October 6, 2008
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Critter Alert
Here is a cute groundhog that has installed his sleek, furry self in our backyard. He seems a happy varmint, and we are glad to have him amongst us.
Our backyard menagerie this summer has included chipmunks, baby squirrels growing up outside our bedroom window, a flock of northern flickers scrounging ants from between our paving stones, and a Cooper’s hawk taking advantage of occasional mourning-dove unwariness. This in addition to the more usual crowd of American goldfinches, common grackles, raccoons, opossums and so on. Who needs the zoo?
