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Susan Reid
@susanreid.bsky.social
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An armadillo dug a hole under my deck. I put a camera under there to monitor activities. The videos are frequently bad or confusing. I am interested in wildlife, invasive plant eradication, weather, books, and rocks.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 1d
I've adopted two kittens I caught at the feeding station when they were really small and they don't go outside. Coyotes like to eat cats and I occasionally find parts and pieces and a purple collar once which was very upsetting.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 1d
A feral kitty investigates the Critter Cam. We have a feral cat feeding station in the community to attempt to tame them enough to trap and spay/neuter. It seems hopeless because people drop off unwanted animals out here in the country all the time.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 3d
I thought the opossum was going to attack the camera again but he was just tired.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 5d
Possum discovers water bowl is empty.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 6d
An opossum has taken control of the Critter Hole
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 10d
Armadillo going places. The armadillo is still in control of the Critter Hole.
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Yard Gone Wild @yardgonewild.bsky.social · 11d
Today’s all new episode in the series:
How Much Opossum Can Fit in this House?
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 11d
Great colors and you are so thoughtful.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 11d
Deer eating mushrooms
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 11d
Turtle! Not able to count its toes but I think it is a three-toed box turtle. www.texasturtles.org/three-toed-b...
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 11d
Unknown if its rage had abated, or it spotted a snack, or something larger and meaner scared it off. Camera is fine. New rain cover, three straps of duct tape, and good to go until the next attack. The opossum has 50 teeth, more than any other terrestrial mammal in North America.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 11d
The outfacing Critter Cam is back in operation. The possum chewed through two straps of duct tape, chewed through the silicone rain cover, removed the camera and tape from the brick and rolled / dragged it about 5 feet from the original location.
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Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · 12d
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One of the only times I will cheer AI.

This is what we should be using it for. This and detecting cancer/illnesses.
A Life Lost, a Future Saved: How AI is Protecting Elephants
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most powerful tools ever created by humanity. Conceived in 1956 at the Dartmouth Conference by John McCarthy and others, AI has evolved from theory into a tr...
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 12d
Beautiful writing.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 12d
A feral kitty is concerned about the camera situation. Will he be blamed? Leaves the crime scene.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 12d
Possum leaves the scene of the crime.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 12d
Possum attacks the Critter Cam again.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 15d
South Texas game cam catches a raccoon riding a javelina (Dicotyles tajacu).

The deer feeder corn attracts a lot of other species, but maybe we should worry about them all teaming up against us?

(📷: Jeff Davis, TAMU-Kingsville alumni forum)
On a black and white game cam, three javelinas are browsing corn while a raccoon sits on one of their backs. The lighting produces laser-eyes in the raccoon, who is secretly one of the X-Men. A raccoon knight on a javelina steed. "Onward, Pigasus! Let us show them the meaning of haste". Motion blurred, black and white game cam shot.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 14d
A very important announcement.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 15d
Some new little faces at the water pans last night.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 17d
We’re talking about why native plants matter and how to plant them in the city tonight at the Olde Richmond Civic Association meeting.

Gave out zines and seeds and worksheets and it was cute!

Nice things are still possible in this shitty timeline of ours.
Sarah stands in front of a PowerPoint in a room full of people sitting in folding chairs. Everybody’s got a worksheet
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 17d
Possum gets a drink. The raccoons prefer to wash their feet in the water pans further out so the water in the bowl next to the camera probably tastes better.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 18d
Is the Critter Hole available? Still nope.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 18d
Is the Critter Hole available? Nope.
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Susan Reid @susanreid.bsky.social · 21d
Armadillo gets a bug
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