#backyardwildlife — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #backyardwildlife, aggregated by home.social.
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Learning to Look Closer #7: Meet Sandy
I think I accidentally made a squirrel friend. Her name is Sandy. Did she tell me that? No. Did I ask? Also no. She’s Sandy now. 😂 It started with me feeding her once. Then I fed her again. And again. And again. So at this point, I’m not entirely sure whether I’m observing nature or if I’ve accidentally entered into some kind of snack-based agreement with a squirrel. Either way, she keeps coming back. And I’ve started noticing little things. How cautiously she […]https://destinylaharris.com/2026/08/26/learning-to-look-closer-7-meet-sandy/
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the 2 #grayfoxes were up at our neighbors chilling. my neighbor shared these 😍
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last night’s visitor
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omg there’s a pair of #grayfoxes 🥹
and more 7am visits -
here’s the video clip - blink and you’ll miss it #bobcat
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Meet my nemesis. This critter is determined to nest under the portion of house that doesn't have a foundation.
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Pipevine Swallowtail on Turk’s Cap
#photography #butterflies #insects #nature #ButterflyPhotography #BackyardWildlife #MacroPhotography
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raccoon and skunk 🦝🦨 #skunk #backyardwildlife #cute #critter #raccoon
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I have no idea why no one has moved into this cat house lol #raccoons #wildlife #raccoonfamily #backyardwildlife #cuteanimals
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Here's something a little different - the two-spotted tree cricket (Neoxabea bipunctata). The two "spots" on the forewings identify females; the males are spotless. They're native to North America; this one probably visited our front door from the deciduous woods nearby. #backyardwildlife #backyardnature #entomology
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Three Good Things
🌹 A romantic date last night. He brought long-stem red roses!
🌹 Summer semester grades have been officially posted. Term GPA: 4.0!
🌹 After exploring our small neighborhood, Wee Bunz has returned to my backyard as his or her familiar thumping ground. Like his or her older sibling, Cottontail, Wee Bunz has taken an interest in my comings and goings, but as always, I stay a safe distance for both of us.
Just a reminder: I do not feed, attempt to handle, or even approach any of the three generations of wild bunnies who have made my yard and my nextdoor neighbor's woodpile their home. They are free to safely live their wild lives here. All I do is document.
#BackyardWildlife #BackyardHabitat
#easterncottontail #wildhares
#wildrabbits #wildbunnies
#NatureLovers #naturephotography
#watershipdown #alttext
#3goodthings #threegoodthings -
This tiny #backyardnature visitor is the peach tree weevil (Pseudoedophrys hilleri). They feed on the foliage of rosaceous plants (e.g. apples, pears, plums, peaches, roses, rowans, etc.) Native to Japan, it is an adventive species in the eastern US. #entomology #backyardwildlife #weevilwednesday
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The gray catbird now comes to the littlebirds’ peanut basket to grab a nut! 🥜🐦🧡
The basket is made of recycled plastic produce bags from supermarkets.♻️
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The Ohio DNR has a wonderful series of free PDF field guides and "Backyard Wildlife" materials, covering everything from reptiles, lichens, moths and millipedes to trees, fish, mussels and wildflowers. #backyardnature #backyardwildlife
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This guy casually rocked up and started munching, two feet away from where I'm sitting. At this rate he'll be on my lap begging for scritches by next week 🤣
He runs off when I make big or sudden moves but he also comes back within a minute or so. Lil weirdo 😅
#hedgehog #egel #igel #wildlife #brave #dapper #brutaal #wtf #alrightythen #spikyfren #wildlife #backyardwildlife #urbanwildlife
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When Linus & I returned from a walk, we found this lovely doe eating the wildlife feed I scatter in the grass.
(Linus only uses the buggy after walking & getting tired.)
She was there for about 30 minutes 🥰
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We came back from vacation and there were not nearly as many eggs as there should have been. I put a camera in the coop to find out what was going on. I was thinking it was a snake, somehow turned out to be a skunk!
I guess today is going to be investigating how the skunk gets in. -
She eats 40,000 grubs and pest insects per family per season. She eats carrion. She buries seeds that become oak trees. She's running a three-shift operation — pest removal, sanitation, reforestation — and she remembers the face of everyone who's ever thrown a rock at her.
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Baby chillin' in the grass near the patio while mom grazes in the back.
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Finally got a couple of bad photos of Wee Bunz, who is Mama Bunz' only surviving kit from spring 2026.
As you can see, Wee Bunz has already adopted the family habit of not caring about me or my dog (who is always on a leash when we are outside.)
I do not yet have a guess as to whether Wee Bunz is a male or female. I was about 50 feet away when I took these photos.
#alttext #backyardnature
#BackyardWildlife #wildrabbits
#NatureLovers #naturephotography
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Hot robin just took a bath, grooming on the plant hanger arch. Can’t believe it’s still 99F (37C)… 💦