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Walking the Dog
Topic Started: Oct 17 2012, 08:17 AM (1,261 Views)
Dana
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Ready?
Here we go!
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Some days we beat the rain. Lovely not to have it too hot.
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Here's a native squirrel, still holding its own against the eastern black and greys who are moving in but then, no one is illegal in the woods.
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FuzzyO
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Well he certainly enjoyed having his closeup done!
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heatseeker
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I want a dog.
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FuzzyO
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Argentina, Czechoslovakia, the Algarve, Mexico, Alberta....or a dog.
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Dana
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It's just begun raining again, on and off but we're under some trees above the river.
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Oh looky there. A fisher. I don't think he sees the huge Chum Salmon behind him.
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But he heard it splash!
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They are running now and spawning.
You can see the fishy teeth in this low light pic.
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Struggling over a small rapid.
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FuzzyO
Oct 17 2012, 08:27 AM
Argentina, Czechoslovakia, the Algarve, Mexico, Alberta....or a dog.
Oh! You so got that right! It's always a big deal to go anywhere without little Roland.
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Roland is so handsome, I have your squirrel's relative living in a tree outside my window. He is so stupid, he picked the same tree that belongs to some type of bird that keeps dive bombing him with his claws. Always drama out there.
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Bitsy
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More of your fantastic photos, Dana, I am running out of compliments for you and your work.
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Dana
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The small rapids with another above and yet another after that. The fish are tired and are not all going further.
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One more day and a night of rain raised the water level considerably.

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The fish seem happy, cavorting and splashing in the water swimming one way and racing back.
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And, of course, The King of the river.
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Hard to get near that bird, especially with the dog. Almost had him last week but for the dog. I have found that most birds won't startle at the sounds we make but as soon as they see the little furry one on the ground, flit, they fly off, especially The Kingfisher who never seems to sit for long anyhow.


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Is Roland interested in going after the fish?
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angora
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Wonderful walk.I wish I was with you.
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Dana
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Oct 17 2012, 08:39 AM
More of your fantastic photos, Dana, I am running out of compliments for you and your work.
This is a great place to live if one likes nature, not much for culture tho but I can keep myself entertained and am glad to share these lovely surroundings. The last of the year's colour lingers on in the turning leaves on the trees and on the ground. The big west coast maples have leaves so large they can almost cover Roland completely. He has been scared by the odd unruly leaf on the paths, running back to me as fast as he can, I scooping him up - a good drill for the real thing.
We do watch for bears, especially now when the fish are running and have only smelled the beavers and seen their chew sticks on the river's bank, so far.


FuzzyO
Oct 17 2012, 08:48 AM
Is Roland interested in going after the fish?
He doesn't like swimming all that much and the fish are at least, at least! 5 times as big as he is. A definite no on that one.
Darcie
Oct 17 2012, 08:31 AM
Roland is so handsome, I have your squirrel's relative living in a tree outside my window. He is so stupid, he picked the same tree that belongs to some type of bird that keeps dive bombing him with his claws. Always drama out there.
Darcie, here's a site I found for you to look up your bird. Good pics with most likely species there.

I had a Merlin come into the yard the other day, chasing the sparrows into the shrubby Forsythia that has not yet shed any leaves. She left empty handed.

http://www.junglewalk.com/info/eagles-information-P2.htm
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Kahu
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Beautiful work Dana. Well done! 023
Are beavers a problem for a small dog?
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Dana
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No, they are elusive and hard to see.
Here's a hilarious account of a beaver attacking a man. It's a listen only and well worth hearing. If you don't laugh at this one you're made of stone.

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/science-technology/natural-science/general-9/beaver-attack.html

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Penn Powell has lived all his life in the woods, and has been attacked by "pretty near every animal in the bush" ... but when Canada's national symbol rounds on him on a dark and stormy night, the result is both hilarious and painful. In this much-requested clip, Powell gives CBC Radio's Markus Schwabe a colourful rendition of his encounter - including the fearful moment the ferocious rodent went "after my honeymoon jewels!"


....." but the darned thing had no ears on it."
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Seriously funny! ..... including the fearful moment the ferocious rodent went "after my honeymoon jewels!"
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Dana
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We left the dog behind this Sunday when we went to the woods to see if there are any Chantarelles out there this year. SIL having to work, we took the grandchild too, for her 1st mushroom picking expedition at age 2. Two little ones would be just too much in the woods.

We are allowed to enter only on weekends as the place is an active logging area with a gate and keeper who tracks all who enter and leave. He told us in no uncertain terms that we would NOT find any mushrooms. On we went anyway. Can't drive that far and not go in for a look see!
It was a little foggy but milder than it has been for the last week. Nice, as last year it was frosty patches on the gravel road in.

Well, as luck would have it....
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The white at centre is the white chantarelle peeking out from under the moss. Those are pink 2 yr old's boots at right. I've never picked in a place where the mushrooms hide so much under the moss. Usually the whole cap is visible but not in this spot which makes it trickier.

Even this place, which is abundant in mushrooms, had few in it this year. At first I thought that the moss looked disturbed, already picked, then realized it was patches of dead moss here and there after this driest of summers since we began recording the weather here. No wonder that wild mushrooms are in short supply this year.

This is the sort of woods chantarelles like to grow in, where there is much rotted Fir tree deadfall under the moss. Not the easiest of walking but not too far and still possible to take in a wee one.
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I kept about 1/4 of what we found and sent the rest home with the kids. Delicious cooked up with some onions. Dot makes up little alt style spanikopitas with them chopped up + Italian cheese and I don't know what else. Dot and I like them plain but dot's hubby doesn't like them unless disguised!
We found both the white and the yellow. I had enough for a feed with a little left over.
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We always leave some to grow on and not just the tiny ones, as I have read that European wild mushrooms have diminished in size due to the constant picking of the large ones. I also trim them out there if need be so that any spores remain in the woods. We also scatter bits around when we find one too far gone or damaged by the hoof of a deer in order to help propagate them.

Wanting to look further but decided to keep it a short and happy trip.
Saw only one pile of bear poo! unsure112


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