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In reply to the discussion: Had a nice day deer hunting in Maine today. Last day for regular season. A big Maine tradition. [View all]Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Crows and other birds raising a ruckus can indicate an a large approaching animal. Jack rabbits move like silent well-oiled machines with no hop. A tiny red bunting landed on my shoulder to investigate me while I dozed against a tree on a hog hunt. And the animal which causes more dive-bombing fear in birds, and squirrel harassment is a feral cat. Poor guys live a short & brutish life when they return to the wild, but I don't blame their victims.
I've seen adult does gang up and chase and kick at feral dogs (one of the deers' biggest enemies). And I've seen lots of humming birds. Once I was surrounded by migrating butterflies, and sat down as they landed on me and my shotgun. There were so many, they deadened the wood's sounds. A few minutes later, I chased after them, but every last one was gone, like a dream.