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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I am so sorry for your loss. But the memories will be with you every day as sadness slowly becomes a warm memory. And don’t worry, Red is waiting patiently to say “hi”.

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This one is, I believe, the 4th/5th generation I’ve had out back. Very pretty, serious demeanors. Fed them chicken early on, but soon learned to cat proof the flock.

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Daytime prowl. Wish I knew what the sound is that got her attention. #cats #wildlifephotos #texaswildlife. #bobcats

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Old Red will be there to greet your sweetie. But not to worry, you angel will be with you in spirit every day. The pain slowly softens while the love stays forever ❤️‍🩹

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Boop my ass! Cali just can’t take it anymore

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Our Texas Republican leadership slipping out for a night of debauchery. Hogs are a problem here.. some 11+ million roam the state with no natural enemies. They do a lot of damage to local wildlife. I am gathering materials to dispatch as many as I can. FDJT #nature #Texas #hogs

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Wait for the Boss to arrive. (White Tail deer in Central Texas) #nature #Texas

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I’m always sort of sad to see this. Cities are not good for wildlife. They are here cause their natural habitat is mostly gone. Here are coyotes in the wild near my home. One is a Coydog, a mix of coyote and domestic dog. They are a pair and raising just welped pups. Night photo is mom pregnant

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Taylor Tx. (35 miles NE of Austin, mix of rural/urban ) 10-Noon Probably 500 lining two long blocks at main intersection downtown. Lots of signs and lots of horn honks. Austin later.. #nokings

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Taylor, Texas (35 mi NEof Austin) 10-Noon. Probably 500 lining 2 long blocks). Lots of cars honking in support!

Major downtown street in Taylor TX with No Kings protestors with signs lined up on sidewalks. Traffic in the street

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Coyotes can mate with dogs to produce Coydogs. Here is a part coyote and Belgian Malinois(neighbor’s BM has roamed around). This hybrid mated with the female, who just gave birth. They’re hunting because they always are hunting. Located Central Texas. #texaswildlife #nature #coyotes

Coyote Dog hybrid walking past trail camera.

Female coyote showing after helping cubs. Hunting for food on wooded trail

Night time trail camera shows pregnant coyote walking in wooded area.

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Walked this trail many thousands of times Today this brand new fella was hiding on it. My Lab, with nose always on the ground, walked by 2’ away. I think it’s 24-48 hours old. Sure mama was watching from the bushes. Gone couple hours later. #wildlife #nature #deer #centralTexas

Brown fawn with white spots lies hiding in wild grass

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The Texas rat snake. Don’t mind them around the house cause they eat mice. But…got to keep them out of the coop because they live to also eat eggs. I remove about 10/yr. Just take them about 1000’ down the road

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Charlie. A bit full of himself. We’re working on it. #dogsofbluesky #labradors #Labs

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Gandy… Country stray who found us just in time. 12 years of a loyal, kind and tolerant pitty graced our homestead. Here he found our neighbor‘s dead cow out back. Took him 3 days to haul back home. He was so proud. That leg hung around here for years. FDJT #dogs #pitbulls #rurallife

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Bois D’Arc (or Osage Orange) Been watching this hard wood, stubborn tree slowly give way to the inevitable for 24 yrs #thicktrunktuesday #trees

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Paddy left us 4 yrs ago His final days, almost blind and also joint stiff, was smelling flowers. We are fortunate to have had such a loving and fun companion for 14yrs

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

A salute to my father and all my uncles who served in WW2 combat zones And also to Uncle Waltham, seriously wounded in the Battle of Kasserine Pass, February 1943. He returned, but his mind never recovered. A brilliant young man who spent his life trying to escape invisible wounds.

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I came across this recently. I believe it could be an earth snake remains.

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Crested Caracara got to live the name. Ground dwelling falcons and carrion eaters. Mate for life and aggressively territorial. Caught this guy just right. #birdphotography #naturephotography #texasnature #wildlifephotography #birds

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Actual coyote. This one is pregnant

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Old Red lost his best buddy Paddy. He mourned for a month, until young Max came along. Inseparable!Absolutely best friends for the last few months of Red’s life. Red…Best Dog Ever. #dogs #labs #KCS

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Need we say more? From Bloomberg News

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Charlie likes to fetch these Box Turtles on our land. No worries, he proudly retrieves and I return them. No damage done.

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Can they come over to play?

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I agree. Here’s a photo of our nearest star. No telescope required

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Crested Caracara With 7000+ walks over the 22 acres where I live, you see things.

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Balsa wood? I did build a couple of Nieuports, plastic of course. From the Smithsonian at Udvar-Hazy museum.

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Charlie absorbed with the smells, misses the pregnant doe watching him. He never saw her. As primates, we lost a keen sense of smell. Instead we stood up to see the world surrounding us. Teaming up with dogs all those millennia ago was a perfect match. #wildlife #dogs #rurallife

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Flew sailplanes and power for 30+ years. Towed gliders for 20 yrs. Favorite tug was this Pawnee PA25 off the club dirt strip. Between this and the C-152/180hp, logged 2067 tows! Little crosswind on the grass (landed long for the fuel island).

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Here’s the Big Buck from back of our land. Couple years ago he dam near gored me. Dog scared him out of some brush, I was staring up at birds, he came around the corner. Didn’t see me. He side stepped and missed my torso by 2ft while in full flight run.

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Been working on my animatronic “hogs.” Pretty good, but they still look ridiculous!

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

@hogsarentreal.com I’ve been working on these animatronic “hogs”. I’m getting better at it, but they still look ridiculous.

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Feral hogs are a huge problem throughout TX. Originally European, they were propagated intentionally by ranchers looking to provide weekend hunters with year round game (no season, no license) About 12 million today, with only hunting as the current control. Will have to do some control this year.

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

I’ve loved (and am still loving) every dog that’s been in our family. But there is that *one* that steals your heart. Meet Red… #dogsofbluesky

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Stray dog wandering around out back. She looks pregnant. Want a puppy? /humor #dogsofbluesky

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Now for something completely different. Largest member of the falcon family Falconidae, the Crested Caracara. (Got this lucky shot from 7000 walks over 24 years…we make our luck.)

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

#DogsofBluesky Guess who found the neighbor’s de*d cow? He was so proud. That leg hung around our yard for years, even after Gandy passed over. The Gandy story is legend!

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GPilot @gpilot.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

@dogsworld.bsky.social When Red’s long time companion Paddy passed, Red cried, moaned and stared at walls. But after a few weeks we brought in pup Max. Red and him became inseparable. Pup crawled all over him, and I swear some little puppy in Red came up. Red passed with young Max at his side.

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