Suburban Fauna

[mcroft]

I walk about 1/4 of a mine from the parking lot to my office each morning and I spend as much of that walk outdoor as I can. Our corner of corporate suburbia is home to a number of species of animals, the feral cats and the deer in the large wooded area and the Canada Geese are not too surprising. What I keep being pleasantly surprised by are the animals that live next to and under the buildings, happily eating away at the manicured lawns and slightly overgrown plants between the keycard-gate and the door that is closest to my office.

Groundhogs and rabbits are the most common. I see one or the other most days, and last week I saw a full house (two groundhogs and three rabbits). Yesterday the small groundhog charged towards me, turning sharply away as soon as he got past the edge of the building I was approaching. I need to carry my cameraphone so that I can get pictures.

Only once have I seen a fox. It was sprinting. And the story is that we have a mated pair of an endangered species nesting on our roof. With chicks.

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[djinnthespazz.livejournal.com]

I used to love to see the male pheasants in the odd scrubby lots of the city. They are so pretty.

You don't count those on your list yet, but keep an eye out for them. I'll bet they are there!