Welcome to Sawyers Landing.  I'm Alan Andrew and my goal is to share things I see from our backyard and neighboring woods and trails. I will mix in family gatherings and of course pictures of Ky, our Standard Poodle.  You'll see plenty of pics and posts of Russell - our dearly departed Standard and really a key component of even getting me outside.  This post is purposely pinned to the top so look below for the most recent posts.

"Posts" will appear in chronological order but that's just how a blog is set up to work.  I can "label" (categorize) posts by a name or topic and that is how I see the blog being used.  To find categories, look at the menu (File Cabinet) on the right.  So for example if you want to see posts related to "Buck", then click on that and see them.  At any time, you can click at the top of the page and go back "home".  If you are in a label/category and get to the bottom of the page, look for "Older Posts" and you can continue until there are no more posts for that category.

 

This is not my backyard but I like this photo taken by my grandson Jacob.

Well, Owl Be!

 I was looking out the back window with Kyanne for a minute and saw a shape of something flying into our tree by the back fence.  From the size, I knew it was a hawk, owl or vulture.

I went out to take a look, and here is a Barred Owl hanging out...

Fall Decorating 2024

 Fall decorations for 2024...

Big Buck

 It's been a while but here is a big buck coming through...

Thieves in the Night

I knew raccoons were getting in the trash, but I wanted to see how they were doing it...

Some amazing coyote pictures from my neighbor

 My neighbor Brian likes to move his trail camera around in the woods and certainly goes deeper than I do.  I'd love to do that but I'm not going to be the one bringing ticks in the house and it's not as convenient.  I do feel I get good images on the "highway" on the edge of the woods but look at these pics he sent me from April.  If you check the time, it was captured in about a 15-minute window...

Coyote Turning Head to Look Back

 There was a time I was excited for a blurry image of a coyote.  Now that I'm sure they live very close to us, I'm looking for clear photos.  Here is a good profile...