[Leica] Wildlife in a Chicago Quiznos last week.

[jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)]

Our choice of dumpster-diving refuse-eating critters are 'possums and
raccoons. They seem to be the only two mammals who have benefitted from
human encroachment (I don't count rats and mice here).

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



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[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve
Barbour
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 10:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] Wildlife in a Chicago Quiznos last week.


On Apr 6, 2007, at 8:45 AM, telyt@earthlink.net wrote:

> Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> They are so reclusive, I have rarely seen one in the wild. In fact, I
> recall
>> only seeing one in the wild. In the canyons east of Chula Vista,
>> CA, we
> were
>> hiking around one day and spotted one about 200 yards away, moving
>> away
> from
>> us very quickly.
>
> They're far more common in urban areas than many of us realize.   
> Waltzing
> into a Quiznos is a bit unusual though.  There's a pack of Coyotes
> whose HQ
> is in the orchard across the street from my house; I'll see one  
> every few
> months, almost always doing what he can to disappear.

here in Arizona we have a few.  Two live in the vicinity... see them  
outside my kitchen window...especially in the hot dry season...

Steve




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