It is perhaps a sad indictment of how little is going on in my life that I am doing so many blog posts about the local wildlife. But here is another one.
- Mice are back. I can hear the scrabbling behind the walls - specifically behind the downstairs wall right near where I work from home. Naturally. So often within earshot, hence driving me absolutely crazy. I've put some mousetraps down underneath the house - but I think I might need better bait than just some regular cheese. Apparently mice love peanut butter, so I might have to go out and get some tomorrow if the traps don't catch anything tonight.
- The hummingbirds are going crazy right now. Very loud, very territorial - I am frequently seeing them chase each other off the various feeders. I don't know what was going on with this particular hummingbird, but I saw her (I think it's a female Anna's Hummingbird) just sitting on the step underneath one of the feeders. I thought she might be dead, but she moved a little bit when I got near. Perhaps just tired or injured after a territorial battle, I let her be and she had gone when I checked later on - so I hope she's okay.
- And lastly, there was some more deer action today. And as you can tell from the antlers and bigger size, this was a buck. You don't tend to see them so much - so that was kind of cool to see him just hanging around by my patio. I haven't checked my trailcam yet, but there might be some interesting photos since he was lying down right in front of it.
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