It’s Friday. You know what that means: time for flock pics.
Including ducks:
That’s not a duck:
Misty chickens:
Ducks on the lawn:
Chickens:
Ducks:
The bird brought friends:
Chickens with a pumpkin:
Ducks again:
Aerial photos in November
I flew my drone today. Previous flights this year included October, August, June, April, and March.
This time, we’re done with the fall foliage, so there are just the millions of evergreen trees around us.
Lots and lots of trees, to the misty horizon:
Here’s a glimpse of Mount Hood:
Zoomed in a bit:
Our pond, flowerbeds, etc:
From lower down:
The junk area in the corner of the property; there’s an old dinghy (that I occasionally think about putting by the pond as a decoration and duck shelter), and a bunch of rocks, pipes, wood, and other stuff, mostly buried under weeds:
That rectangle near the bottom is an old potting shelter, that I plan to enclose to make a beekeeping storage shed. Here it is again, along with the beehives:
An angled view of the beehives, hoop house, veggie garden, etc:
Looking down on the veggie garden, berry cage, and chicken runs:
One reason for flying today was to investigate a gutter that has come loose:
After flying, I got out a ladder and fixed it; all better now.
Here’s me and Rory on the main deck:
Cat update for week ending November 28
A fine Caturday to you. I know I gained a few followers this week, so welcome! If you’re new here, check out the cats summary page for the background of the feral cats we care for.
Here are Poppy and Porcini inside their heated cat house:
Spud by the cabins under our main deck:
Spud on top of our mail parcel box:
And having a good scratch:
An alien black cat visiting the feeder; don’t think I’ve seen this one before:
The alien cat is startled by Porcini:
Hey look, it’s Spud on the front steps again:
When refilling their food, I flushed out Pommie and Porcini, who watched me from a safe distance:
Three cats inside their house:
Poppy:
Poppa, Bella, Poppy; just shows the level of acceptance of Poppa that they can eat with him in there:
Bella, Poppy, and Porcini, with Poppa inside:
Bella:
Porcini having a bath on the cat house deck, and Paladout sneaking in the back door to the feeder:
Porcini looking out the window at another cat on the awning, of which you can see a shadow of ears above Porcini’s head:
Flock Friday for November 27
This week’s Flock Friday is more of a Duck Friday. No chicken pictures this week; I’ll try to capture some in the coming week for next time. In the meantime, enjoy pictures of the quackers.
The ducks on the pond:
On the bank:
One semi-chicken-related picture: a pumpkin that I cracked for the chickens to enjoy, but they pecked a neat hole in the side:
Back to the ducks, sleeping on the bank:
On the lawn:
Ducks with the brown gazebo and new chicken coop in the background:
Flapping:
The new and old coops in the background:
The old coop, veggie garden, and shop in the background:
Flapping:
Cat update for week ending November 21
A happy Caturday to you.
Here’s Spud on our front steps:
And in the breezeway:
Poppy and Porcini snuggles:
A GIF of snuggles (previously posted on my personal blog):
A cams app screenshot, showing four cats:
(The outside cam is still offline, though I have received the replacement; just need some time to set it up.)
Spud between the cabins:
Another screenshot, this time with five cats:
When refilling their food, I flushed Poppy out of the cat house; she watched me from a safe distance:
Porcini and Poppy licking in somewhat different ways:
Two cats; one on the cat deck, one near the lantern behind the tree:
Flock Friday for November 20
Hey there. It’s Friday… Flock Friday. This week, ducks, chickens, and hummingbirds… and a rodent.
Here are some ducks on upturned-pot islands in the pond:
In and around the duck house:
On the pond:
Hey there Betty:
A rodent (rat, I think) has been visiting the duck house this week. Not welcome, due to possible disease concerns, though it doesn’t seem to be doing any harm, and I don’t know what I can do to stop it — it comes in via the pond pop door, and during the day too. Here you can see it under the ramp, with the ducks nearby:
The ducks were very curious about it:
Some pictures of the chickens in the veggie garden:
In their run, coming to greet me on rounds:
Leafy treats:
More of the ducks:
Going up the bank to the lawn:
On the lawn:
A GIF of the rodent in the duck house:
I shared this GIF of dancing hummingbirds on my personal blog:
And some pictures of hummingbirds, taken with me standing outside a few feet away:
The ducks on the lawn again:
Some chicken eggs in a nesting box; we’ve been averaging about two or three per day of late, but occasionally have more:
Finally, a couple more duck pictures:
Cat update for week ending November 14
Happy Caturday!
Let’s start with a screenshot of my cams app, showing two cats on the deck, one in a cabin, and one in the feeder:
Three cats outside their house:
A photo of three cats — can you spot all of them?
Pommie and Poppa in the cabins:
A shadow of a cat on the awning, peeking in the window:
Paladout on the path to the pond deck, watching me:
Four cats inside their house:
A zoomed photo with two cats; one on the deck, one inside:
Pommie peeking out the door of the house at Paladout arriving to steal some food:
Spud jumping up to the breezeway cabin for a midday nap:
And down again a few hours later:
The twins:
That is the last picture captured from that camera; it stopped working after that. When investigating, I figured out why: the pin of the power supply cable had rusted off. It’s an outdoor cam, but not totally impervious to the elements. So I’ve ordered a replacement cam. (I got a “renewed” model, which is pretty cheap.)
Spud in the breezeway:
Three cats at breakfast time:
Spud by the cabins:
Paladout watching me again:
Video: a spider attempts to hoist up a large leaf
Spotted in the feral cat feeder: a spider lowered itself onto a large leaf on the floor, and hoisted it up to the ceiling… but ultimately dropped it. An impressive effort, regardless! This video is at 8x speed.
Flock Friday for November 13
Welcome to Flock Friday.
Let’s start with some hummingbirds (previously posted on my personal blog):
The ducks in the pond:
And chickens:
The chickens waiting for me in the veggie garden; you can see the two coops beyond that, and the brown gazebo in the background:
The ducks on the edge of the lawn:
Cat update for week ending November 7
Happy Caturday folks.
In case you didn’t see it, last weekend I added an upper door to the cat house, as an emergency exit. Check out that post for details.
Here’s Porcini by the new back door:
Two cats inside the house; the new door gives them another window to look out:
A cat peeking around the corner of the house while I was refilling their food; very brave approaching that close:
Two cats hunting for food I sprinkled on the ground as a treat (it’s a fun game):
Looking out the back door:
A GIF of jumping out the new door:
Cats looking out both back doors:
Another GIF of jumping out, watched from below:
After a couple of days for them to get used to the concept of the new door, I removed the stick that was holding it open:
Snuggles:
Poppy-face:
Poppy and Porcini outside:
Porcini about to jump from the awning to the roof:
More snuggles:
Long cat and round cat:
Porcini licking Poppy:
The reason I added that upper back door was as an emergency exit in case a raccoon came in when a cat was inside. Well, that happened this week, though ironically the raccoon headed straight for the upper level, so the cat was able to go out the front:
A shot of the cat and raccoon:
That didn’t put off the cats, though. Here are three inside a few hours later:
Spud was in the left cabin, and Poppa arrived; Spud greeted him in the traditional way:
Then Poppa settled down in the right cabin:
Here they are again as it got brighter:
They were both still there when I did my morning rounds:
They didn’t even notice me standing nearby at first:
Moments later they evacuated, then came back after I was gone, and stayed most of the day.
A GIF of contented stretching and touching:
Snuggles:
More snuggles:
