Non-Radio – Nature at the K9ZW QTH

The home K9ZW QTH is on a bit more than 15 acres of woodland about 8 miles from my work.

We regularly get  plenty of wildlife, but that last week has been specially interesting – birds from the small Hummingbirds to a mature Bald Eagle, mammals from Chipmunks to Whitetail Deer.

A quick log of what we have seen in last days:

Mammals

• Eastern Chipmunks
• Least Chipmunks (little ones)
• Red Squirrels
• Eastern Fox Squirrels
• Eastern Gray Squirrels
• Woodchucks
• Opossum

• Red Fox
• Raccoons
• Skunks
• Muskrats
• Eastern Cottontail Rabbits
• Snowshoe Hares
• Bats
• Whitetail Deer

Birds:

• Hummingbirds
• Scarlet Tannigers
• Baltimore Oriels
• Orchard Oriels
• Downy Woodpeckers
• Hairy Woodpeckers
• Red-Bellied Woodpeckers
• Red-Headed Woodpeckers
• Pileated Woodpeckers
• Wood Ducks
• Redtail Hawks
• Bald Eagles
• Turkeys
• Indigo Buntings
• Goldfinches
• Rose Breasted Grosbeaks
• Blue Jays
• Cowbirds
• Redwing Blackbirds
• Grackles
• Robbins
• Nuthatches
• Black-capped Chickadee
• House Finches
• Morning Doves
• Grey Owls
• Sandhill Cranes
• Canada Geese
• Cedar Waxwings
• Northern Flicker
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Song Sparrow
• Northern Cardinal
• American Redstart
• Common Redpoll
• Pine Grosbeak
• Blue Bird
• Cooper’s Hawk

Creepy Ones (they came out on the few warm days we recently had – don’t tell the XYL as she doesn’t like these critters)

• Northern Watersnake
• Milk Snake
• Garter Snake
• Pine Snake

A pretty nice showing of wildlife in one’s garden!

73

Steve
K9ZW