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Monday, September 23, 2013

And on Monday we saw...

Today's walk started out with a strong whiff of skunk as we went through gap#2 in the fence row into the soccer fields.  Just seconds later, Scrappy turns around and goes the other way, and I said, "You're going the wrong way."  Little did we know that not ten feet away, a doe napped in the fence row- until I scared her (and she us), and anyone watching out their apartment's back window probably got a good show.  Just then, far ahead, I saw this...






Without a doubt, the biggest ground hog I ever saw- about the size of a badger!  This dude was 425 feet away from us!

Moments later, Scrappy found that SOMEBODY had had a meadowlark for a midnight snack in the soccer goal...





The woods was quiet and peaceful, and even a squirrel stopped to pose...




 
 
This little nut's timing pretty much sucks...


Here we are at the ravine, listening to falling acorns and hickory nuts....  Scrappy, ready to go?




BOWWW-ROOOOOOO!!!!!




Then we honest-to-God ran into a field full of people sweeping the field with nets!  An entymology class, I was told.  I tried passing Scrappy off as "a big, four-legged bug,"  But had one girl call him "a love bug."  I answered, "He is that..."



And there they go!  I guess we "bugged" them... ba-dum-DUM!



This was truly a picture perfect afternoon...




 
Scrappy adds a squished snake to his "dead reptile" collection...

 
Nature's still-life of fireworks.

6 comments:

  1. Love bug, that's cute.

    When I lived in Louisiana, I smelled skunk all the time! Whew! So not pleasant.

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  2. Great pictures. That is one huge ground hog is right! Wow. Lots of great Scrappy finds on this walk!

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    1. Yeah, "the blind hog" found plenty of "acorns" that round.

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  3. Love the pics, we've been so lazy, ahem, busy lately that I haven't been out at all. Stupid ticks get me whenever I leave the house anyway! Hope all is well your way :)

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    1. Hah, where we went today even ticks fear to tread...

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