Four baby Appalachian Cottontails in their nest. Big surprise upon returning to the mountains! I was lucky to even spot these precious little things. They are fairly well along so I don't think they will be in this nest for too many days longer so we'll enjoy while we can. More to come on what is turning out to be the summer of the rabbit both north and south.
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Momma Cottontail is in the most relaxed rabbit pose as she sunbaths after a nice dust bath and enjoys the cool patch of dry ground as well. This is a special spot in Backyard North in the Great Smoky Mountains traditionally enjoyed by rabbits. How do I know this is momma rabbit, well there is a big surprise in store in the coming days - stay tuned! This is turning out to be the summer of the rabbit both north and south.
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This is what a Backyard Talk Show would be like with wild furry animals as guests. They are good listeners at least! Back in Florida lets try and have a conversation with/about the young Marsh Rabbit and deal with the squirrels who insist on being the center of attention.
Young Red Squirrel throws a remarkable barking fit to get his way with food - and I'm his enabler. At least I forced him to up his game. Red Squirrels are remarkable for their boisterous intimidation tactics - we have Gray Squirrels in the mountain forests just like Reds, but there is a reason almost all the videos are of the Red Squirrels - they literally scare the much bigger squirrels away.
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Squirrels and Blue Jays see wild baby Marsh Rabbit that has moved into the Backyard and are totally bewildered. What is this alien little creature? A miracle rabbit - how did it survive to get here - I love the little thing its always in the yard now, but its chances for survival are slim and none, but there is always hope, there is enough snakes to keep the hawks occupied and I haven't seen a stray/feral cat in the Florida Backyard for some time. Cross your fingers. In the meantime enjoy the expression on the head squirrels face when it encounters the baby rabbit for the first time.
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Mr. House Wren spends a good part of each day calling or "singing" or perhaps yelling to keep anyone away from his House - including me and the squirrels. He is after all a House Wren! Big on attitude and energy and short on patience! If you want to see a house wren putting the hurt on a red squirrel from last year check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjHpD...
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filmed in the Great Smoky Mountains of NC.
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Red Squirrel made a crazy jump from the rooftop to the clear bird feeder on the window and fell hard on the ground below. I kept on eye on him. I think he was just winded as they are pretty flexible - like birds that sometime hit glass - they sit still for as long as it takes and usually recover. This one was back doing crazy squirrel stuff a few hours later.
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Appalachian Cottontail Rabbit performs its relaxing morning grooming ritual with bird song in the background. Watch to the end to see what I have to put up with from the Red Squirrels while filming.
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Another stray cat wandered into Backyard north and the resident Eastern Towhees job is to sound a continuous cat call of one whistled note. In Florida this job is done by the Blue Jays, but up in the Great Smoky Mountains the few Blue Jays around keep a low profile and the Towhees are the boss of the yard. That is actually an interesting thing how Blue Jays can act so differently in diverse environments. That somebody would be so irresponsible as to abandon or let a nice cat like this run free up here is unfortunately not surprising. I tried to carefully outflank the cat and get closer and see if I could communicate, but it bolted into the woods. Here is a video of Towhees alarming on a cat last summer https://youtu.be/UJM4lb6KZvQ it appears to be a signature call.
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Squirrel versus Owl in a battle of wits - perhaps you can guess how this is going to turn out! Mother Screech Owl has just about had enough of this - note how small screech owls really are and why they try to look big.
This is footage from a damaged external hard drive that was salvaged so as I recover interesting old footage I'll pass it along.
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