What a beautiful Saturday to not be inside

[TorontoBuilder]

Oh what a beautiful morning....

 

[slow-poke]

Sometimes inside is not so bad (view from the kitchen 7am) will be out and enjoying the sunshine shortly, weather is supposed to be great all week.

Your dogs look adorable.

 

[6.5 Fan]

I spent my Sat. at my shooting range club. It was clean up day with a great turnout of guys. We got lots done before rain chased us out.

 

[TorontoBuilder]

sunday night isn't too shabby either...

the view, the breeze, so nice. I wish I still smoked cigars because it is perfect evening for a whiskey and a rockey patel

 

[DPittman]

sunday night isn't too shabby either...

the view, the breeze, so nice. I wish I still smoked cigars because it is perfect evening for a whiskey and a rockey patel

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So how far out of Toronto do you have to go to get views like that?

 

[TorontoBuilder]

So how far out of Toronto do you have to go to get views like that?

Guelph... Just a few kilometers west of Guelph. About 95 kilometers from middle of Toronto on the 402

 

[Dan Dubeau]

It was an amazing weekend to spend outside here. Got a ton of outdoor stuff done, and enjoyed every minute of it.

We just surprised each other tonight when I went out to shut the hens in for the night

If this is the Doe I think it is, she's been hanging around here since she was in spots with her mom. 4 years now, and she's pretty used to us now. See her every week or so strolling through the backyard.

 

[TorontoBuilder]

Our friend says he has never seen a deer since he has been building this home....

Wife and I have now seen one twice since we've been here. Sadly I didn't bring my canon and telephoto lens. My cell phone on full zoom shows a blob... but it is a doe happily munching away on winter wheat shoots

 

[slow-poke]

When we were living in Mississauga we backed onto the Credit river so all kinds of wildlife would venture into our backyard. We were just across the river from the U of T campus and there is a good sized herd of deer that lives on and near the campus. Sometimes a loner or a doe with young ones would come sleep in our backyard during the day. Beautiful graceful animals. Lots of Coyotes as well. One time I was jogging along the river and about a half dozen deer startled me, they were running in the opposite direction along a narrow path, they just stepped around me by a few meters and kept going. About a minute later a coyote passed obviously tailing the deer.

Short video of Coyote sniffing around a rabbit den near our deck.

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[TorontoBuilder]

When we were living in Mississauga we backed onto the Credit river so all kinds of wildlife would venture into our backyard. We were just across the river from the U of T campus and there is a good sized herd of deer that lives on and near the campus. Sometimes a loner or a doe with young ones would come sleep in our backyard during the day. Beautiful graceful animals. Lots of Coyotes as well. One time I was jogging along the river and about a half dozen deer startled me, they were running in the opposite direction along a narrow path, they just stepped around me by a few meters and kept going. About a minute later a coyote passed obviously tailing the deer.

Short video of Coyote sniffing around a rabbit den near our deck.

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I live right near the rouge valley, I see fox and deer all the time.. coyotes are rarer sight for me here... too much prey around here keeps them away from homes.

 

[Doggggboy]

In small numbers, or at a distance in large numbers, I totally agree.
When you have 6 to 10 living in your yardsite for part of the winter, they are an immense pain in the ass.
Picture having to shovel, not sweep, but shovel large amounts of this

off your deck every morning and then finding 6 of your 16 year old Scotch pine looking like this

We've put up with for a long time.
Sausage time from now on. These are mule deer eating breakfast with me

 

[slow-poke]

I live right near the rouge valley, I see fox and deer all the time.. coyotes are rarer sight for me here... too much prey around here keeps them away from homes.

Numerous small pets were taken by the coyotes in our neighbourhood. I'm not sure it's true but we were told that the pack would creep close but stay out of sight and then a female would timidly go meet the pet in a friendly way and draw it toward the pack. The city dug up a den and there was a collection of small collars.

We found a house on a ravine again now in Ottawa, deer are fairly rare in this ravine but we did have a litter of ground hogs under our shed that were eaten by the fox who then took possession of the den and then had a litter of three. They would spend hours at a time playing and lounging around our backyard, quite entertaining. Mommy fox could catch squirrels with absolute ease. She would half sleep keeping an eye on them as they played and played.

 

[Doggggboy]

Numerous small pets were taken by the coyotes in our neighbourhood. I'm not sure it's true but we were told that the pack would creep close but stay out if sight and then a female would timidly go meet the pet in a friendly way and draw it toward the pack. The city dug up a den and there was a collection of small collars.

That is the common story about them around here.

 

[Susquatch]

Numerous small pets were taken by the coyotes in our neighbourhood. I'm not sure it's true but we were told that the pack would creep close but stay out of sight and then a female would timidly go meet the pet in a friendly way and draw it toward the pack. The city dug up a den and there was a collection of small collars.

My farm is a wildlife paradise.

I routinely see coyotes take small dogs, big dogs, cats, chickens, squirrels, rabbits, turkey, and fawns. Here is a recording right next to the house taken through the bedroom wall.

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[Darren]

This was my Sunday:

 

[slow-poke]

I love kayaking, I have a cheapie (Indestructible) plastic one and a very tippy but fast and fragile vintage olympic style K1 that is 4' longer than the cheap one and weighs about half.

I have done a lot of canoeing.

Good to see people getting out and enjoying the outdoors.

 

[Tecnico]

Good to see people getting out and enjoying the outdoors.

Nova Scotia checking in. We had a nice Sunday afternoon outing but came back to this on the news. It started about 6:45 PM and moved extremely fast driven by strong winds.

We currently have 4 out of control fires, one of about 800+ metric acres that has consumed about 150 homes in the suburbs of Halifax about 15 - 20 km away, another two about 150 km away, the larger about 20k hectares & 50 homes and another about 10 - 12 km from home with wind in our direction that brought our personal alert level to the point where we did the 30 minute evac. & contingency preparation while we awaited better info on where it was and where it was going. That one was hit hard from the air before it got too bad but it was a wake up call. It was near a dairy processing plant with ammonia refrigeration so it got lots of attention.

Normally we have 3 provincial helos with Bambi Buckets but NF & NB have sent 3 CL-415 amphib water bombers and 8 other (Air Tractor) plus several other helos have been brought in including one from a local construction company. This is a big deal in NS, biggest firefighting effort ever spread over several locations. Personnel are here or arriving from NB, PEI, NF, NY, NH and an NS crew returning from Hay River. Conditions have been very dry so risk is high and crews are holding on until Friday night when a front goes through and we get a day of rain with several days of showers following. Tomorrow will be 32C so we have to get through that.

Despite all of this and bans on burning, authorities dealt with people yesterday having 8 open fires/burning trash. Politicians are beside themselves. The fine was raised from $287 to $25,000 today to help with peoples understanding of what a burning ban meant. Eye witness accounts have the fire that consumed 150 homes in a day was started by a woman who burns garbage in her back yard in one of the subdivisions!

Enjoy the nice weather in your back yard, we're looking forward to a bit of return to normal!

D

 

[TorontoBuilder]

so far we've racked up 5 different sightings of the same deer, once for over and hour as it grazed peacefully. I tried to get a pic thru the telescope but I forgot my video cam attachment and couldn't get my cell phone to line up with the optics.. what a pain.

This morning we saw a scrawny coyote for about 5 minutes..

and I've personally seen at least 30 thousand mosquitos and killed many dozens. the blood sucking b*&ta%$ds

 

[Susquatch]

and I've personally seen at least 30 thousand mosquitos and killed many dozens. the blood sucking b*&ta%$ds

This should be at the very top of your priority list when choosing a place to retire to.

I did ok. Although I have a pond, the minnows look after the skeeto larva. Ya, we have skeeto, but not horrible.

 

[whydontu]

Nova Scotia checking in. We had a nice Sunday afternoon outing but came back to this on the news. It started about 6:45 PM and moved extremely fast driven by strong winds.



how are conditions in Kennet Cook?

We currently have 4 out of control fires, one of about 800+ metric acres that has consumed about 150 homes in the suburbs of Halifax about 15 - 20 km away, another two about 150 km away, the larger about 20k hectares & 50 homes and another about 10 - 12 km from home with wind in our direction that brought our personal alert level to the point where we did the 30 minute evac. & contingency preparation while we awaited better info on where it was and where it was going. That one was hit hard from the air before it got too bad but it was a wake up call. It was near a dairy processing plant with ammonia refrigeration so it got lots of attention.

Normally we have 3 provincial helos with Bambi Buckets but NF & NB have sent 3 CL-415 amphib water bombers and 8 other (Air Tractor) plus several other helos have been brought in including one from a local construction company. This is a big deal in NS, biggest firefighting effort ever spread over several locations. Personnel are here or arriving from NB, PEI, NF, NY, NH and an NS crew returning from Hay River. Conditions have been very dry so risk is high and crews are holding on until Friday night when a front goes through and we get a day of rain with several days of showers following. Tomorrow will be 32C so we have to get through that.

Despite all of this and bans on burning, authorities dealt with people yesterday having 8 open fires/burning trash. Politicians are beside themselves. The fine was raised from $287 to $25,000 today to help with peoples understanding of what a burning ban meant. Eye witness accounts have the fire that consumed 150 homes in a day was started by a woman who burns garbage in her back yard in one of the subdivisions!

Enjoy the nice weather in your back yard, we're looking forward to a bit of return to normal!

D