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Tweet Remember those coyote pups that were born in a Mission backyard under a patio slab? Well, how quickly the young ones grow up and move on these days. The pups have left the den and it looks like mom and dad may have moved with them. The neighbors say they have not seen the [...]
Tweet The ol’ PVPost.com camera is in the shop this week, which has prevented us from capturing some pretty cool bird sightings, I’m afraid. But the wonders of camera phone technology allowed us to capture a shot of an odd (to us at least) li’l fella clinging to our car door the other day. Maybe you see [...]
Tweet Coyotes, roaming the wild, open spaces of Mission — yes, Mission, Kan. — have caused a bit of a stir in a neighborhood just north of Shawnee Mission Parkway and a couple blocks west of the soon to be developed Gateway acreage. In the last month, neighbors along 60th Terrace and Rock Creek Lane [...]
Tweet Spring in northeast Johnson County is a glorious time. And humans aren’t the only species the appears attracted to its wonders. Reader Wayne Miller sent in this pic of a deer running across Lamar Ave. at 77th Street toward Prairie Village:
Tweet Our photos yesterday of a red tailed hawk perching on the St. Ann Church cross prompted readers Kathy and David Casteel to pass along some good shots of a big ol’ guy hanging out on her birdbath this July: Based on its chest marking and the time of year it was spotted, I’m guessing [...]
Tweet I’m prepared to be laughed out of the flock by birders more experienced that I for this ID…but we came across what I believe to be a red tailed hawk, better known as the bird on the Free State Beer shirt, perched on the St. Ann church cross on Sunday. The big fella was [...]
Tweet The summer of birdin’ continues, Villagers. The most recent feathered friends to make an appearance were a troop of white-breasted nuthatches, hopping down the locust trees in our backyard. Cheerful li’l fellas:
Tweet So there I was, just driving home for lunch, minding my own business when I spotted it in the middle of Indian Lane: a largish stone. “What,” I thought, “is a largish stone doing in the middle of the road?” But as my car neared the stone’s location at the posted 25 MPH speed [...]
Tweet If you’ve known me long enough, you know that I boil my life philosophy down to three letters: ABB. Always. Be. Birdin’. So it’s been a good week at the Senter house. Last weekend, we spotted an American Goldfinch in the front yard. A couple days later, a Downy Woodpecker made an appearance. And [...]
Tweet More feathered friends! Our neighbor’s bird feeder is apparently the in spot for the local lighter-than-air set lately. This li’l fella was hopping about yesterday and stopped just long enough for us to snap a couple of shots. Yes, the downy woodpecker is the most common woodpecker in the state. But…again, cooler than a [...]
Tweet We figured that, what with all the complaining about Mother Nature – particularly her temperature — lately, we’d try to start Monday off on a positive note and share one of her wonders, if only a minor one. This American Goldfinch was fluttering about in the oak trees around our house this weekend. The species [...]
Tweet Well, bird lovers, the hits just keep comin’ this spring. Prairie Village Post reader Gill Donovan sent along a picture of this Barred Owl perched on a tree in his back yard. Barred Owls are yearlong residents in Kansas, but are more common in the southeastern part of the state. They adapt well to [...]
Tweet He’s back! Owly, the beloved red-phase Eastern screech owl who set up shop in our backyard last spring, has returned to the notch he occupied last year — before disappearing without even leaving a note. But we don’t hold it against him. We’re just glad he found our hosting abilities adequate enough to pay [...]
Tweet If you spent any time in the yard raking up leaves this weekend, you may have noticed that the bagging process was a little lighter than usual. So where are all the acorns? Indeed, we’ve had a few people write in inquiring about the lack of acorns falling from the oak trees this season. [...]
Tweet So I pulled into the driveway yesterday after stopping to pick up some bitter apple spray, only to find that I was moments too late to save one of the poor pumpkins on our porch steps: “Stupid squirrel!” I yelled helplessly as the squirrel shoved meaty seed after meaty seed into its greedy maw. [...]
Tweet You hear a lot about how good the turkey hunting is in Kansas. You just don’t tend to hear about it in Prairie Village. Reader Emily Liggett was driving down Delmar Street toward 62nd Terrace yesterday when she spotted a large bird perched on a fence. She snapped a couple of photos and sent [...]
Tweet We’ve probably been remiss in keeping interested parties up to date on the li’l owl that set up shop in our backyard. So, here’s the update: he/she left last week. Without even saying goodbye. We looked up in the knot where Owly had been stationed, and he/she was nowhere to be seen. Maybe he’s [...]
Tweet Reader Laura M. sent along this photo of a ducky that decided to take a break in her backyard pool: We figured it presented us a chance to pass along this shot of a yellow-shafted Northern Flicker that was trying (unsuccessfully) to avoid the rain in our backyard this afternoon:
Tweet Probably safer here than at Shawnee Mission Park, I suppose… Reader Joe Houston sent us some photos of a wayward deer that found its way onto his block yesterday: Houston said he had seen a larger deer jump his fence three years ago and head down El Monte Street, but didn’t have any proof. [...]
Tweet It’s come to my attention that it might have been presumptuous to name Owly without soliciting the input of you, our dear readers. (Luckily, Owly doesn’t seem to be responding to his name yet. I sat underneath the tree for an hour last night saying, “Come here, Owly! Come on over here, Owly!” and [...]
Tweet Ha! We knew if we kept our eyes and ears peeled eventually we’d find one. After four months of searching, we finally laid eyes on a Great Horned Owl red phase Screech Owl yesterday. (Thanks for the correction, Steve. I had looked up a couple shots of adolescent Great Horned Owls yesterday, but this [...]
