The Bird Nuts Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 My dog spotted this Red Fox in our yard. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aaron Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I forgot I walked by this young moose the other day, thought it was a person at first until I turned the corner and he was just there staring at me from 15 feet away. Munching away on the willows 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Fox Squirrel and Alligator Lizard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Are insects critters? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seanbirds Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, Jefferson Shank said: Are insects critters? 19 minutes ago, Jefferson Shank said: You bet! Nice shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Eastern Box Turtle 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 2/14/2021 at 4:10 PM, The Bird Nuts said: My dog spotted this Red Fox in our yard. I spotted this fox in Joshua tree yesterday 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, IKLland said: I spotted this fox in Joshua tree yesterday Nice! I love Gray Foxes. Did you know that the Red Fox and Gray Fox are in different genera? I thought that was interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said: Nice! I love Gray Foxes. Did you know that the Red Fox and Gray Fox are in different genera? I thought that was interesting. No I didn’t, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Brain Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 15 hours ago, Jefferson Shank said: Are insects critters? Insects are critters, but....spiders aren't insects! ? Nice shots! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasCobra Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Snow in the San Antonio region of Texas is usually something that happens once in a decade. We brought Lola home from the breeder near Tulsa Oklahoma in advance of a snow storm two years ago. Lola has decided snow is a good thing! We spent one night without power (in an all-electric house) when the outdoor temp went down to 7 degrees F. The next day we lost water pressure from the public utility. We are now in a hotel in Boerne 20 miles from the house with three dogs that weigh seventy to eighty pounds. Wind Chill Warnings and Hard Freeze Warnings are in effect across all of South Central Texas tonight through noon today. A Winter Storm Warning goes into effect at 6 pm this evening through tonight for most of South Central Texas. Across western portions of South Central Texas where winter precipitation should be lighter, a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 6 pm this evening through tonight. Travel will remain difficult tonight as ice and snow persist on some roads and water on other roads refreezes tonight. Scattered power outages are also occurring. The coldest air since 1989 has settled over the area. Lows of zero to 15 degrees and winds up to 10 mph could bring wind chill values of 10 below zero to 5 above zero. These values can lead to hypothermia for anyone outdoors. Lola as a pup https://www.flickr.com/photos/124304610@N07/24051581587/in/album-72157709868755642/ Lola yesterday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I just realized I haven't contributed any of my critter photos to this thread. Here's a few of my favourites. After an afternoon of hiking the trails and hand feeding the birds 10 years ago, we spotted this young coyote on the drive home and realized it wasn't alone. My brother was kind enough to pull over and let me out of the truck to get a few shots of these white-tailed deer back in 2013. I don't think I have seen more than one deer at a time since them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 From a few weekends ago, a Bobcat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasCobra Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Felonious Intent - Felon shoves his way between the front seats. He wants to take over the driving chores from my wife. We are returning home after two nights in a hotel following the loss of all water and power delivery to our home in Central Texas during a record winter storm that resulted in a low temp of 7 degrees F with snow, sleet, and freezing rain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 19 minutes ago, TexasCobra said: Felonious Intent - Felon shoves his way between the front seats. He wants to take over the driving chores from my wife. We are returning home after two nights in a hotel following the loss of all water and power delivery to our home in Central Texas during a record winter storm that resulted in a low temp of 7 degrees F with snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Glad to see you guys are heading home! Stay safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasCobra Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Thanks for your concern Avery. We are safely home. Highways through San Antonio with their flyovers were blocked off. We had to take the feeder roads and what would normally be a 30 minute drive from Boerne turned into a 90 minute crawl. Electrical power to our home has been restored so we have heat up to 60 degrees. We have no water pressure. The swimming pool provides plenty of water for flushing toilets if you carry it in a bucket. A supply of bottled water provides for drinking and cooking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 A deer trying to get into our feeders last fall. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattle Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/16/2021 at 12:38 PM, TexasCobra said: Snow in the San Antonio region of Texas is usually something that happens once in a decade. We brought Lola home from the breeder near Tulsa Oklahoma in advance of a snow storm two years ago. Lola has decided snow is a good thing! We spent one night without power (in an all-electric house) when the outdoor temp went down to 7 degrees F. The next day we lost water pressure from the public utility. We are now in a hotel in Boerne 20 miles from the house with three dogs that weigh seventy to eighty pounds. Wind Chill Warnings and Hard Freeze Warnings are in effect across all of South Central Texas tonight through noon today. A Winter Storm Warning goes into effect at 6 pm this evening through tonight for most of South Central Texas. Across western portions of South Central Texas where winter precipitation should be lighter, a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 6 pm this evening through tonight. Travel will remain difficult tonight as ice and snow persist on some roads and water on other roads refreezes tonight. Scattered power outages are also occurring. The coldest air since 1989 has settled over the area. Lows of zero to 15 degrees and winds up to 10 mph could bring wind chill values of 10 below zero to 5 above zero. These values can lead to hypothermia for anyone outdoors. Lola as a pup https://www.flickr.com/photos/124304610@N07/24051581587/in/album-72157709868755642/ Lola yesterday I feel for everyone in Texas that is going through this. I've been without power for a week after a storm and it's not fun. At least we had a wood burning stove to heat water and canned stuff for dinner. I wish I could loan you our generator. Just remember that at some point you'll look back and laugh at all this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasCobra Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Seattle said: I feel for everyone in Texas that is going through this. I've been without power for a week after a storm and it's not fun. At least we had a wood burning stove to heat water and canned stuff for dinner. I wish I could loan you our generator. Just remember that at some point you'll look back and laugh at all this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasCobra Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 My wife and I survived more than twenty winters in the Washington DC area with respites for embassy duty in Mexico and Costa Rica. The worst winter was more than twenty years ago. We had three small children and three large hairy Bouvier des Flandres dogs. At that time we lived in a house located on a pipe stem off of a cul de sac. We had a long driveway that ascended a twenty degree grade to the street level from the garage. We had learned to park our vehicles at the top of the grade when ice or snow was expected. That particular winter we experienced a blizzard that deposited drifts that accumulated above the door handle on my car. The power was out for more than five days. There was no hope of a snow plow. We did have a functioning fireplace and a cord of oak wood that normally served as fuel for the Texas style barrel smoker in the backyard. We bedded down the three kids in front of the fireplace in their sleeping bags and the dogs were delighted to join them. They were quite comfortable. My wife and I shivered in the upstairs bedroom beneath a foot high mound of blankets and quilts. We kept a fire going in the smoker and with camping kettles we had a constant supply of boiling water for tea and coffee and a pot of ever replenished stew. Our coffee was in the form of whole roasted beans so we had to grind them in a mortar and pestle. I was standing on two feet of packed snow when I leaned over the grill to broil steaks. I did a roast leg of lamb one night and the fat drained out of the smoker onto the snow bank where my oldest bouvier went into ecstasy at the discovery of lamb fat snow cones. You are correct that these are treasured family memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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