Joyce, isn't it fun to see the wildlife like that. I especially like knowing that I am helping them by putting food out or having the water source for them and the bird houses too. Even the birds, squirrels, bugs, toads, dragonflies, and frogs that come to the pond make me happy. I have three birdbaths, a fountain on the deck the birds drink from, and three ponds (granted 2 are small) and two half barrels with lilies and water plants in them. So they have 9 water sources here. We have a hummingbird feeder, an oreole feeder, a regular bird feeder, a suet feeder, and two finch feeders. I told Pete that our budget would work better if we weren't buying cat food, dog food, fish food and bird food. But I'm glad we do it.
Two years ago I saw two momma turkeys with a slew of babies bobbing around them in our back yard. Didn't think to get pictures. Down through the years, the turkeys have moved more south and more south and closer to town in Michigan. It isn't strange any more to see them in the fields or even crossing the roads on foot, or is that claw.
We also have deer that come on the back of our lot. It isn't particularly a woodland but there is a narrow strip of wooded area there. What they come for though is the two old apple trees there that noone takes care of. One tree is on our neighbor's lot near their garden. Sometimes they eat the pumpkins too. Pete said that earlier this week he was out in the gully walking Smokey and he saw two good sized bucks together. Smokey didn't see them but the bucks saw them and turned and left right away. Two years ago, we often saw two young bucks together during the summer. They were bothering the garden two lots down from here and she finally put up a taaalllll fence. I don't remember seeing them last summer but they are back now. I suspect they are the same two.
