The wild critters seem happy we are back at The Holler. They staged quite the homecoming! Even Wiley E. came out in broad daylight, sashayed by, and winked at me and I have the pic to prove it!
Look how fat and healthy he is! I don’t even want to think about what he’s been eating. He’s not too shy is he?
And what big teeth you have Mr. Coyote! This is a different Wiley. Possibly a Willette. We have lots and lots of Wileys and Willettes at The Holler.
Beep Beep is always content snooping around us. He is a hobbyist human watcher. He doesn’t even pay attention to Wiley E….. Smart Beeper.
The shy little woodpecker even dropped by to say hello!
After six years I have finally learned to make a credible hawk call. I called, they came. Or maybe they were just flying by. But I think they respond to my call and it confuses the ravens too. They keep looking for the hawk on the ground!
And of course The Holler Hummers. I miss them so much when I am away.
Europe is incredible but they don’t have Wileys or Beeps or Hummers. Wild animals just make the very best neighbors. I like having them on my HOA!
And The Holler? Well it is rural, rustic, and in a horrible drought, but even so, it is awful purty.
Cheers to you from all the happy Holler critters~
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No place like home! And yours is such an idyllic environment. Those creatures are all so gorgeous! Cheers.
Impressive photo of the roadrunner.
The photos ? … so damn good… The captures ? Oh now the animals and birds I do love… The landscapes and sun down?…. wow what a place to live… drought or not, a beauty I just love…
Oh so nice! The Holler looks remarkably like Kruger, minus the African animals of course. It looks like Impala should be living here and a couple of lions too!!! 😉 Thank you my friend for your kind comments~
Wonderful pics of your Holler homecoming—it was great to see your European photos, but, you see, I’ve never been to anywhere quite like Holler, so seeing pics of your home and all the critters is pretty special.
Awwwwww, so pleased and honored, thank you! The Holler is definitely different, especially for So Cal. It took a lot of getting used to, but now there is nowhere I am more at peace. Cheers to you and thank you Polly!
Like you say Cindy it is so good to travel and see all those marvellous sights, but there really is no place like home and you are blessed to be living so close to nature and in such a beautiful part of the world. Welcome home my dear friend… 🙂
Ahhhhh,so grateful I met you here in blogdom Pauline. You are a fellow wanderer as am I, but home is home, and home for me is where the wild things are! <3
Nothing like coming home after a long trip away. I really liked your coyote pics. We have them here in Virginia; the farmers call them ka-yotes (emphasis on the first syllable) and hate them with a passion because they kill baby lambs (lots of them) to the point where some people have given up sheep farming. Despite bounty hunting of coyotes, they are thriving.
Yes. Exactly the same here. The yotes kill the calves and the rancher, who neglects the cows, will forway out and shoot coyotes, even though he doesn’t own the land which is a nature preserve. If he took better care of the cows and watched over them, none of this would be necessary. He could corral them and feed them, but he doesn’t want to spend the money on hay.
That coyote is as brazen and well-fed as my regular garden visitor, Mr Fox.
Your fox is awesome! And yes there is a similarity. Your fox knows you won’t hurt him and is accustomed to you as part of his territory. It is wonderful when this happens. Cheers to you Sarah~
Cindy, I haven’t had time to review all your lovely photos and posts, but I wanted to stop by to say thank you for continuing to check out my infrequent posts and leaving me likes. 🙂 I very much appreciate it. And I love your homecoming post. What a lovely place you live! No place like home, right?
Well welcome and thank you so much! Cheers to you~
What a great place and love the hawk shot. I’m sure some animals like to be photographed even though they do not understand it. I think they have some idea that it is giving them special attention. A few times now a duck or goose or swan has come right up, been photographed and then waddled off. 🙂
I have absolutely noticed this phenomona. Although you are the first person to mention it! For a while I attributed it the camera being plastered to my face making the animals and birds think I was some human variant. But now I think it is more what you say, they see me out a lot taking pics, and they know I am harmless and so they come closer. Curious possibly, or maybe they just like having their photos on blogs!!! 😉 The hummers seems to get jealous when I take pics of other animals and come buzz around my head. Wild creatures are amazing. They is so much we don’t know about them~
They probably think the same of us. Our behaviour must be inexplicable. 😀
Weirder I’m sure! 😉
Your pictures were excellent! Wiley Coyote does look nice and fat, maybe some of that is winter coat in preparation for the upcoming season. 🙂
Good point yes. It is finally getting cooler now and some winter mornings are well below freezing even in SoCal!
Hi Cindy,unique post,the photos are stunning .Thank you for stopping by.Regards.Jalal
As always thanks to you my friend~
Stunning wildlife photos!
Such a motivating comment to keep me outdoors and clicking! <3
What fantastic wildlife photos!
Ahhhh, so glad you enjoy them! Makes posting so worthwhile~
Welcome home stranger. 🙂
Why thank you ma’am! 😉
Such beauty and so much energy of Life and Immense Love❤ Takes my breath to new levels! Thanks Cindy for such incredible sharing😁
Awwww you are so kind and so sensitive. Thank you~ <3
It’s always good to be home again, and find your friends waiting for you. Beautiful photos of your neighbors, Cindy. I’d love to hear your hawk call. 🙂
Laughing, good thing I don’t do audio clips! 😉
Your home makes me happy! Thank you for a glimpse into it!
Awwww, your comment makes me happy! <3
Nothing like a special homecoming with hello’s from nature. Love these beautiful scenes from The Holler ~
I have the very best neighbors! 😉
Glad you are home safe. 🙂 Your holler is pretty.
Merci beaucoup & cheers too~
I love to have wild animals around, it´s an honor and a true delight each time! Thank you for sharing these friendly visitors with us 🙂
Yes, it took me awhile to adjust to the coyotes and rattlesnakes in particular. But now I realize we all belong here. As long as the rattlers stay out of my garage!!! 😉
Would you mind if I used your pictures from time to time on my blog.
You take amazing pictures
Of course not. I would be most honored and thanks so much for asking!
I am so excited about you Wile E Coyote pics! Very beautiful!!! What a wonderful visit from nature to your neck of the woods!! Happy weekend wishes! Hugz Lisa and Bear
I love people who appreciate the maligned coyote. It took me a few years to get over being terrified of them based probably on all the hype I had been fed about them! <3
I see quite a few wondering about our city but I have never seen one as big as the ones in your photos! They must eat Miracle Grow!! Tee hee!
Very Nice photos, and happy weekend Cindy <3
Thank and the same to you my friend! <3
Loved each and everyone of your shots.. specially the sunset one at last call it my “favorite”!! 🙂
Be Bettr, Stay Bettr! 🙂
Swetank.
Awwww, so happy you enjoyed. Sunsets always bring me peace. Cheers to you & thanks too~
You know I just love sunsets.. I try to never miss any one of it any day!! no matter where I be.. would that will make me more complex?
I LOVED the shots of the coyotes. Such magnificent creatures!
They are pretty amazing and I am glad you think so too!
Happy Holler Days, Cindy!
Your European adventure was excellent, and I had the best time following your trail!
Now, it’s back to “Holler” Adventures. I love them all!
Resa xo
Thanks for givin me a holler Resa…….sorry I couldn’t resist!!! 😉
“lol” “loller!!!”
Me too! 😀 😀
What a rich life you live in The Holler, Cindy! It’s a heaven filled with inspirations and imaginations. Oh, those poems and drawings one can make in such a wonderful atmosphere! 😀
You could make fantastic poems and drawings anywhere Hari. Stay safe from that volcano!
Nice shots of the coyote–and in daytime, too. Well done, and what a fine, healthy looking beast.
Fearless too, the big guys the alpha!
Wiley likes mice the best. Wiley helps keep Hanta away. Chow down, Mr. W. C.
Mice, gophers, rabbits, squirrels and calves. The cowboy out here doesn’t look after his cattle properly. The mamas bellow night after night when a calf is taken.
Calves? Awww. Sister and brother in law have a cattle ranch. You’re right. Some sort of carelessness or negligence is allowing that. Or if he is trying to do everything all by himself. Just one person. That is difficult or impossible, too. It’s not fair to the animals to take on too heavy a load. Not fair to make you listen to the Mamas cry either 🙁 But if you complain, most probably they’ll have the county agent put out poisoned bait or leg traps. 🙁 The rock and the hard place.
How do the hummers fend off the hawks while you are away? Are there enough blooming flowers to feed them without the feeders? Is this late in the year for them to still be in your area? Or do some fly farther south and another batch moves in from farther north or down from higher altitudes?
Do the coyotes put a crimp on going for walks or bicycle rides? Has it become too dangerous to hike alone? Are there wild or feral pigs?
All of your beautiful photos make me want to put on my travelin’ shoes, and go find out the answers to all the questions that are invoked. 🙂 I suppose those are the best sorts of photos and travel photos. Beyond the esthetic value, they also inspire the viewer this viewer) to want to see more. Thank you, Cindy.
Well when are you coming a callin at The Holler? We can walk the thousands of empty acres and scout the coyote dens, look for cougar tracks and call the hawks. I can’t believe in writing this that I actually do these things. 6.5 years ago when I moved here I was essentially terrified of the rattlers, coyote packs that didn’t like us here, and the scorpions and black widows, oh and I forgot the free range bulls with attitudes from fighting off the coyotes. Now I wear by snake boots everywhere, drove with my son with rattlers in his car, never carry bear spray like I used too, and take pics of coyotes in daylight. I do not know why the hawks don’t go after the hummers. One guess they get enough rodents. If I were walking outside my fence for a distance alone, I would carry bear spray for the coyotes packs. Coyotes are so smart, they know what a weapon is. I stay away from bats, due to rabies though. The hummers were always fine when we left on trips because there were hundreds of acres of flowering orchards all around us. Due to the drought, many orchards are dead/dying and the hummers have less flowers. They stay year round, but there are not the hordes there were before we left on our trip. They relocate so I have read when food is not available and they eat bugs too. Lots of bugs at the holler. You should see some of the bugs I find! Huge, amazing ones!
You know what your talking about! I have complained, cowboy says, “tell me which cow is bellowing and I’ll go shoot it.” That shut me up~
Thank you for this thought provoking reply, dear Cindy of the Kind Heart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=rsoddtBYKhY
Thank you for this thought provoking reply, dear Cindy of the Kind Heart.
Love the coyote, roadrunner and hummer photos! Looks like you were standing right with them … =0)
Before we built our fence, coyotes would sit next to the French doors looking into the house at night. I got some frights getting up for water in the middle of the night seeing a coyote staring at me from inches away. The fence solved that problem. Good fences make good neighbors!
All the critters came out to have the celebration that Cindy was back home again, home again, lickety split. You captured them beautifully, Cindy! I love the roadrunner especially with the sun on its green feathers and its (cute) head!
You are such a joyous, positive spirit. People like you keep me blogging. Hugs and gratitude for you my friend~
Cindy, prin tot ce postezi,esti minunata.
Cred ca vecinatatea ta este un izvor de bucurie perpetua,
iar prietenii care te inconjoara, trebuie sa fie fericiti! Poti, te rog, sa-mi dai linkul despre Rusia, sa gasesc postul mai usor?
Sarut mana!
Onu
Esti foarte amabil! Vă mulțumesc foarte mult și am sărut mâna!
http://cindyknoke.com/2014/09/07/from-russia-with-love/
http://cindyknoke.com/2014/09/09/breaking-a-rule-in-russia/
Cindy, nici nu ştii, ce bucurie mi-a produs răspunsul tau!
Mi-a întărit convingerea în cele spuse de mine! Sărut mâna!
Onu
wünsche ein gutes Wochenende, Klaus
Vielen danke Klaus! Freundschaft~
Amazing photo, you live in a truly wonderful place
Awwww so happy you enjoyed the critters as I do! Cheers to you~
Great pics of the birds and Wiley coyote. 🙂 Where is your ‘holler’ Cindy? The photos reminded me of the Ozarks a bit in the midwestern states here in the U.S.
I have never been to the Ozarks and so want to go. I live in a rural, unpopulated area in Southern California, next to a large wildlife preserve.
Oh. I was thinking you lived somewhere in Europe because of all your traveling and photos. My husband and I lived in LA during the latter years of the sixties while he was in college, then moved from there in 1970 after his graduation. We both worked in LA during those years. The Ozarks are a very pretty area down in southern Mo, and Arkansaw. Lots of hills and wileys there too. 🙂
Yes I have heard of them and want to see them. Cheers to you and happy Sunday~
So different than where you’ve been! Many happy returns, Cindy 🙂
Thanks my deah and a wonderful Sunday to you!
It’s difficult taking good pictures of coyotes. Well done!
It is and thank you for noticing that! 😉
Oh what a paradise you live in and such wondrous critters greeting you and welcoming you home.
Beautiful and so peaceful and serene.
Amazing how good a less clustered environment is for one health and psyche. Cheers to you my friend and happy Sunday~
I was thinking about Wiley today. I am at a small campground south of Tillamook, Oregon and it is packed full of fluffy, fat, domestic bunnies gone wild— over a hundred. I was thinking what fun a coyote would have here. Bad Curt. Welcome home Cindy. I am sure your wild animals are glad to see you. 🙂 –Curt
with wifi too! wow hoo, my kind camping. maybe the yotes will surprise you at night!
It might have been quite a surprise, Cindy. I had four rabbits sleeping under my van. I almost stepped on one when I wandered over to the restroom in the dark. 🙂 –Curt
Hiding from the strangely silent coyotes? or bobcats? or cougars perhaps??? 😉
All of which are found in the area. Maybe those cute little furry things are killer rabbits with long fangs. LOL
I love the Holler most of all!
Awwwww, that is because you are such a good friend! Hugz to you Sheri~
Have a good Sunday and a successful new week
You too!
Wow. Coyotes and hawks are not welcome sights around here, as they enjoy eating our kids and chickens. I didn’t even know coyotes could grow to be that comfortable around humans. They’re usually very shy.
They are unless there are very few humans and lots of coyotes! No way we could keep chickens out here!
You ZOOMed in on Mr. Coyote, I take it? He looks so close. =) Great capture of the fluttering hummer.
Yes, I was definitely not close enough to pet Wiley E. 😉
Cindy – I am swinging by to tell you I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award 🙂 Have a happy Sunday!!!!
I am honored, and very grateful for your kindness! Thank you sincerely~
Fallen in love with the little woodpecker 🙂 and the Hummer!!! 🙂
Join the club! So Winsome. Hope all is well with you my friend!
Fascinating post, dear Cindy.
I hope you have a great week ahead. Best wishes to you!, Aquileana 😛
Happy week to you my friend and thank you for your erudite posts!
Welcome home Cindy! These pictures are incredible. Your hawk calls seem even more amazing! I wish I could do that. All I can do is call stray cats, and they actually give me strange looks because I sound exactly like they do!
Still that is a step in the right direction!!!!! 🙂 Cheers to you and the cats~
no place like home, right! but then it depends on what you think of as home… 🙂
Yes, laughing! We me it can be everywhere! 😉
Oh wow we have coyotes just out back in the woods but I don’t think they are this big. I’ve seen them only once.
I love your hummingbird photos. I am never fast enough to capture them. You always take the best photos!
You are most kind and I appreciate you! <3
You are most kind as well and I appreciate you! Have an awesome Monday!<3