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Texas Backyard Wildlife
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Добавлен 21 июн 2017
Welcome to Texas Backyard Wildlife!
We share our Austin home with dozens of other animals - foxes, raccoons, deer, rock squirrels, snakes, owls, skunks, hummingbirds... Some live here with us, under the deck or high up in a tree, some are just passing through. Every day we see something new, a new butterfly, a new bird, a new behavior.
We have recorded thousands of hours of video and taken hundreds of photos of the creatures who live in our yard with us here in Austin - eating, playing, taking care of babies, hunting, and just hanging out. Texas Backyard Wildlife is our way of sharing this with our neighbors here in Austin and around the world.
Dan Ballard & Jane Hunter
texasbackyardwildlife@gmail.com
We share our Austin home with dozens of other animals - foxes, raccoons, deer, rock squirrels, snakes, owls, skunks, hummingbirds... Some live here with us, under the deck or high up in a tree, some are just passing through. Every day we see something new, a new butterfly, a new bird, a new behavior.
We have recorded thousands of hours of video and taken hundreds of photos of the creatures who live in our yard with us here in Austin - eating, playing, taking care of babies, hunting, and just hanging out. Texas Backyard Wildlife is our way of sharing this with our neighbors here in Austin and around the world.
Dan Ballard & Jane Hunter
texasbackyardwildlife@gmail.com
Fox acrobatics: Dolly nursing 3 kits while perched on a tall stump |#shorts
Last year, our resident mama fox, Dolly, had a single kit (or pup, if you prefer), Frances. This year (2024) she had 3.
Dolly often nursed Frances while perched on top of her favorite tall stump, and apparently she saw no reason to do things differently this year, even though the stump was no bigger and her little ones were. She sat there, grinning, while her kits flailed around desperately, trying to nurse AND stay on the stump. As you'll see, not everyone managed to hang in there. These stumps can be slippery little suckers, right?
Dolly often nursed Frances while perched on top of her favorite tall stump, and apparently she saw no reason to do things differently this year, even though the stump was no bigger and her little ones were. She sat there, grinning, while her kits flailed around desperately, trying to nurse AND stay on the stump. As you'll see, not everyone managed to hang in there. These stumps can be slippery little suckers, right?
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Some views of our backyard
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We have lots of cameras in our backyard and we stream a few that we think might be most interesting. Often, during the day, there's not a lot going on. After dark, we focus on a water bowl on a busy critter trail and we usually show an overhead view as well as the normal ground-level view. If any of the other trails are busy at night, we'll put them live too. A map of our backyard At long last,...
Pale Fox supervising Chris to make sure he gets to and from the water bowl without straying
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Dan and I went away on vacation for a week in late June this year and our friend Chris moved in to look after the critters for us while we were gone. Chris is a good guy, obviously. The critters like him and so do we. One morning when Chris went to put fresh water in the bowl by the big live oak, Pale Fox followed him all the way down the trail, and then he turned around and followed him all th...
Some views of our backyard
19 дней назад
We have lots of cameras in our backyard and we stream a few that we think might be most interesting. Often, during the day, there's not a lot going on. After dark, we focus on a water bowl on a busy critter trail and we usually show an overhead view as well as the normal ground-level view. If any of the other trails are busy at night, we'll put them live too. Discord Join our Discord community ...
Gray fox family: Part 1 - Dolly & Frances move into the den
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In the summer of 2023 a gray fox family - mama, papa, and a single kit - moved into one of our dens. The mother fox, Dolly, had been visiting the backyard and for quite some time, and we could tell that she was nursing. We'd been hoping that she would bring her family closer and so we were delighted to see her carry a kit in past the water bowl one day in late May. This video is the first episo...
Three gray fox kits on a tall stump - 12Jun24
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Dolly supervised a chaotic and very entertaining play session for her kits on the morning of June 12th. Here, all three of them are trying to sit on the top of the tall stump - not easy for a squirming, scuffling bunch of little foxes.
Texas spiny lizards: The best close-up video you will ever see
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Texas spiny lizards are quite common around here - though, as with many other species, we don’t see as many as we used to and, actually, we hear them more often than we see them. In the summer, when we’re outside, they will rustle away from us in the undergrowth or skitter up the nearest tree, their immensely long claws making little ticking sounds on the bark. Many people, locally, call them “...
Mama raccoon & a baby in the magic tree den - 30Jul22
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This is how hot it was in July 2022. Really, really hot. Our poor magic tree den mama raccoon was crashed out, and a baby was crashed out and draped over her. I know we shouldn't laugh - it must have been an oven in the den - but it's a funny little clip.
Some views of our backyard
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We have lots of cameras in our backyard and we stream a few that we think might be most interesting. Often, during the day, there's not a lot going on. After dark, we focus on a water bowl on a busy critter trail and we usually show an overhead view as well as the normal ground-level view. If any of the other trails are busy at night, we'll put them live too. Discord Join our Discord community ...
Mating Texas spiny lizards
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You saw it here first (probably): Spiny lizards having sex. We’re not sure whether to warn everyone that this video is a quite graphic or shout to the rooftops that it’s extraordinary. I think we’ll go with shouting. Texas spiny lizards are quite common around here - though, as with many other species, we don’t see as many as we used to, and we actually hear them more often than we see them. In...
Dolly & 3 kits 02Jun24
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Dolly and her kits on move-in day at the magic tree den. Sunday 02 June 2024.
This is how raccoons deal with mosquitos
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This great little clip shows a mama raccoon in the Hobbit box nailing a mosquito that was plainly getting on her nerves. There are two things that make this video remarkable: First, it was pitch dark in the box. We can see, because the camera is using infrared night vision, but the mama raccoon can't. And yet she zeroed in on the mosquito with absolute precision. She could hear it, and she coul...
The titmouse and the fox: Soft fur for lining a nest | #shorts
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Occasionally our cameras catch things that we wouldn't believe if we hadn't seen them ourselves. This is one of those things. A fox snoozing in the sunshine outside a den was being disturbed by a tiny titmouse, who seemed intent on doing everything she could to be irritating. She pecked at the fox, jumped on his back, and launched little kicks at his side, and every time the fox stirred and tri...
The thoughts of a small field mouse | #shorts
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I'm just a little field mouse, Nibbling on some lunch. I'm awfully fond of sunflower seeds, I like the way they crunch. My mama brought me up well, I'm always fresh and neat. My eyes are bright, my nose is clean, I always wipe my feet. You humans think you're special. The world bends to your demands. But have you ever noticed I've such perfect little hands? This beautiful little field mouse has...
An American opossum: Up close and very, VERY personal
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Opossums are truly unique creatures. They are America's only marsupial, they seem to be immune to the venom of rattlesnakes and copperheads, and they have some fascinating reproductive traits (as you'll see in this video). Opossums' ability to feign death when threatened by a predator has given us the phrase "playing possum". (It's worth noting that when "playing possum", an opossum not only lo...
Wow. You got some rare fantastic footage on that one. The bobcats here in kansas have really hurt yhe foxes.
That was fun!
Poor Dolly 🤣 Great video
Everytime I try that I get stung :(
Someone give this Ringtail a flip flop!
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Anyone recently cone across that guy that crushes the wasps nest with his bare hand and eats it😂😂😂
That is not a yellow jacket
😢bug control ❤
When they sting me people are amazed because the only thing I get is a little red mark and within 5 minutes I'm back at work. I've been dealing with them in Florida for the last 38 years of my life and have been stung more times than I can count. Luckily unlike most people I don't swell up or even show signs that I was stung. I no longer show a allergic reaction to their venom just like ant bites. I think it was because when I was about 2 years old I was covered from head to toe with ants and they didn't think I would survive. I'm sure I have so much formic acid in my body now it's not even funny. Then again, if I cut myself half the time I don't even know it until I see the blood. I have a super high pain tolerance and I have the Neanderthal mutation that boosts my immune system. One of the few genetic traits from the offshoots of humanity that I'm happy about😂
Good boy !
Gray foxes are my favorite animals💖Thank you so much for filming these funny moments😅I love your channel!!!
uber eats
Imagine holding one I have one 🤫 I had two but Leo died and Liz is still alive
So cute! Thank you.
Like any self-respecting gentleman, Pale Face takes his drinking _very_ seriously and doesn't want it ruined by some amateur, so he has to inspect Chris with great vigilance! I think? 🤭 Edit: so many typos for such a simple sentence. I'm an idiot...
I do believe you are absolutely correct. He was, very sensibly, making sure Chris followed protocol.
people cannot be left unsupervised
Absolutely right. Humans are unreliable.
Where's PETA when foxes need them?
Good question. Busy doing political things?
I’m sure Chris felt all that magic from pale face!
He had a vague feeling that he was being watched. He was very amused to see the video recordings showing that Pale Fox had indeed been keeping an eye on him.
@@TexasBackyardWildlife love it - definitely makes me wonder what critters are silently following me without my knowledge!
This is very funny and sweet. You go to France, I'll look after the house, all the animals and I'll keep a special eye on Chris.
That's exactly the deal, Marion. We thought Chris was in charge; Pale Fox knew that actually, he was the boss, and he was behaving accordingly.
What a great capture!!!
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I love how it didn't bother Chris at all that Pale Face was supervising. PF is so sweet. Thank you Dan & Jane for the wonderful clip. Chris should be proud that PF trusts him
It was fun to see, wasn't it? Little Pale Fox trotting calmly along after Chris, just making sure he got all the way to the water bowl and back without getting lost.
Right behind 'ya!😅
"Hurry along, and don't get lost."
So cute! I am a huge fan of your videos - here in Bedford, Tx.🎉❤❤
Thank you! It's good to hear from you.
That’s so sweet 🦊❤
I made friends with a bunny last year during the drought and her mate has finally started trusting me more this year. Well, he challenged me a few times...stomped the ground and made a weird noise. I let the female eat from my garden during the drought last year so guess where she put her nest in June? She knew I wouldn`t be mean to baby bunnies so I lost half my peas and melon vines to the little gang of nibblers. I was watering and noticed what looked like huge rats scurrying everywhere, looked closer, and there were 5 inch long bunnies all over the place. But when I mowed around the edge of the garden mama bunny evacuated the babies to a safer blackberry patch. Ha!
That's a great story! We see bunnies quite often but we've never been able to make friends with them. You are a kind person to let them eat your peas and melons.
@@TexasBackyardWildlife There was a bad disease about 7 years ago that decimated the rabbit population so I wanted the survivors to feel safe here to repopulate the area. These two and their young are the only ones I`ve seen. The female trusts me and comes up to me and sometimes comes when called. I leave a bowl of water out for her and plant Red Ripper peas everywhere for them to eat. She doesn`t eat much from my garden this year but her babies did.
Are you an Aussie in Texas ?…love from Perth
I'm a Kiwi. So you were very close. My accent is a little odd now - I've split my time between London and the US for decades. Good to meet you, Lisa!
Yea actual Yellow jackets are way smaller than that thing
Yes, they are.
He was just happy his DoorDash showed up early
does this technique works for humans as well?
Nope.
If you knew what Babylon was like you'd understand why they all have built in memories like us. Your all afraid of dark under water for a reason. Butter flies can fly back to where their parents came from without ever being brought. Those were chimney sweeping babies those were full grown people just had to grow size because a full adult won't fit in the womb. Animals still hold the trait or we'd need school for animals too if everything had to learn like we do. It was different in the past our Creator is growing with us and changes what needs changing
Well. I do know a bit about Babylon, as it happens. I don't think it ever had anything to do with "built in memories". And if the world actually has a creator, it seems clear that he or she has now lost interest in us.
@@TexasBackyardWildlife from what you said you clearly dont know enough and to think anything could go on without Creators interest you clearly dont have a true concept of what infinite truly means. no offence but to think an infinite being would lose interest in a Creation you follow a hollywood version of what Creator is. a true Creators infinite is so precise that even a simple change of a mood can effect an entire day or week and it heal by the end of it you just picture a lazy Creator but infinite is infinite ideas as well just like coming into one of us as an idea or as a person your limiting Creator to your imagination but try Creator is literal 9 billion imaginations put together and infinite more if we choose to bring more people here through our gift of making life. dont give up on Creator. when the trees grow all the exact same is when society will be done youll see
Pure protein.
No, not really. A tiny bit of protein, but a lot more chitin, water, and carbohydrate-y gut contents.
Polistes dominula arent nasty, and also thats a male, so it can't sting. Sincerely, a wasp researcher.
Thank you! Do you think it's really a European paper wasp? Many commenters have told us that we're wrong and it's a Guinea paper wasp, Polistes exclamans.
They seem to be correct, I missed that. It could also be dorsalis. Given the spp I'm less certain it's a male too! If the face is all yellow, then it is a male - the low saturation in the video makes it hard to tell. That said, the colonies are so small for all of the Texas native species that they really don't want to tango with you most of the time!
I've never seen this animal. Don't know what it is, but I will take two of them.😂
Your DoorDash is here!
This is how foxes press their SNOOZE button 😂
Are ringtails aggressive and they only eat insects?
They're omnivores - they eat rodents, bugs, small reptiles etc, and also fruit and berries. They're not any more aggressive than you would expect for an animal that often kills to eat. We hand-feed a couple of ringtails who will come to us when we're sitting out on the deck and they are very gentle with us.
go ringtail
Good boy
Nah bro knows Zen..
Got it. So if you spot a wasps nest and you need to get rid of it. Make sure you have an empty stomach, then devour that thing rigorously so you don’t get stung, you fed your hunger, and got rid of the wasps nest!
Breakfast in bed.
European paper wasps do not sting dude.
Yes, they do. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes_exclamans
Really thought he was gonna use his tongue like a frog
Waited until the wasp was facing directly away before even looking like he was interested.
It really is a dog eat dog world!
Or a ringtail eat wasp world.
Very cute. I'm guessing you don't raise chickens? I just saw the first raccoon on our property and know the previous homeowners lost chickens to probably the same type of predator. I hear they kill for sport.
We don't raise chickens. We have heard that raccoons will kill chickens, though we've never seen the ones around here hunt or kill at all. We also see lots of gray foxes and coyotes around, and they will kill chickens if given a chance (and they kill young raccoons).
So cool