Fraker Farm Miscellany; Woodford Co; 11/02/09

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Greetings, everyone --
 
I attempted to do this post at IBF last evening, but I think Neise put a hex on me after my Halloween funning; then I tried to load up photobucket, which also failed; so then I placed all blame on the Full Beaver Moon (as the Hunter's Moon was referred to by certain Native Americans). Why I would have any reason to blame THIS full Moon shall remain a private matter. So here is my tired, post Tuesday, final attempt at a post. If anyone is so interested, remember to click the "zoom in" option on the upper left corner of the linked pictures.
 
After a rather harrowing Monday morning at my clinic where I had to do our payroll, end of the month reports, had to say goodbye to an old friend that I have been caring for since he was a little fur ball of a puppy 13 years ago, and then had to do a rather gruesome emergency surgery -- keep in mind, this was a day OFF -- I took my buns out to the Farm to celebrate the Full Hunter's Moon with a wonderful afternoon into evening hike.
 
It's been way too long since I wondered about on our Farm. Highlights included a group of frolicking Red-headed Woodpeckers in the North Oak Timber, including this little acorn cacher :
 
 
 a cozy little encounter with a couple of Ruby-crowned Kinglets up by the old homestead  -- here's one of the frisky little midgets:
 
 
 and an at dusk fly-by of an immature female Northern Harrier.
 
As Matthew Winks had noted in his post, the evening sunset show was lovely:
 
 
Sadly, I came upon our great Black Oak and found it had fallen:
 
 
Respects were heartfelt and duly paid to this dinosaur of a tree, in the company of a couple of Coyotes and a Barred Owl to the north:
 
 
I then concluded my walk with the wonderful Moonrise:
 
 
Totals for this walkabout are below.
 
Matt Fraker
Woodford Co
11/02/09, reported on 11/03/09
 
Location:     Fraker Farm
Observation date:     11/2/09
Number of species:     26

Canada Goose     4
Wood Duck     3
Northern Harrier     1
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
Barred Owl     2
Red-headed Woodpecker     4
Red-bellied Woodpecker     8
Downy Woodpecker     4
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1
Blue Jay     13
American Crow     1
Black-capped Chickadee     12
Tufted Titmouse     6
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
Eastern Bluebird     8
American Robin     97
Northern Mockingbird     1
European Starling     1
Fox Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     6
Northern Cardinal     5
Red-winged Blackbird     27
American Goldfinch     13

 
 
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