adventures with wildlife
Apparently, the painting of the animals on our front wall served as a welcome to all of the local beasts.
I guess it really started before that.
We recently decided to adopt a couple of feral cats. They were going to be euthanized at the shelter and our yard is cat paradise. We would just leave out some food for them and that would be that.
Of course we had to get all geeky about it - Russell set up a catcam so we could keep an eye on the cats. They are totally wild and there was no other way to watch them. That is the cat we call “Doctor” above.
I was looking throught the catcam photos from Friday night and saw the creepiest vermin slide show ever. A possum and a skunk ate from the bowls several times that night - once at the same time!
We moved the cat food onto a wall that a skunk could not get to.
The dog nosed me awake at a little after midnight last night and insisted on being let out. I sleepily did so and flipped through a magazine waiting for him to be done.
There was a sound of running and a wail.
I called him and he came running in - blood on his mouth and covered in skunk smell. Great.
Unrelated (I think) - Now we have an owl in our tree and there are hawks and crows going fucking nuts about it. It is a cacophony of bird yelling and the crows are divebombing the owl in small groups.
The owl pegged me with his evil stare just now. It’s madness here! This may be an inside day.
