Yesterday’s post had a photo of a beautiful bluebird along with a nice quote. I looked for a quote to go with today’s photo of the turkey vulture and here’s what I found:
“Don’t play dead with a vulture. That’s exactly what they want.”
- Kevin Nealon
March 2, 2019 – Turkey Vulture in Bent Tree
February 26, 2019 – Black Bear in Bent Tree
Seeing a bear in Bent Tree always makes my day.
February 26, 2019 – Black Bear in Bent Tree
I was looking back through some photos and came across this one from 2016. It was taken from the Lake Tamarack beach when the daylight was fading.
October 6, 2016 – Egret in Bent Tree (click image to zoom)
September 11, 2018 – White Squirrel with hickory nuts in Bent Tree
August 17, 2018 – Three ducks and a turtle together in Bent Tree (click photo to zoom)
The heron won.
August 11, 2018 – Green heron with a grasshopper in Bent Tree (click photo to zoom)
UPDATES:
The subject of trapping/euthanizing “nuisance” black bears has been in the news this week. Click here for a post from five years ago that addresses this same subject. From that post you can link to even earlier posts on the subject. It is a sad situation that won’t get better unless people quit feeding the wildlife (whether intentionally or unintentionally). The photo below is from 2011 and shows a bear trap in Bent Tree, set by the DNR to capture a nuisance bear.
July 29, 2011 – Bear trap in Bent Tree
While crossing the dam yesterday evening, I glanced over at the geese paddling in the area and noticed something else in the middle of the lake. Thinking it might be some ducks, I grabbed my camera and zoomed in. It was a doe and fawn swimming across the lake. About 10 or 15 minutes earlier, while heading to the spillway, I had seen the doe and fawn running into the woods at the edge of the spillway, white tails raised high. I guess they were spooked by something, spooked enough to run on into the lake and swim across. From the time I saw them in the middle of the lake, it took them about 10 minutes to get to the other side, so I’m guessing it took them about 20 minutes total to swim from the spillway to the other side. They crossed a couple of pretty strong currents that I thought were going to sweep the little fawn away or under, but I shouldn’t have worried. Both the doe and fawn made it safe and sound to the other side. A couple of the pictures below are without the zoom and give an idea of the location of the deer in the lake (deer are highlighted in yellow in those pictures). By the way, the geese seemed to be following the action themselves. Click the thumbnails below to scroll through larger images:
June 10, 2018 – Fawn in Bent Tree (click photo for larger image)
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”.
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