Critters

Critters at the cabin

Black capped chickadees are one of the many species of birds that frequent the bird feeders hanging just outside the dining room's sliding patio doors.

What I believe is a downy woodpecker, who along with red bellied woodpeckers and golden flickers have been seen at the feeders.

This one is definitely a cardinal, which come out in large numbers and truly are beautiful when set against a backdrop of freshly fallen winter snow.

Red and also grey fox are visitors to the cabin from time to time. This is a young red fox who was sitting in the front yard. It is fun to watch the young fox playfully wrestle with each other in the yard.

One of the many families of geese that like to nest on the island in the pond.

Young goslings out for one of their first swimming lessons. Both geese and ducks have nested on the island and raised their young around the pond.

Here we have one of the many resident squirrels.

Hanging an ear of corn about 15" off the ground makes for great fun as the squirrels try to get at the corn. This one is hanging onto the corn and swings back and forth while eating.

The apples that fall from the trees attract deer into the orchard in late summer.

Some are not content with what's on the ground and have to reach for the lower limbs.