last year i had a red hawk that would hunt mostly every evening with me. he kept the chipmunks in check his flight path was right by the tree i hunted from. one night his wing tips about hit me in the face. awesome birds...

last year i was doing i Wood Duck project for ecology class..or maybe wildlife management class. but the landowner i was working with had some boxes hung and needed cleaned and rehung in better locations. we load up his Gator 4x4 with a ladder and that kinda stuff and head out to the boxes. im up on a 10ft ladder...its THE WORST ladder ive ever been on. flimsy as heck...i think it was a homeade job. i really wished i wore my saftey harness but im reaching to untie the cable he tied the box up with....box starts makin noise...a grey squirrel EXPLODES out in my face. tail smacks me in the face and it scurries up the tree. somehow i manage NOT to fall out of the tree. im screaming like a girl. didnt even realize what happened at first. ok..there cant be more than 1 squrriel in there. go back to business and number 2 jumps out...i scream again. land owner is on the ground DYING. hes an old timer...funnier than heck...he found that plain out histerical.

heres the box...



amazing how much leaves they had packed into that thing. it was pack TIGHT. i dont know how 2 of them fit in there....bottom was full of acorns...it was amazing how much leaves were in that thing

the rest of the boxes were full of hornet or wasp nests...good thing it was the dead of winter