June 10, 2018 – Fawn in Bent Tree (click photo for larger image)
Well, hello…
Category Archives: wildlife
Things are Squirrely Around Here
Squirrel in Bent Tree, bouncing off the window
The main presentation at today’s Lake and Wildlife Partners meeting (9:30 at Club Tamarack Rec Room) will be about “Bent Tree Squirrels”. There will also be a short presentation on “the Administrative Building Project”. Lake and Wildlife Partner meetings are open to Bent Tree property owners and residents. Coffee and doughnuts are available at 9:00, before the meeting.
The photos below are some of the squirrel pictures that have been posted on this website over the years. The photo above is of a squirrel that was literally bouncing off our windows a few years ago, shortly after it ate a bunch of mistletoe berries from a Christmas decoration. Watching squirrels in Bent Tree made me think it might be fun to be a squirrelologist. Then I wondered if that was even a thing. It is…click here for an article on “a leading squirreologist”.
Click the thumbnails below to scroll through larger images:
Soggy Deer
February 25, 2018 – after a rain in Bent Tree (click photo to zoom)
Lake & Wildlife Partners Meeting Today @ 9:30 a.m. (get there around 9:00 if you want coffee and doughnuts)
February 22, 2018 – Lake and wildlife in Bent Tree
The meeting will be held downstairs at Club Tamarack, in the Rec Room, and is open to the Bent Tree community. The L&W Executive Committee members will present the 2018 plans that they are recommending to the partners. Quoting from the email that went out to the partners, “We hope this will be an interactive meeting and help in getting us focused on what Lake & Wildlife is all about.”
A sensible step was taken last year, when a wildlife subcommittee was added to the L&W organizational structure. Click here to link to a related previous post.
What’s a mother to do?
These twins can forage for themselves at this point in life, but they kept trying to nurse a few days ago. The doe rejected their attempts until both fawns came running up at the same time, and she couldn’t escape. It may have been frustrating for the doe, but it was pretty comical to see. The doe kept backing up while they nursed and she was finally able to break free. All three deer went back to eating acorns after that. The three photos below tell the story.
November 4, 2017 – twins rushed the doe at the same time
These kids are kind of big for this…
The doe breaks free
Napping Geese
- Why do geese stand on one leg?
- Because they’d fall over if they lifted both legs.
- Click here for another explanation.
October 11, 2017 – Canada geese napping at Lake Tamarack
A Great Day in Bent Tree
A heron on Turtle Log (along with some turtles) + a bear = a great day for me
September 15, 2017 – Heron and turtles on Turtle Log
September 15, 2017 – Black Bear in Bent Tree
Summer Evening Scenery
August 23, 2017 – Doe and twin fawns in Bent Tree (click picture for larger image)
Ducks in the Spillway
July 30, 2017 – Ducks in the spillway at Bent Tree’s Lake Tamarack
A Spiny Softshell Turtle
July 24, 2017 – Spiny Softshell Turtle in Bent Tree
July 24, 2017 – Spiny Softshell Turtle in Bent Tree (click photo to zoom)