Wildlife, living next to nature

Carruthers · 02-02-2019, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Da Fox...

Fond as I am of wildlife, I do wish that the local foxes would carry out their nocturnal activities with less noise.

The last few weeks the night has been rent with vulpine screams. It has sounded like mass murder in progress.

That said, there was a particularly handsome fox on the front lawn at 0530 today.

I'm not sure if this is the same animal, but the camera caught this visitor in the back garden last night.

The date is incorrect as the camera had been without batteries for a couple of days which upset some of the settings.

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xoxoxoBruce · 02-02-2019, 07:16 AM

Damn, it's warm there.

Carruthers · 02-02-2019, 07:50 AM

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Damn, it's warm there.

There has been a slight thaw today but overnight the temperature is forecast to fall to -5C.

Driving might be tricky on minor untreated roads tomorrow morning.

It pales into insignificance compared to what vast swathes of Canada and the US have been suffering, but it's still a wretched nuisance.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-03-2019, 05:26 AM

Thursday night I was driving some back country roads in Lancaster county. These roads were built after the farms were there so they follow fence lines and creeks. You'll be going along and the road will suddenly make a 90 degree right or left at the corner of a field, usually blind and often with an elevation change just for fun.

Anyway the truck is telling me the temperature is between 0 and +3 F as I go over hills, it was very disconcerting the roads in places of up to 100 feet long were wet. Wet as in liquid. According to Google, a 20% salt brine will freeze at +2 F. So it was probably more than 20%. The ocean is 3.5%. That can't be good for the flora and fauna.

Griff · 02-03-2019, 07:24 AM

I noticed some parts of the ADK have eliminated salt completely. Plow and sand...

Gravdigr · 02-13-2019, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

Fond as I am of wildlife, I do wish that the local foxes would carry out their nocturnal activities with less noise.

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Gravdigr · 02-13-2019, 12:07 PM

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Giraffe-snotted mid-flight!!

Not gonna be a good day, Tater...

Carruthers · 02-26-2019, 04:48 AM

You extend the hand of friendship to all creatures great and small and this is how they repay you...

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Griff · 02-26-2019, 06:13 AM

Jerk! Get off my grass!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-26-2019, 11:23 AM

He didn't need it all so he's returning some.

02-02-2019, 07:16 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Damn, it's warm there. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-03-2019, 05:26 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thursday night I was driving some back country roads in Lancaster county. These roads were built after the farms were there so they follow fence lines and creeks. You'll be going along and the road will suddenly make a 90 degree right or left at the corner of a field, usually blind and often with an elevation change just for fun. Anyway the truck is telling me the temperature is between 0 and +3 F as I go over hills, it was very disconcerting the roads in places of up to 100 feet long were wet. Wet as in liquid. According to Google, a 20% salt brine will freeze at +2 F. So it was probably more than 20%. The ocean is 3.5%. That can't be good for the flora and fauna. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-03-2019, 07:24 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I noticed some parts of the ADK have eliminated salt completely. Plow and sand... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-13-2019, 12:07 PM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Giraffe-snotted mid-flight!! Not gonna be a good day, Tater... __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-26-2019, 04:48 AM	#8
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	You extend the hand of friendship to all creatures great and small and this is how they repay you... __________________

02-26-2019, 06:13 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Jerk! Get off my grass! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-26-2019, 11:23 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	He didn't need it all so he's returning some. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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