Deer

A few days ago Jonathan walked out on the front porch and saw this!

A closer look.

We don't usually have deer this close to the house because of Stuart. This time he was asleep on the back porch. :)

Out On A Limb

Stuart treed this baby raccoon last night. Isn't he cute?

It was so high up that even our tallest ladder couldn't come close to reaching it.

Opossum

Last night David set the trap near the pond. Something killed his last duck and he wanted to make sure that nothing got the geese. When he checked the trap this morning there was an opossum in it!

It hissed at us when we got close.

Later when he looked at it this is what he saw!

There were about 7 babies that had come out of her pouch!

We felt sorry for it and decided to let it go. Most of the babies got back in the pouch in time, but one was still hanging on as she ran away! :)

Bald Eagles

A pair of bald eagles have a nest in a pine tree at Shiloh Park. On Saturday some of us went over to see them. We had never seen bald eagles in the wild before!

You can see one of the eagles in the tree... ...and here is the nest.In this picture you can see one of the eaglets to the left of the eagle, just under the branch. Another picture showing the eaglet David took this picture of a raccoon at Shiloh