Last night I set the trap hoping to catch the latest raccoon invader. I didn’t know it would be raining in the morning. I awoke at 6AM and heard the rain. Hoping that I didn’t trap anything, I went to the living room window and looked at the trap. It was sprung but it was empty. I went back to bed.
When I finally got up and went out to check the cat feeder I found that ,to my surprise and distress, I had trapped a small possum. I didn’t see him from the window because he was tucked in under the slanted metal door of the trap.
I moved him out of the rain until I could go release him. This was one well-washed possum. He didn’t even stink up the car when I moved him.
A couple of months ago the blue jays made a big ruckus in our front yard. Thinking it was a cat I went outside to find a hawk looking at me from the fencepost. I dashed inside to grab my camera but made too much noise and scared him away.
Today the jays did it again so I got the camera and stealth went outside. I didn’t see anything. The jays kept going crazy. I waited. Just as I was turning to go back in I saw what had caused the panic. Way up in the sky were 3 turkey vultures riding a thermal in that circular pat they use to capture the wind. At least I’m learning jay-speak!
I’m writing my blog on the treadmill again. I trying to build a little stamina for the Gate run. There’s not much time left but this is the way I do it every year. I might as well just accept it.
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