Bald Eagles are back


Bald Eagles migrate south from here, to open water during Winter. Maybe only as far as the Wisconsin or Mississippi Rivers. This one and it's mate were cleaning up a raccoon car kill. Wonder how many turkeys they kill? Turkeys run, dogs bark, birds fly, hunters call.

Turkeys in the trees

 

Flushed turkeys usually fly to the tallest trees in the woods. Suki told me where this one was. It was so busy watching Suki running around the tree and barking, I was able to get close enough for a picture. More about Suki at Lucky - Suki - Red

Screech Owls love Wood Duck boxes.

About 1/3 of our Wood Duck boxes have Screech Owls in them. I stick a little camera in the hole and take a picture, before I open the door. If there's an Owl in there, I leave it for the Owl. Scat on the outside indicated a Screech Owl was using it. Couldn't see in the dark box, so opened up the side, the Screech Owl was sitting there. Quickly shut the door and left it alone. Will check again in a few weeks. If it's not  in there, will clean it out and put fresh cedar chips in, for cleanliness, to prevent mites, for mating Owls, or Ducks.


 

Ready for the Wood Ducks

 


Time to clean out the Wood Duck boxes. This one had a successful hatch, the flattened egg shells indicate. Then another duck laid more eggs later, but they didn't hatch. Then a Screech Owl occupied it. Cleaned out, with new Cedar chips, ready for a new breeding pair..


Happy President's Day

 


While George Washington was an avid turkey hunter, Abraham Lincoln shot a turkey a few days before his 8th birthday February 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky and never hunted again. turkeydog.org

Bobcat attack!

 April 18, 2026 near Nekoosa, Wisconsin