Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Two deer, goose, goslings but missing the groundhog

it's always amazing to see urban wildlife but I guess we get used to the squirrels and birds and such. Walking in the park, I saw a doe on Sunday and then another one today! That really surprised me because the park "forest area" isn't that large. So the deer are living in a tiny enclave by the river and who knows what they do in the winter around here.
Shopping at Costco this week, as I was leaving the parking lot, I had to wait for a goose and her 7 half grown goslings parade past on their way to a mud hole. I parked the car to watch them and then swung around the parking lot to see them safely under the fence and on their way to the water. Canadians don't seem to like their Canadian geese very much as several people just sped by them without a glance.
My daughter sees groundhogs at school all the time. In fact, they apparently wait for her to come out of the building and sit in the middle of the sidewalk to watch her. Of course, she gives up whatever vegetable she has with her. I go to pick her up and all groundhogs have retired for the evening. I have yet to see any. Maybe it's a myth because she knows it drives me crazy that she sees them and I don't.

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