Animals
All summer long we have seen the evidence of a bear's frequent visits to our garden. Several times our birdfeeders have been destroyed and the iron shepherd's crooks that hold the birdfeeders have been bent down to the ground about 90 degrees. We have crossed our fingers hoping that our beehives would be safe. Up until last night, the bears had stayed away from our beehives. Unfortunately, last night the unthinkable happened and we arose this morning to find our hives strewn all over the ground. Jack had been placing a motion detector camera by our birdfeeders each night in hopes of capturing a picture of this roving black bear. Last night the camera took a picture.......but unfortunately, this is all it captured.....
Our Crazy Guineas
This is the life of our crazy guinea fowl.......basically, they spend the day travelling in a pack all over the farm and all over the neighbors' properties. We can always tell where they are at any given moment by their characteristic squawking that sounds more like fingernails on a chalkboard! At night they fly into a tree next to the barn and roost over the heads of our horses.
- A Walk On The Wild Side.... Week 8
For the past seven weeks I have compared downloading photos from the trail camerasto Christmas morning....packages filled with surprises. This week however, is like one of those "lean" Christmasesin penny-pinching times.Actually, this week there were...
- Boarding School
Remember that early morning in May that I took a trip to the Post Office to pick up my 30 baby guineas?Well, those guineas are adolescents now.And are now attending Boarding School. (Here is Gus, Headmaster of the BeeHaven Birdbrain Academy.) Yes, that's...
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A sunny day.... a chance to play with goats... snuggling, soft, sweet smelling fur babies... who grow up and leave home all too soon. {And then the rains came (again).And more on the way.} Do you know???Do you know what was behind this screen? An enormous...
- Unwanted Visitors
I did not take this picture, but, I could have... if I had only had my camera. This is what greeted us as we pulled up to the farmhouse the other evening. A fellow just like this was standing at one of our bird feeders. We had previously found evidence...
- Un-welcomed Guests
What a month it has been for Bee Haven Acres. We have been under attack. Our casualties are multiplying daily. It seems the deadliest of our foes is a family of foxes that has made their den in our woods. We have lost more than half of our chickens in...
Animals
Bear Attack
All summer long we have seen the evidence of a bear's frequent visits to our garden. Several times our birdfeeders have been destroyed and the iron shepherd's crooks that hold the birdfeeders have been bent down to the ground about 90 degrees. We have crossed our fingers hoping that our beehives would be safe. Up until last night, the bears had stayed away from our beehives. Unfortunately, last night the unthinkable happened and we arose this morning to find our hives strewn all over the ground. Jack had been placing a motion detector camera by our birdfeeders each night in hopes of capturing a picture of this roving black bear. Last night the camera took a picture.......but unfortunately, this is all it captured.....
Our Crazy Guineas
This is the life of our crazy guinea fowl.......basically, they spend the day travelling in a pack all over the farm and all over the neighbors' properties. We can always tell where they are at any given moment by their characteristic squawking that sounds more like fingernails on a chalkboard! At night they fly into a tree next to the barn and roost over the heads of our horses.
- A Walk On The Wild Side.... Week 8
For the past seven weeks I have compared downloading photos from the trail camerasto Christmas morning....packages filled with surprises. This week however, is like one of those "lean" Christmasesin penny-pinching times.Actually, this week there were...
- Boarding School
Remember that early morning in May that I took a trip to the Post Office to pick up my 30 baby guineas?Well, those guineas are adolescents now.And are now attending Boarding School. (Here is Gus, Headmaster of the BeeHaven Birdbrain Academy.) Yes, that's...
-
A sunny day.... a chance to play with goats... snuggling, soft, sweet smelling fur babies... who grow up and leave home all too soon. {And then the rains came (again).And more on the way.} Do you know???Do you know what was behind this screen? An enormous...
- Unwanted Visitors
I did not take this picture, but, I could have... if I had only had my camera. This is what greeted us as we pulled up to the farmhouse the other evening. A fellow just like this was standing at one of our bird feeders. We had previously found evidence...
- Un-welcomed Guests
What a month it has been for Bee Haven Acres. We have been under attack. Our casualties are multiplying daily. It seems the deadliest of our foes is a family of foxes that has made their den in our woods. We have lost more than half of our chickens in...