safe. But...

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they do like certain types of geraniums. So I had to step out to the deck and kindly ask him to please not eat my flowers. He obliged and headed off to the back of our property towards the back fence.....

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and every few steps, he would look over his shoulders to see if I was keeping my distance.

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He takes one last look at those delicious geraniums.....

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then goes on his way......

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pausing one more time for a last minute snack at the back garden shrubbery. And then he jumped the hedge and went off into the  woods.

I love living here in all of this nature and wildlife. Do you have any nature stories to share? You can leave them in the comment section if you like. Otherwise, thanks for stopping by and do come again.

xo Colette