Meal for an Owl

Photo taken by a trail camera with IR (infrared mode - no visible flash) of a bunny.  

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There were actually three photos.  A bunny, a blurry hopping bunny and this bunny.  It occurred to me that there is always the possibility of one of the cameras one day capturing a raptor pouncing on one of these members of the bottom of the food chain.

Bunny is a meal for an owl...

The Big Pour

Nothing like watching a big cement mixer dump a load.  Makes an old guy feel like a kid for a change.


Raising a toast to concrete flat work...

New Barn Floor

New concrete foundation for the old barn went in yesterday.  Malcore Concrete swooped-in out of nowhere 20 minutes before the truck arrived with a delivery of 9 1/2 yards of concrete.

Stone base with a perimeter beam design

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Wire and rebar reinforcing

Bring it on

The pour

Finishing and polishing

It's going to be nice when complete.  We all left our imprints for posterity 

Brood Flock

After having cone for the longest time without seeing a single poult all of a sudden they're showing-up regularly on the trail cameras.

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Looks like two different ages here - an early hatch (larger poults) and a later hatch (smaller poults).

This is a popular location for catching turkey photos.  Same place the coyote was stalking them several weeks ago.

Predators

Predators come in all shapes, sizes and varieties.

Some native...

Some introduced...

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Funny Video of the Week

Bad Lip Reading does the Republican debate...

 

Brood Flock

The 2015 graduating class is growing-up.

Turkey poults are now larger than chickens and are actually looking like smaller versions of an adult bird.