First Screech Owlet to leave the nest box earlier this spring is sitting high in a tree near the nest box. It is a rocking windy day, but the little guy is doing alright. The parents will continue to feed the fledglings for several weeks.
Bonsai Tree Garden Tour at the North Carolina Arboretum. Relax and enjoy the amazing displays of bonsai trees and "open your mind to the possibility that the greatest mystery of life can be found in a single, tiny leaf....." A great place to visit if your passing through the Asheville, NC area - more info at:
Gray Fox climbing a tree in the Backyard several times - and fast climbing too - with the ability to hold onto a vertical tree trunk in this case to eat suet for birds. Foxes are now addicted to suet. Video clearly shows the foxes technique. Very athletic and agile - the gray fox's ability to climb trees is shared only with the Asian Raccoon Dog among all canids. Its strong, hooked claws allow it to scramble up trees to escape many predators such as the domestic dog or the coyote, or to reach tree-bound or arboreal food sources.
