Backyard critters

[wj73]

Wow, that’s a fancy name. Here I am, when I saw her picture, I thought, “She looks like a Lucy.” Obviously I have no imagination when it comes to pet names!

[English Natsie]

How about 'Familiar' - then, when guests call and puss appears you can say 'this is my Familiar...'     

[1995hoo]

Wow, that’s a fancy name. Here I am, when I saw her picture, I thought, “She looks like a Lucy.” Obviously I have no imagination when it comes to pet names!

Heh. The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear that name is that we’d have to get three other cats named Peter, Susan, and Edmund!

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Heh. The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear that name is that we’d have to get three other cats named Peter, Susan, and Edmund!

Soulweaver? then the other cats should be Earl, Dennis, and Charlie (for the secret square).

[1995hoo]

Soulweaver? then the other cats should be Earl, Dennis, and Charlie (for the secret square).

I don't get the reference. I do admit that "Soulweaver" calls to mind a Gary Wright song you still hear on the radio.

[wj73]

Heh. The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear that name is that we’d have to get three other cats named Peter, Susan, and Edmund!

And a big male orange tabby named Aslan.

[tomterp]

Every few years we get a bear in the region.  Last week a nice crisp video was passed around that had one raiding a bird feeder less than 1/2 mile from my house in the wilds of west Oakton.

[1995hoo]

Every few years we get a bear in the region.  Last week a nice crisp video was passed around that had one raiding a bird feeder less than 1/2 mile from my house in the wilds of west Oakton.

I recall a few years ago there were bear sightings in the area around GMU. My mother lives somewhat close to there (she's in the overall Mantua area). We looked into getting her a more robust trash can but decided against it because it would have been too heavy for her to move up and down her sloped driveway.

On Tuesday night I was driving home from Union Station and saw an animal run across my side of Van Dorn Street and then stop on the median like it was watching for a break in traffic; it then ran across the other side after two cars went by. As I got closer I could see it was a fox (it disappeared into the bushes along the fence outside Edison HS). I was rather impressed with its intelligence to stop and wait for a clear shot, as opposed to how squirrels just bolt out into the road.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Are we sure that these "bears" are not Puddy's fur coat?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Earl Weaver.

Charlie Weaver from Hollywood Squares (old guy in one of the corners).

Dennis Weaver (actor in Gunsmoke and McCloud).

[tomterp]

I saw a young fisher (Pekania pennanti ) on Rt 211 in Shenandoah Nat'l Park last Wednesday.  Apparently they are coming back.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I saw a young fisher (Pekania pennanti ) on Rt 211 in Shenandoah Nat'l Park last Wednesday.  Apparently they are coming back.

those environmentalists ...

[tomterp]

those environmentalists ...

Still haven't seen a bobcat, but most people who spend as much time in the park as I do have.

[wj73]

We had a bullfrog move into our backyard pond this summer. We usually have green frogs, but this was our first bullfrog. We’ve enjoyed listening to his pah-rumpling all summer.


Well, not anymore. Just looked out and saw a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk fly off with him. I know it’s the way of nature, and it’s good that our local Cooper’s Hawk couple had a successful nesting this year, but damn. I’m going to miss that little frog.

[skippy1999]

We had a bullfrog move into our backyard pond this summer. We usually have green frogs, but this was our first bullfrog. We’ve enjoyed listening to his pah-rumpling all summer.


Well, not anymore. Just looked out and saw a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk fly off with him. I know it’s the way of nature, and it’s good that our local Cooper’s Hawk couple had a successful nesting this year, but damn. I’m going to miss that little frog.

The circle of life can be cruel

[tomterp]

Year's not over but I hit my quota in Shenandoah Nat'l Park this season - 1 bear, 1 timber rattler, 1 grouse, and 1 fisher..  Gobs of gobblers.

[skippy1999]

Year's not over but I hit my quota in Shenandoah Nat'l Park this season - 1 bear, 1 timber rattler, 1 grouse, and 1 fisher..  Gobs of gobblers.

Wait, did you kill a bear??

[imref]

Wait, did you kill a bear??

and a fisher?

[dracnal]

and a fisher?

That's got to be observed, not killed.

[blue911]

Wait, did you kill a bear??

Spotted, turtles only attack fish

[skippy1999]

Spotted, turtles only attack fish

thanks for clarifying!

[tomterp]

Spotted, turtles only attack fish

Correct!   

[Count Walewski]

We saw an owl fly by while out trick-or-treating in South Arlington this evening. Spooky!

[Dave in Fairfax]

When I lived in Winchester, we lived in a block of 4 sets of row houses surrounding a square/park. Every day at dusk, like clockwork, several hundred bats would start flying in a circle around the square. I wonder if the bats are still around.