Sandhill Cranes at Paynes Prairie

Went to Paynes Prairie the other day with my niece and nephew.

It was like Wild Kingdom.

There were thousands of sandhill cranes.



Also saw rare wood storks, ibis, blue and green heron, finch, alligator, otter, wild horses and many more birds.

Go to the north entrance of Paynes Prairie. Take University Avenue east from downtown, take the right fork and go right on SE 15 Street to the end.

Rats

There was a rat on our bird feeder today. A big one.

He (or she) was not skittish. Had to bang on the window a few times to get him to jump off and then he hung around in the branches of a bush.

His head was about as big as a squirrel's.

The bird feeder is a complex contraption designed to thwart squirrels and does a good job, but the rat had no problem eating out of it.

The neighbor's had a cat that used to come by, but I have not seen him in a while. Maybe the rat ate him.