You can see it in the sky, on the land, and with the deer!
The deer always arrive when the corn is in the silk. Not good, but a fact. They are very hard on the corn—eating only the silks, therefore, killing the cob.
They will stay on the farm now until early March.
(Along with them come the coyotes—nasty things. We will have them until the deer leave)
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
We have a hot week ahead of us here, but I have a feeling it’s going to start feeling fall like soon after. I’m predicting and hoping for an early one!
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Our heat is making it to you now. We are cooling down some
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I was just writing to someone in Australia that I’m feeling autumn trying to slide in. We finally have some rain that had alluded us all summer. Temps going down and days so much shorter. I love the deer and am sorry that they eat the corn. I’d give them my share but I haven’t paid for it. Coyotes are a given but rarely welcome. Enjoy your day, Linda.
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Our mule hates coyotes and will stomp them to death.
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Yea, a lot of our birds have left, including hummers. I saw a touch of colors changing when we went into town…
Doesn’t it seem early to you? Or am I just stuck in a time warp ~
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Early. By a few weeks. Sigh I will miss Summer.
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I know you will… I am hoping for a long, beautiful fall!
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Me too! I dread (winter)
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Yea, a lot of our birds have left, including hummers. I saw a touch of colors changing when we went into town…
Doesn’t it seem early to you? Or am I just stuck in a time warp ~
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I’m seeing colors changing also. Makes me think we are going to have an early fall
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Java Bean: “Ayyy, that’s an impressive rack on that deer-dog!”
Lulu: “Our Dada was cleaning out the swale before the hurricane and noticed a coyote sitting a few hundred yards away just watching him the whole time. He says it was a little spooky! He had to do some stuff on the fence too but he decided to do it from the inside so that he wouldn’t have his back to the coyote for so long …”
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SCARY!!! Very SCARY!
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Yes the tops of cottonwoods are turning a bit
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Whole trees are starting here
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Beautiful photos! I understand these animals are not welcome visitors, especially the coyotes, but naughty though they are, the deer are lovely to view🤩
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Yes I love the naughty deer. I hate the coyotes—they like to eat the deer—sigh
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Coyotes do seem to have a terrible reputation! Unfortunately for them, they don’t seem to serve any useful purpose either!😉
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No they don’t. And they are everywhere
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Yuck! They sound like the rats that plague us on a regular basis. They, too, are everywhere. You don’t see them that often unless they get in the house 🧐🤯but never fear! They are watching!
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Shudder!!!
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🤣😂🤣 It is pretty horrible! The cats are great at keeping them down if we strike lucky with the cat’s prey drive! 🐈🐈⬛🤣
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That is some rack on that buck. You have quite the wildlife!
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Like you do 🙂 Only you have wolves and (so far) we don’t
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Gosh I had no idea they ate the silks! Wow … Are they a big problem? Have to ask, why are coyotes so bad .. we don’t have them or foxes over here. Guessing they would like to eat your chickens!
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Coyotes eat anything and everything. Even the grown deer, but for sure the babies. They eat calves, sheep, chickens, you name it. And, yes, the deer are a big problem, but we share 🙂
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Sharing is good … I’m just glad I don’t get deer in my veg garden
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Yes, they can be rather awful
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