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I really need to invest in a good camera.
Here are a few pics of what was in my backyard at 12:15 today.
It's a small Buck with 6 in. long velvet antlers.
Also this is what most of New York State looks like.
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  • Some older pics from a ride up to the largest state park in the lower 48. 6+ million acres of heaven in New York.
    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=0a98bd29f7
  • Thom,

    I'm getting "This content is currently unavailable" message when trying to view both links.

    Jody
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    • I put in the wrong links, all fixed now (I hope).
  • Nice -

    I see your comments about a 'decent camera', Thom.

    I know = I see these huge ships pass by my window and whether it is zoom camera, digital camera or now an android phone camera - it makes everything too tiny and too far away to really show them.

    Yours are not too far away to see the beautiful forest though!
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    Hi Thom,

    I didn't get any deer in my previous back yard but I did get plenty of these monsters!



    Unfortunately for me I have recently moved and now the closest thing I get to a turkey is a pigeon.

    Cheers

    -don
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    • I get Turkeys out back on occasion. But they are mostly in the fields near me. Fox and Coyotes are common here also along with the occasional Moose and Black Bear.
      Just down the road from me a couple of Bobcats have been hanging out, though all I've ever seen of them are tracks and scats
      What many people who have never been to upstate NY don't get is how rural it is and how much wilderness there is.
  • Looks nice there Thom. Like many I suppose, when I think of New York I think of people and buildings. Lots of people and buildings. The second set of pictures remind me of Pennsylvania.
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    • Beautiful backyard Thom. I can see sitting out there smoking a fat one.
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    Nice backyard and nice visitor you had
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    • There are a lot of deer and loads of other animals here, too. The fawns are so beautiful, but I've never had the camera with me at the same time any of them appear. Get your pics printed and blurbs in an album so you always have the memories.
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  • Hey Thom,

    You think those birds were sending a message to you.

    Ken
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    • I wonder Ken. I see the vultures flying around a lot, but that is the first time I've seen a group of them setting it a tree like that.
      Yesterday was a strange day all around. I was out riding and got caught in a bad storm. Some areas near me had hail so bad it looked like winter. One road I was on was covered in mini lakes from the run off. Many of them had water that went above the floorboards of my motorcycle.
      One street in Troy that is a steep hill must of had holes in it's storm drain pipe. There where spots where water was shooting 15ft. in the air like a bunch of geysers.
      I saw the vultures right after I got home, put on dry clothes and was heading out for some food.
  • Strange indeed! I think I would keep an eye on the turkey buzzards and lay off eating turkey for awhile. LOL
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    • I have been eating a lot of turkey sandwiches lately Ken, you may be on to something.
      No sign of the vultures today.
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  • Too cool, Thom!

    I also got a cool deer shot from my backyard the other morning. The quality isn't so good because I took it through the door-wall glass and screen with my cell phone.

    Anyway, it is a doe nursing her twin fawns. There is one on each side, although it is hard to see. You have to count skinny little legs, haha!

    Too cute!






    Terra
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  • I worked at this one place in Armonk New York. It was set back in a forest, and actually built so their cafeteria had a 180+degree view across, and you could look down into a canyon of sorts. NICE. They had deer, etc.... BEAUTIFUL city! They had ONE airport that was similar, but I often used one of the big three airports that were in CEMENT CITIES! JFK, laguardia,etc... THAT is what most think of when they think new york state!

    Steve
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    • You don't have to go to far out from NYC proper to start seeing what NYS is really all about.
      Yes most people who have never been to NYS think it's all like NYC. They're really two different worlds.
  • That deer won't eat those grapes will he? You need to rescue the grapes!!

    I'm also disappointed you didn't specifically take a pic of the raspberry bushes just for me.
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    • Which ones, lol.
      I didn't get the grape vines cleaned up this year. Because of the deer ticks if I don't get the weeds knocked down in the winter I don't do it.
      Because I didn't prune the vines this year there's not many grapes.
      On the other hand the red onions in the garden are growing like crazy. I also have a lot of wild purslane in the garden which is doing fantastic. In fact I've been using the purslane a lot instead of lettuce in my salads.
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  • Love the backyard. Nothing can beat having a home where you can walk outside and watch the wildlife and the trees and vegetation. ( btw, having trees has always been a must for me to be around anywhere I have lived )

    Nice.
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    • Thanks discrat. As you probably already figured out I'm not a city person by any stretch I love being around nature and the wildlife that lives there, people, not so much.
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    Backyard

    I really need to invest in a good camera. Here are a few pics of what was in my backyard at 12:15 today. It's a small Buck with 6 in. long velvet antlers.