Archives for “Wildlife”
Tweet Most Tomahawk Road neighbors seem to be pleased with the installation of the new fence along Brush Creek. Most. Julia saw the fox above standing across the street from the crew installing the new fence yesterday. (Yes, we know in the picture it kind of looks like a Corgi — but it was definitely [...]
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 [...]
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