Animal House

There are critters that crawl around on the house - like this little lizard.



















There are critters that live in this house.

Ellie Cat is one. She's learned to purr finally.










Lucy Cat rules. She's the oldest of our critters and has no doubt that she is fully in charge.












The dogs got flea meds and hated it. Buck chooses to role in the dirt to disperse his as much as he can.











Cocoa pouted for a while and then retired to the grass and her half of the big bone.








Some critters are wild!

Many of these were taken from a distance and blown up, so they aren't the most clear.


Papa Quail was leading the group for their evening visit to the seeds on the ground beneath our feeders.













The acorn woodpecker is on the oak at the moment, but on his way to the feeder. I've never observed woodpeckers to eat directly from a feeder as much as the ones here do!















Probably the worst photo is the grossbeak! This guy is very skittish, and every time I try for a photo any closer than this one he takes off. So, this is taken through a window from quite a distance and then blown up.















When the sun is hot, the little gold finches like to sit under the big leaves of a sunflower. They also eat the leaves, but they are too tiny to eat the sunflower seeds.


And doves, lots of doves, come around morning and evening to gather whatever seeds they can. They aren't my favorites, but I guess they are entitled to eat too.


And, of course, we have hummers and hummers and hummers. The electrical tape covers places the local bear ripped the little blossoms off to get at the sugar solution inside.


I have no photos of the bear, the deer, the bobcat or any of the other truly wild animals that run around here. But, I'm glad they're here!