Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I generally prefer deer to flowers, so I think that given a choice, I would opt for no wolves or coyotes, since my cat likes to roam. Fortunately where I live the only wildlife are some stray cats and drunk English tourists (in season). Nice pics of the fox, I hope he was just drunk on berries and not sick. Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Sep 19, 2009, at 6:56 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > Nathan suggests introducing wolves to control the deer. Wild wolves > have > been migrating into New York from Canada but they haven't reached > the Hudson > Valley yet. When they come we can have Friday Flowers again. Locals > have > been calling deer 150 pound rats. They will eat everything green. We > do have > coyotes but they are too small to chase a fully grown deer. They > will take > down small fauns but only if Mama is not present. I have a video of > a coyote > devouring a faun about a few yards from our kitchen window. Coyotes > do kill > and eat cats and small dogs and if you want your tiny pet to live > long and > prosper it is well to keep it indoors. We live in a heavily wooded > area near > the Hudson, fairly remote from nearby towns. Our small lawn has a > southern > exposure and is warmed by the afternoon sun. A while back I came > across a > sleeping fox. Foxes generally flee from humans but this one just > blinked and > when back to sleep. I suspect that he gorged himself on fermented wild > raspberries and was sleeping off a good drunk. A few hours later I > noticed > him staggering off to his den. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Sleeping+Fox+1.JPG.html > > Here is a closeup. I couldn't have been more than a couple of feet > from his > nose. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Sleeping+Fox+2.JPG.html > > Oh, yes, an informal portrait of Mrs. Bambi taken from the shadow > side. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Mrs_+Bambi.JPG.html > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information