Animals around your house...

Late last night, when I let the dogs out in the garden, suddenly they went totally, completely crazy

They were jumping and snarling and barking and howling like I have never heard before !!!!
It was almost completely pitch dark, and I could not see anything through the window.

With a torch in my hand, I began to go out to see what it was, - and then I remembered that somebody say that a wolf has been seen in this area  
Well, I thought of the horses and grabbed a broom in the other hand , and inched round the house, towards the place where the dogs were making a *beeep* noice !

Slowly !!!!

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I got nearer !!!

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Lifted the broom high !

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Took a deep breath ...ready to roar at the huge predator

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There he was  

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Susanne, I am ready to your next thriller book!

To dogs, those weird looking animals with all those nasty stingy things are monsters!
He was big, wasn't he? :3

Roger wrote:

Susanne, I am ready to your next thriller book!

A very short book

NightLioness wrote:

To dogs, those weird looking animals with all those nasty stingy things are monsters!
He was big, wasn't he? :3

Yes, it was a big hedgehog. And VERY dangerous, - for soft, nosy noses

Oh Susanne! That's a crazy story! Good that you didn't have to roar at wolf, hahah

To Susanne, we present the reward for courage. I'm not sure many would have dared to take on a wolf with a broom and a torch.

Thanks for sharing your laugh.

Thankfully I don't see them regularly, and I did release the centipede outside since the Michigan variety apparently is not venomous... but I found this little guy while cleaning the children's bedroom.  In a handy easy to move outside transport container :)

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Beautyful critter

only...not inside the house

A few of my "pets"

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They are lovely !!!

How did you get so near them ? In the first picture he must have been almost touching the camera
Or do you have a whats-it-called , an automatic camera that reacts to motion ?

Thankyou for sharing these great pictures

Yeah, I use a motion sensored trail camera. I would never e able to get that close.

Just found this topic.  Looks like a fun one I'll have to explore.  But here's a few critters around my home I photographed last summer!

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Ohhh ! Beautyful insects

We have some that look like the green chap here also...the others I have only seen made by Safari out of plastic . It must be amazing to see them real and alive , - almost as strange for me, as finding a kangaroo in the garden

SUSANNE wrote:

Ohhh ! Beautyful insects

We have some that look like the green chap here also...the others I have only seen made by Safari out of plastic . It must be amazing to see them real and alive , - almost as strange for me, as finding a kangaroo in the garden

Thank you Susanne!

Whatever happened to your Hedgehog friend? I never seen one of those in the wild. I think the closest thing we have to them in my neck of the woods are chipmunks.

Viking Spawn wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

Ohhh ! Beautyful insects

We have some that look like the green chap here also...the others I have only seen made by Safari out of plastic . It must be amazing to see them real and alive , - almost as strange for me, as finding a kangaroo in the garden

Thank you Susanne!  

Whatever happened to your Hedgehog friend?  I never seen one of those in the wild.  I think the closest thing we have to them in my neck of the woods are chipmunks.  

I think the closest related with hedgehogs you have around are shrews and moles. I don't know if they are abundant where you live but I suspect they are.
I am also sure that if Blaine see your pics, he is able of identifying them all easily.

Roger wrote:

Viking Spawn wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

Ohhh ! Beautyful insects

We have some that look like the green chap here also...the others I have only seen made by Safari out of plastic . It must be amazing to see them real and alive , - almost as strange for me, as finding a kangaroo in the garden

Thank you Susanne!  

Whatever happened to your Hedgehog friend?  I never seen one of those in the wild.  I think the closest thing we have to them in my neck of the woods are chipmunks.  

I think the closest related with hedgehogs you have around are shrews and moles. I don't know if they are abundant where you live but I suspect they are.
I am also sure that if Blaine see your pics, he is able of identifying them all easily.

You are correct Roger! We have plenty of Shrews and Moles in my area. There is a family of cats living under my home that now and then remind of that by leaving behind evidence of their existence. (If you know what I mean? )

Viking Spawn wrote:

Whatever happened to your Hedgehog friend?  I never seen one of those in the wild.  I think the closest thing we have to them in my neck of the woods are chipmunks.  

I wrapped him in my T-shirt and carried him round behind the stables and well out into the horses' field, near a wood. And have not seen him since.
Was wondering...some 8 or 9 years ago I raised 6 little, motherless hedgehogs. Could he be one of them ? But they probably can't get that old . Perhaps a grand-grandchild ?
And then the T-shirt got in a plastic bag and into the freezer for a week before it went in the wasing maschine . Hedgehogs often have fleas, they say

Hedgehogs are enormously charming, - make lots of funny sounds, and have the cutest little paws

Viking Spawn wrote:

Roger wrote:

Viking Spawn wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

Ohhh ! Beautyful insects

We have some that look like the green chap here also...the others I have only seen made by Safari out of plastic . It must be amazing to see them real and alive , - almost as strange for me, as finding a kangaroo in the garden

Thank you Susanne!  

Whatever happened to your Hedgehog friend?  I never seen one of those in the wild.  I think the closest thing we have to them in my neck of the woods are chipmunks.  

I think the closest related with hedgehogs you have around are shrews and moles. I don't know if they are abundant where you live but I suspect they are.
I am also sure that if Blaine see your pics, he is able of identifying them all easily.

You are correct Roger!  We have plenty of Shrews and Moles in my area.  There is a family of cats living under my home that now and then remind of that by leaving behind evidence of their existence.  (If you know what I mean?   )

Yes, I know what you mean. I think we have to introduce some hedgehogs there to educate these cats.

Roger wrote:

Viking Spawn wrote:

Roger wrote:

Viking Spawn wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

Ohhh ! Beautyful insects

We have some that look like the green chap here also...the others I have only seen made by Safari out of plastic . It must be amazing to see them real and alive , - almost as strange for me, as finding a kangaroo in the garden

Thank you Susanne!  

Whatever happened to your Hedgehog friend?  I never seen one of those in the wild.  I think the closest thing we have to them in my neck of the woods are chipmunks.  

I think the closest related with hedgehogs you have around are shrews and moles. I don't know if they are abundant where you live but I suspect they are.
I am also sure that if Blaine see your pics, he is able of identifying them all easily.

You are correct Roger!  We have plenty of Shrews and Moles in my area.  There is a family of cats living under my home that now and then remind of that by leaving behind evidence of their existence.  (If you know what I mean?   )

Yes, I know what you mean. I think we have to introduce some hedgehogs there to educate these cats.

Wouldn't THAT be a sight to see!  

More butterflies....

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A couple of weeks ago I visited the nearby town, Livingston. I walked along quite busy road, when suddenly I saw a wild eagle near the road! Unfortunately, when I stopped to take a photo (with my phone), it flew farther away and it's only visible as a few brown pixels the photo XD I hope you can see something here. I think it was a Golden Eagle.

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Arrrh, Gwayne, I messed those last awesome photos of butterlies !!!
Imagine to have such fantastic creatures around where you live    

Magda, that must have been a great experience , - I have only seen a live wild eagle once in my life  
Do ypou know what kind of eagle he is ? Golden eagle ?

I'm guessing it was a Golden one, I'm not 100% sure, though

Love the photos everyone !

Here is something the cat brought in.........

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Only slightly chewed, I had to catch it and release it outside.

Arrrhw, such a frightened, little thing
Good you could help it

I know that mice can be a serious pest, but they surely look SO cute