Random Pictures Thread

Mike1950 said:
Maybe- there are children in this neighborhood- lots of them. They should not be sharing ground with apex predators... Gotta make choices- the cats or people. I have pictures of lions and wolfs 100-150' from my power pole up north. Do they or I have more rights.....
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And Colorado was stupid enough to vote to reintroduce wolves. They were already here, migrating and expanding from Wyoming. Now they are going to transplant even more packs into the state.
 
Gdurfey said:
And Colorado was stupid enough to vote to reintroduce wolves. They were already here, migrating and expanding from Wyoming. Now they are going to transplant even more packs into the state.
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Oregon is now considering reintroducing grizzly bears to the northern Cascades. The article I saw said they are proposing air lifting in up to 25 grizzlies. I don't think :just because they used to be here and aren't now" is a good enough reason to bring them back. If it was, we could say "all the idiots in Portland didn't use to be here, so let's get rid of them". Hmmm, maybe I should reconsider my position.
 
Gdurfey said:
And Colorado was stupid enough to vote to reintroduce wolves. They were already here, migrating and expanding from Wyoming. Now they are going to transplant even more packs into the state.
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Well, Colorado just wants to spend more money like California. Wyoming spends in the millions to offset sheep and other livestock killed by wolves and pay fish and wildlife staff to cull and manage wolves. Maybe Wyoming can make some of that money back selling wolves to Colorado.....
 
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Gdurfey said:
And Colorado was stupid enough to vote to reintroduce wolves. They were already here, migrating and expanding from Wyoming. Now they are going to transplant even more packs into the state.
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In this morning's paper article says Oregon is committed to send 10 grey wolves to Colorado for their reintroduction program. However, 4 of them identify as coyotes and two others just want to be called "fauna".
 
DLJeffs said:
In this morning's paper article says Oregon is committed to send 10 grey wolves to Colorado for their reintroduction program. However, 4 of them identify as coyotes and two others just want to be called "fauna".
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The same visitors that try to pet fluffy cows in Yellowstone will probably try to pet the wild dogs.
 
Hummingbirds are gone for the season, but honeybees are swarming the feeders. These are wild bees as no one within miles of us has hives. Had a frost last night, so not many flowers left for them.

Decided to make it easier for them to feed, so put out a bowl with a sponge to feed them sugar water.

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Didn't know bees would consume that much. They've gone through almost a cup of sugar water in about 4 hours.
 
We've still got 4 hummingbirds hanging around. We had one Anna's stay all winter last year, so we'll see if he has the staying power again or not. Pretty sure the hornets have made a nest in one of the Alberta spruces out front. Waiting for the frost before I dig into it to find the nest and get rid of it. I don't mind bees but hornets have to go elsewhere.
 
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Nice blanks to make natural bird nest boxes from. Pop out the middle, drill a hole into it, make a top and a bottom, and stick it on a tree somewhere.
 
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Wozers, that is SOME ring shake. Never seen such perfection.

@Jonkou did you have to smack the inner section w/ a mallet to get that offset?
 
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Jonkou said:
Guess you call it rink shake, like this the entire length of this 24” log. Must have been a bad year for the tree.

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That is a common with Black ash, thus the other name, Hoop-ash. Only ever seen it in White ash a few times over the last few decades.

You could easily cash in on it as Yuppy all natural and bio-degradable planters. I've sold several Red maple logs that were hollow for such.
 
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