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Winter wildlife

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As we settle into our new home, the one thing that strikes me over and over is how much wildlife is in the area, the notable exception (so far) being predators. We’ve seen coyotes (I saw one trot by across the road from us as I was putting up this blog post, but was unable to get a photo). We haven’t (yet) seen bears, cougars, or wolves. I’m confident they’re in the area and I know we’ll see them at some point, but not yet.

Deer are easily the most abundant large animal we see. They are everywhere, and seemingly so tame that they hardly trouble themselves to get out of the way when we’re driving or even walking.

The other evening a small herd moseyed through our yard before jumping the fence into the pasture, where the previous owners had left a couple of salt blocks.

Almost always on this distant hillside, we’ll see a herd of deer grazing or relaxing.

(As a side note: When we get our garden built, ten foot fences, baby!)

It’s hard to see, but this lousy photo depicts two bald eagles. My camera was on maximum zoom and then the photo is cropped and enlarged, so the result is pretty bad.

And of course, turkeys. My goodness, there are turkeys everywhere.

We also have pheasant, to Mr. Darcy’s delight. (Being an upland bird dog, he loves chasing birds. When we let him.)

And quail. We get some big fat quail around here.

But the biggest thrill for me, so far, was seeing a herd of elk grazing on a neighbor’s pasture. Apparently this herd — consisting of about 14 animals — moves around quite a bit and is well-known in the vicinity. Can’t wait until they make an appearance on our property.

What can we expect to see next?


Source: http://www.rural-revolution.com/2021/02/winter-wildlife.html


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