We were startled around midnight last night to hear some very eerie screeches and cries coming from a thick knot of trees and branches out back of the garage. We later identified the sounds as the calls of a female fox. She was out hanging around by the barn this morning, too, and we're beginning to suspect that she might have kits in the area.
Of course, foxes aren't the only things running around at night. We recently found the steaming fresh calling card of a black bear by the garden, noticed a suspected beaver dam in the creek, discovered that the raccoons are apparently still inhabiting the chicken house attic, startled a falcon that was picking at something in the grass by the road, saw a flock of whooping cranes that have begun hanging out in a nearby cow pasture, and -- while the family was visiting -- spied a lone bald eagle sitting quietly in the middle of a field. Marty Stouffer hasn't shown up yet, but we're expecting him any day now. I guess I should get some fishing line ready, just in case.
9 years ago
