animal posts

My brother's dog, Duncan, got skunked recently while I was walking him. They were very close quarters between, in a ditch / drainage pipe, so I don't think I got any on me. It was dark, and around a bush from me, so I didn't even see the critter, and didn't know it was a skunk until after I had pulled him away and noticed the smell. But it was quite some work to get him cleaned up.

RIP Indy the dog. He was a mostly good dog. He was my former roommate and fri…

Had a weird bird incident the other day. I was going around a turn on a residen…

Today, I learned that raccoons can be predators. I saw one catch a chipmunk or small squirrel.

RIP Jack the dog. He was a good dog. Continue reading post "RIP Jack"

R.I.P. Chester. Jamie and Tiffany's dog got lymphoma and it grew quickly. Continue reading post "RIP Chester"

I think the deer are eating some of my bulb plant leaves. Continue reading post "#3397"

I planted some flowers in my garden today, and discovered a large number of acorns in my bags of soil and soil enhancer. Continue reading post "#3391"

Needing to get out of the house, I went on a short hike this evening on the Dogwood trail. Continue reading post "#3199"

Today brought another episode in my recent spate of car troubles: The serpentine belt shredded itself and then popped off while I was up in Cleveland. Continue reading post "#2935"

I'm glad the temperatures have warmed back up and we have spring-like weather again. Continue reading post "#2859"

Some years back, I saw a hyena at the Miami Zoo running alone in circles around its fenced in area. Continue reading post "#2160"

I dog-sat for my parents and brother for a few days. Continue reading post "Post 2004"

Saw two little foxes in the woods right behind my house. Continue reading post "#1804"

Today, I ran over and killed some sort of mammal with my car. It darted out fro…

Today (yesterday), I spent around three hours getting a bird detached from a tree in the back yard. It was just hanging there from its leg, and it was hard to tell how it was attached. It was pretty high up and not reachable with any pole-like implements we had available from my ladder. My roommate helped for a while, but had to leave for work. I eventually succeeded in getting the bird down using two ropes, one put in place by throwing with a Kong dog toy on the end, the other raised with a garden tool tied to a stick. The ladder wasn't entirely stable with the long combined pole, and the rope-throwing took many tries. I used the rope to break the branch, causing the bird and branch to fall. The branch was still alive, so the operation took a while even after I got both ropes in place. I set up some yard-waste bags and a towel below the bird to soften its landing.