HarveyBoulevard Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) I live in Southern California. Curious what wildlife others see while enjoying a cigar. So far since I moved into the new house last year... Wild donkeys Coyotes Skunks Possum Raccoons Rabbits Ground hogs Rat Mouse Black widows and brown recluse Eagles and hawks Praying mantis EDIT: Bark Scorpions...Yeah!!! ...it's like a zoo around here. Edited February 5, 2017 by HarveyBoulevard Critter Addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZCUBAN Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Hi Harvey For me whilst living in suburbia i don't get to see such exotic things as you Harvey. For me its mainly birds, hawks, eagles, parrots, and various other little birds and the odd rat, a ton of insects mantises cockroaches red back spiders (Black Widows) and about 20 billion ants LOL thanks for the post 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OZCUBAN Posted February 5, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2017 That was in my back yard where the Perth Crew smoke we see heaps mainly young fillies but usually degenerate old men 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ken Gargett Posted February 5, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2017 from the balcony, all manner of creatures at times. large goannas water dragons fresh water turtles (including one which used to climb a fallen tree (still on a steeper slope than 45 degrees) and then leap into the water from about ten foot. never seen anything like him before or since). various hawks various parrots and cockatoos cormorants kookaburras cane toads deer possums huntsman spiders carpet pythons eastern browns tree and whip snakes and occasionally keelbacks swimming around various spiders ayala eels eel-tailed catfish platypus (once) and so on - a regular david attenborough feast here. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puromaniac Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Steelhead and tarpon if I'm lucky. Usually from around home though a murder of Northwestern crows. They are damned interesting birds and never ever complain about my smoking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabes Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Quail wild turkeys deer coyotes squirrel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habana Mike Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Besides the general reprobates that show up on the deck from time to time we have deer, coyotes, possums, chipmunks, falcons (we are near Atlanta - rise up!), hawks, owls, rabbits (cat loves these), squirrels (too many squirrels - taken to trapping and gassing them), snakes - mostly harmless unlike the Ozzie kinds though we do get the occasional Copperhead or Diamond back. Lots of spiders, again mostly harmless beyond the Brown Recluse - nasty buggers.... Roof rats, voles, moles, large grasshoppers. Wild turkeys, feral cats. Stray dogs, random drunks and an adolescent peeper once. Won't even begin with the insects..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Festa Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I live 4 kms from the city centre, but have a huge amount of parklands around me. I have resident possums (bushy and ringtailed), kookaburras (who laugh with me and not at me) and a pair of tawny frogmouths who I have named Bruce and Sheila. Smithy shows up sometimes too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Festa Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Quail wild turkeys deer coyotes squirrelI ate quail for lunchSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinglingcheng Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 hah sounds so nice thus by the way rabbit meat is really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 seagulls pelicans ..magpies ...parrots ..kangaroos have been shitting on my front lawn ...they are bigger than me..so I leave them to it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigFish Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 ... various wildlife! Including one stallion, one gelding, one mare and a bitch! You can use your imagination to sort that one out!!! -LOL I am expecting @Fugu will step in here and add my butterfly obsession! -the Pig 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigFish Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 6 hours ago, HarveyBoulevard said: I live in Southern California. Curious what wildlife others see while enjoying a cigar. So far since I moved into the new house last year... Wild donkeys Coyotes Skunks Possum Raccoons Rabbits Ground hogs Rat Mouse Black widows and brown recluse Eagles and hawks Praying mantis ...it's like a zoo around here. ... this one is for you Harv... Myth of the Brown Recluse Fact, Fear, and Loathing Rick Vetter Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA This website presents evidence for the lack of brown recluse spiders as part of the Californian spider fauna. Unfortunately, this contradicts what most Californians believe; beliefs that are born out of media-driven hyperbole and erroneous, anxiety-filled public hearsay which is further compounded by medical misdiagnoses. Although people are free to disagree, this opinion has come about after more than twp decades of constant research resulting in many publications in the scientific and medical literature. In addition to personal experience and thousands of spiders submitted to UC Rverside, the sources for this opinion encompasses conversations with, interactions with, and the cumulative knowledge of the following, who have experience or expertise in the state of California and, in some cases, are national or international experts: Arachnologists throughout the state including those at the Los Angeles County Museum and San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences (one of whom is probably one of the top 5 arachnologists in the world) The Calif. Dept of Food and Agriculture, which is responsible for identifying all exotic pests found in California County Agricultural Commissioner Office entomologists up and down the state Hundreds of pest control operators in both Northern and Southern California County vector and health personnel A U.S. recluse expert, who wrote the definitive taxonomic revision where he described the distribution of all North American recluse species, and who also happened to be a vector control person in Northern California, now retired. The late Dr. Findlay Russell, the world's foremost authority on animal venoms. Dr. Russell was an internationally renowned toxicologist, was a medical physician at USC Medical Center and consulted on hundreds of "spider bite" diagnoses in California. In fact, Dr. Russell's research was the impetus for many of the ideas expressed here. Cumulatively, this body of knowledge represents hundreds of years of experience with spiders and/or their medical aspects in California and the identification of hundreds of thousands of spiders. So if you think the material here is in error, consider the strength of your own sources.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 2 hours ago, Jeremy Festa said: I ate quail for lunch Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk What no squirrel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 6 hours ago, Ken Gargett said: from the balcony, all manner of creatures at times. large goannas water dragons fresh water turtles (including one which used to climb a fallen tree (still on a steeper slope than 45 degrees) and then leap into the water from about ten foot. never seen anything like him before or since). various hawks various parrots and cockatoos cormorants kookaburras cane toads deer possums huntsman spiders carpet pythons eastern browns tree and whip snakes and occasionally keelbacks swimming around various spiders ayala eels eel-tailed catfish platypus (once) and so on - a regular david attenborough feast here. All edible 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 7 hours ago, OZCUBAN said: That was in my back yard where the Perth Crew smoke we see heaps mainly young fillies but usually degenerate old men Smoking hot bunch .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbeaver Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 My dog Blue. And I live a town 2.5 hours north of Toronto! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scap99 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I've seen two car wrecks. The most interesting I've heard, but have yet to see is a screech owl. It camps out in the neighbor's pine tree, but doesn't like to be seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazer Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Viewed on or around my patio. Grey & Flying squirrels up the ying/yang Blue & green salamanders Racoons Fox Armadillo Deer, lots of deer Black, green & copperhead snakes Muskrats Beavers Osprey, Hawkes, Red Headed Woodpeckers, Humming birds, Great Blue Heron, Owls, Bats, Cardinals, Blue birds, Crows Coyotes Preying Mantis, Katydids & Grasshoppers Stick Bugs Various spiders Possum Tree Frogs, Bull Frogs and Toads May Flys Pheasant Wild Turkeys Skunks Bass, Gar & Carp Various Water Fowl Neighbors loose dogs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveyBoulevard Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 2 hours ago, PigFish said: ... this one is for you Harv... Myth of the Brown Recluse Fact, Fear, and Loathing Rick Vetter Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA This website presents evidence for the lack of brown recluse spiders as part of the Californian spider fauna. Unfortunately, this contradicts what most Californians believe; beliefs that are born out of media-driven hyperbole and erroneous, anxiety-filled public hearsay which is further compounded by medical misdiagnoses. Although people are free to disagree, this opinion has come about after more than twp decades of constant research resulting in many publications in the scientific and medical literature. In addition to personal experience and thousands of spiders submitted to UC Rverside, the sources for this opinion encompasses conversations with, interactions with, and the cumulative knowledge of the following, who have experience or expertise in the state of California and, in some cases, are national or international experts: Arachnologists throughout the state including those at the Los Angeles County Museum and San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences (one of whom is probably one of the top 5 arachnologists in the world) The Calif. Dept of Food and Agriculture, which is responsible for identifying all exotic pests found in California County Agricultural Commissioner Office entomologists up and down the state Hundreds of pest control operators in both Northern and Southern California County vector and health personnel A U.S. recluse expert, who wrote the definitive taxonomic revision where he described the distribution of all North American recluse species, and who also happened to be a vector control person in Northern California, now retired. The late Dr. Findlay Russell, the world's foremost authority on animal venoms. Dr. Russell was an internationally renowned toxicologist, was a medical physician at USC Medical Center and consulted on hundreds of "spider bite" diagnoses in California. In fact, Dr. Russell's research was the impetus for many of the ideas expressed here. Cumulatively, this body of knowledge represents hundreds of years of experience with spiders and/or their medical aspects in California and the identification of hundreds of thousands of spiders. So if you think the material here is in error, consider the strength of your own sources.... Next one I suspect to fit the bill is going to get packaged up and sent to you for inspection. I am no arachnologist...but I've seen Arachnophobia several times...does that count? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigFish Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 1 hour ago, HarveyBoulevard said: Next one I suspect to fit the bill is going to get packaged up and sent to you for inspection. I am no arachnologist...but I've seen Arachnophobia several times...does that count? ... as long as he comes with a few cigars, his visa will be granted! Otherwise, he's stuck at the border!!! -LOL -Piggy 1 hour ago, HarveyBoulevard said: Arachnophobia several times... Gesundheit!!! (several times) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugu Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 5 hours ago, PigFish said: ... various wildlife! Including one stallion, one gelding, one mare and a bitch! You can use your imagination to sort that one out!!! -LOL I am expecting @Fugu will step in here and add my butterfly obsession! -the Pig Indeed, old treehugger - missing the pics! Will get you pics of one of my, ardently loved ones, tomorrow (too dark outside already). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hurltim Posted February 5, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2017 I see these jamokes every time I have a cigar.Kahlua on the left, Rioja on the right. Fat as ticks these two.Hennesy: "Do you have a treat for me dad???"Hennessy:"Ugh..I don't like cigars!!!"Jameson is a little shy.Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Drguano Posted February 6, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2017 The usual suspect... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BuzzArd Posted February 6, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2017 Lots of these little buggers... and my smoking buddy will join occasionally as well.. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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