Your day's wildlife

[Windle]

had (4) mouse traps in the house last night. no bites, good news, may have a lull until more move in?

had 1 rat trap outside. this morning I saw it had been tripped but didn't catch anything. then I saw a video clip of this possum around midnight. toward the end of the clip, one can hear what might have been the trap snapping. hope he didn't get hurt. I don't mind possum since they stay outside (as far as I know)
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I need a new wildlife camera, mine has expired and I miss being able to catch what's going on in the garden overnight .

 

[Windle]

More 'deadlife' than wildlife unfortunately. I'd heard of rats taking small birds before but never actually seen it, until yesterday. The cats were sat in the conservatory watching something out on the patio, so I looked to see what it was, there was 'Roland' sniffing around eating fallen bird food, in and out of his hidey hole behind a plant pot. He darted back out of site, then a small bird, probably a Coal Tit landed right in front of him, the bugger leapt out and grabbed the bird before diving back in . Proper peed me off that did as I like my little feathered visitors and always have a banquet out for them.
Well, we're not having any of that are we? Half an hour later big 'ole 'Roland' had a .22 Bisley hollow point for desert, and that was the end of him. As is tradition, he was hurled over the wall into the field to provide tea for the crows. I guess Karma's a b#tch.
The moral of the story, don't pick on the birds, as the birds have friends.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

More 'deadlife' than wildlife unfortunately. I'd heard of rats taking small birds before but never actually seen it, until yesterday. The cats were sat in the conservatory watching something out on the patio, so I looked to see what it was, there was 'Roland' sniffing around eating fallen bird food, in and out of his hidey hole behind a plant pot. He darted back out of site, then a small bird, probably a Coal Tit landed right in front of him, the bugger leapt out and grabbed the bird before diving back in . Proper peed me off that did as I like my little feathered visitors and always have a banquet out for them.
Well, we're not having any of that are we? Half an hour later big 'ole 'Roland' had a .22 Bisley hollow point for desert, and that was the end of him. As is tradition, he was hurled over the wall into the field to provide tea for the crows. I guess Karma's a b#tch.
The moral of the story, don't pick on the birds, as the birds have friends.

On the subject of birds and rats, these duck, moorhen, and rats seemed ok together at dusk yesterday. There were a couple of Egyptian geese (female) that kept their distance though. I suspect someone may have just chucked some bird food onto the grass, which brought them all out.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]