Discoveries

When you aren't sure what happens when you are not looking - its a good policy to put up a trail camera. What few mysteries we couldn't figure out have been solved.

First mystery. Where are all dem babies??

I have been looking for a doe with a fawn to take a picture of. Fawns at this time of year are the sweetest, cutest animals! I saw one pair, but they were gone before I could find the camera, let alone turn it on and take a picture.

MYSTERY SOLVED - they only come out when I'm sleeping. Stinkers!!

Second mystery. Can Darren actually aim, shoot and hit his targets??

MYSTERY SOLVED - Ok, so most of you know he can hit a deer. Most of you even know he can hit a target with his rifle and scope. What most of you don't know is that he CAN hit a chipmunk with a pellet gun from our deck. BTW, chipmunk count is up to 5.

Here are two very nice, good boys at 12:26 PM. They are minding their own business and having fun.

Third mystery. Who or what knocked the roof off the bird feeder??

MYSTERY SOLVED - BUSTED!!!! Picture says all that needs to be said.

Fourth mystery - Who keeps knocking the bird feeder down?? Recall this post? The proof is in the picture correct? How about FOUR pictures.

Surprise! CALLED IT BABY! BOOYA!!! The boys and I were right. Bear, BEAR, one more time to make sure that Darren reads it clearly - BEAR!!! For a height reference, the bird feeder is probably 4 feet to where the bear's head is.

Oh my what do you have here?? Its a BEAR! Have you noticed that its only 9:58 PM? I was actually awake at that time. Honestly I could have been sitting on the deck at that point (though I wasn't). Insanity. Just feet from our deck and I didn't even know it.

Going, going....

GONE! Well, we have another bird feeder to fix. Darren has decided our birds will just have to go hungry until this bear decides to leave the bird feeders alone. We wouldn't want the massive critter to get in the habit of visiting our yard. And we THOUGHT we had critter problems before. Those chipmunks and squirrels are nothing compared to the bear. We are naming the bear Birdie. Blase thinks the bear must like bird food.