This Great Blue Heron has visited our creek a couple of times in the morning, this time I managed to get some good shots w/o spooking him. I take that as a sign the creek is in good health if he's hunting in it. There's a heron rookery in the area not too far from our place, he was probably visiting from there.

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I was just looking at our Game Cam pics and saw this animal which is coming by every night. I'm not sure of the ID. Could it be a baby mountain lion? That striped tail doesn't look quite right. Hopefully you can enlarge the pic and see it well enough. Any ideas?

Looks like a house cat to me.

I don't know, Carol. We have a 25 lb dog and that animal is larger than he is. Most domestic cats aren't that large.

Has anyone lost their pet tiger?

The shape just doesn't say Tiger to me.

I hope this is the right place to post this. I *think* this is a juvenile Brown Snake. He (?) recently shed his skin next to the trash can and that's how we figured out he was under the trash can, but Hubby found him in the backyard the other day shading himself under something I forgot to put in the garage. I think he's kinda cute.

sure does look like a cat

It hasn't come by again. We don't have many house cats who survive around here if they are outside. The coyotes and raptors get them.

plantmanager said:It hasn't come by again. We don't have many house cats who survive around here if they are outside. The coyotes and raptors get them.

Raptors?

We have a lot of Hawks, Eagles and Owls and they are all large enough to pick off kitties.

plantmanager said:We have a lot of Hawks, Eagles and Owls and they are all large enough to pick off kitties. :(

Okay, I can't find a shocked face on here.

It is sad, but there's no excuse for letting cats roam when the dangers are known.

plantmanager said:It is sad, but there's no excuse for letting cats roam when the dangers are known.

That is true. And there are plenty of other dangers too.

plantmanager said:I don't know, Carol. We have a 25 lb dog and that animal is larger than he is. Most domestic cats aren't that large.

We have a rag doll, he ranges between 29-32!

plantmanager said:I don't know, Carol. We have a 25 lb dog and that animal is larger than he is. Most domestic cats aren't that large.

We have a rag doll that ranges between 29-32 lbs, larger than most of the small dogs in the neighborhood.

This is the new alpha male koala showing his ''smug mug look'' in the gum tree at the front of my home. There is another younger male, but he keeps his distance.I haven't seen any females with joeys this year, but there is at least one resident female (koala).
The old male died about 2 years ago.He was a real character, growling from the trees as I went about my business.They have never done any damage to my veggie garden, feeding exclusively on eucalyptus leaves.I feel privileged to have them.

Such a handsome fella!

He's adorable! Glad he's not a garden pest.