Foxes and marmots and geese, oh my!

[altivo]

Neighbor across the road reported a fox sighting to us and asked if we had seen the "neighborhood fox" yet this year. Had to admit we haven't actually had a visual confirmation, but I found two dead meadow voles stashed outside the burrow under the far corner of the arena this morning, we've seen footprints in the snow, and heard fox sounds outside

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[altivo]

It's been raining here. A lot.

[hgryphon]

Nighttime fox noises, huh? :)

[altivo]

Yeah. Barking, not that.

[mortonfox]

I live near a bunch of small wooded areas, so I've seen foxes, groundhogs, skunks, raccoons, and deer in the backyard. Groundhogs are fairly common here on the well-manicured lawns of suburbia. The passing traffic tends to keep predators away but doesn't seem to bother the groundhogs too much.

[altivo]

Yes, the marmots seem rather unphased by traffic and human activity, though they will stand and watch it for long periods of time. Dogs bother them, but not so much people or vehicles. They seem road-wise too. I see new raccoon kills every day between home and work, but almost never a woodchuck.

[cabcat]

You'd think the Raccoons would've got the idea by now, they aren't stupid creatures after all.

[altivo]

Yeah, it seems to be an odd blind spot in the raccoon brain. By now the pressure should be making them adjust, but I dont' see much evidence.

Did see a dead woodchuck on Monday. The poor guy was lying in the grass beside the road frozen in exactly the posture they have when they sit up to peer curiously at something. He looked like a statue or a stuffed specimen. However, that's the first woodchuck roadkill I've ever seen, compared with literally hundreds, probably thousands of raccoons.

[hrrunka]

Hmmm... Nesting Canada geese can be a bit aggressive. Good luck!

[altivo]

It's at the corner of the building farthest from the entrance, but readily viewable through a glass window wall. Just about ideal, actually, except that we are located in the middle of a city park. If they really are nesting, we may need signs outside to warn kids and adults away from the nest, but inside we can put up a display encouraging them to watch for the goslings and even arrange chairs for easy viewing by the older folks.

[hrrunka]

Yep, a glass wall between geese and visitors shoud be enough. :)

[keeganfox]

Bwahahahahaha! The inevitable fox takeover is proceeding as planned! Soon the world will be ours! Ours! Mwahahahaha!

Oh, wait... never mind that... Just disregard entirely...

¬.¬

[altivo]

Bwahaha yourself.

*starts collecting vixen musk and piss to bait live traps with...*

[cabcat]

You're too late the felines already control it :D