Re: Animal Sightings

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:29:44 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

When I was here in SC in December I drove to the grocery store to stock up
on things for my folks. As I was driving down Hwy. 21 I spotted what I
thought at first was a medium-size dog trotting along the shoulder.
Turned out to be a small black pig! LOL

A few days after that Mom and I watched as a small herd of deer ran across
the golf course behind their house. Sure, there are deer on the island
but you never see an entire herd of them dashing around in the middle of
the day! There is a community garden plot on the island for people who
like to grow veggies. The herd was headed in that general direction. I
had to laugh as I wondered if word got out someone had planted something
tasty!

Yesterday I saw a huge turkey vulture sitting in the middle of the road.
I'm used to seeing snowy egrets and great blue herons walking around from
time to time. This is, after all, an island surrounded by marshes with
yummy things like oysters in them :) When the tide goes out the oyster
beds are quite visible and you can hear them "clicking". This is the
first time I've ever spotted a vulture here, though.

OB Cats: Neighbor Lynn's adorable black boys, Fetters (I misspelled his
name the first time around) and Schwartzy. Fetters is a little skittish
but once he warms up to you he's all head butts and lovin' :) Schwartzy
is very shy; I've only seen him once.

Jill


My son phoned last night to tell me the Division of Wildlife Resources was
in their cul-de-sac enforce. A moose was seen wandering between the
houses. This is just a few minutes from the city. The moose and deer are
having a hard time this winter because of deep snow. The DWR has been
putting hay in the foothills. Some winters cougars venture into the city
but haven't heard of any recently. Purrs for the hungry wildlife. MLB

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