Weasel Visits Backyard
July 8, 2012
”Where are the eggs?” Click image for larger view
This afternoon Donna was standing at the kitchen window looking out when she yelled, “Weasel, Weasel”. I jumped up and grabbed my camera and clicked off this fast snap before it was gone. Maybe next time I will get a better photo. At least this one documents it was in our backyard.
Kestrel eats beetle
Click image for larger view
Signal and Semaphore continue to hang around the backyard as mom and dad bring them food and teach them to hunt.
Enjoy,
Carlos, Donna and Austin
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July 8, 2012 at 4:01 pm
How adorable!
And that is..was, a beautiful beetle now going to be
“Kestrel Crunchy Yum yum Snack”!
Thanks for sharing
July 8, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Carlos, you sure take good pics. You must have a holster for your camera LOL so it can be with you at all times. Mandozee1888
July 8, 2012 at 4:21 pm
A weasel!!! Wow, one critter I’ve never seen around here. How fun! Kestrel photo is breathtaking. Thanks, Carlos..Bonnibell
July 8, 2012 at 5:10 pm
I didn’t receive the photo of the weasel. I got the bird one.
I didn’t know weasel lived in our county!
July 8, 2012 at 5:11 pm
Ok opened it a different way and there was the weasel!
Glad you got it so I can believe it exists!
Thanks
July 8, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Do owls or kestrels eat weasels?
July 8, 2012 at 6:49 pm
The weasel is too big for the kestrels. I am sure an owl would eat a weasel but this weasel hunts during the day time so it is not out when the owl hunts.
July 8, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Makes my day to get your updates and pictures. I’ve never seen a weasel around here in the east. Hope you all had a great 4th. Take care!
July 8, 2012 at 6:24 pm
I have never seen a weasel before… thank you for sharing your pets.. Just read Susan’s note… Do Owls eat weasels? Maybe little ones? Love your pictures and updates…
July 8, 2012 at 6:43 pm
All the animals are wild, none are pets.
July 8, 2012 at 6:36 pm
Thank goodness Donna wasn’t speking to you Carlos! lol! What a great picture!!! So nice to hear the updates! Hello to everyone:)
July 8, 2012 at 7:00 pm
That wasn’t a beetle that the Kestrel had. It was a hummingbird.
July 9, 2012 at 5:07 pm
When I enlarged the photo is really looked like one of those Japanese beetles. I think that it looks too shiny and slick to be feathers.
July 8, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Thank you so much, I really enjoy the updates. You all are still like family to me. You have the most interesting critter’s! What a cute Weasel. And of course I am so pleased The Kestrel’s are doing so well (got a cool Beetle there!) Love to you Carlos, Donna, Austin and all of my Owl Friends.
July 8, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Wow! I did not know North County had weasels! We had a large pack of coyote recently.
-lajollaseal
July 9, 2012 at 5:03 am
Well, POP…there goes the weasel! Thanks for your photos and the kestrel stories. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a live weasel before. Have a fantastic week!
July 9, 2012 at 8:30 am
I was going to say that! :)
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July 9, 2012 at 9:51 am
LOL so was I
I’m always looking out my kitchen window and then running for the camera. Got pics of a deer 2 times and I’m not really in the area for them to come to the homes.
Great pics Carlos & Thank you.
Sher67
July 9, 2012 at 8:30 am
Lol – I love all the comments from others, and agree what a treat this is, and I am grateful for the good thoughts and photos which everyone shares!
July 9, 2012 at 10:20 am
More great photos and fun comments.. Thanks for sharing.
July 9, 2012 at 1:30 pm
WOW! now we gotta name said Weasel – too bad Wesley has already been taken ; )
Could it be a Ferret that was once a pet? I had one and it got away unfortunately. And as we know that’s not good for the bird population which is why they aren’t legal in CA…
July 9, 2012 at 5:39 pm
wow. I just love your photography, Carlos. Good eye Donna. I have seen ferrets a couple of times around South Carlsbad State beach, believe it or not. Probably looking for Snowy Plover eggs , that nest in the sand on the beach.
July 9, 2012 at 6:04 pm
I may have seen a weasel but not in somebody’s back yard! Great photo, Carlos. Love reading all the comments!