Re: Teide Tuesday @ TDD - C&C
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2025 9:22 pm
We have some similar creatures around here, Doggedly, except no moose -- though they are in our state -- just farther north. We have several different species of squirrels (really a pest but a cute one) - small red ones, larger gray-red ones, and black ones, also: rabbits, chipmunks, ground hogs (always lots of them), mice, voles, stoats (or minks? or both? Not sure which it was that I've seen) and raccoons -- not my favorite. And skunks - also not a favorite. Beavers and some sort of river rat live near the ponds/ rivers here. We have too many deer. . . Canines - we have the occasional coyote pack here in the city; we can hear them yapping in the distance sometimes. We're in a wooded area -- well, a lot of this city is wooded. And an occasional fox, though I haven't seen one for a good year or so. We have seen black bears up north in our state but not in our city. We also have a lot of birds. There are several flocks of wild turkeys wandering around our neighborhood. They can be a nuisance when they parade in the street and stop cars.
Or wake one up early in the morning with their awful gobbling racket. LOL!
We have hawks, peregrine falcons (lots - an invasive species here) and since we're close to a river, we also have ducks (mostly mallards, occasionally a wood duck) too many Canadian geese, and swans - lots of Mute swans and a few Trumpeters, which are my favorite. We see bald eagles fairly regularly in our state when we go up north. And we have the typical owls, woodpecker species, chickadees, and other common birds like robins, cardinals, blue jays, crows, ravens, etc. We do NOT have a lot of snakes.
OK - that was fun for me to think about!!
It is almost 9:30 and I'm very tired and I think I'm going to go to bed and get up early. I'm going to update health apps and do duolingo first.
I still need to finish slides for class tomorrow + finish the syllabus - for tomorrow morning.
OK - that was fun for me to think about!!
It is almost 9:30 and I'm very tired and I think I'm going to go to bed and get up early. I'm going to update health apps and do duolingo first.
I still need to finish slides for class tomorrow + finish the syllabus - for tomorrow morning.