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Old 12-05-2007, 06:52 PM   #1
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Last week we saw a opposum in that same spot, and a red tail hawk twice in the last 2 weeks! I live in the city!
I am close to the river, on a ravine.
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Old 12-05-2007, 06:55 PM   #2
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oh, such a beautiful animal! I moved into a very woodsy neiborhood a few months ago... I'm in the complete middle of nowhere. I am just getting used to opening the door and seeing deer hanging out feet from my doorway.... Its so wierd, but I love it!

Great pics!
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Old 12-05-2007, 06:57 PM   #3
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Thats so eerie . I wanted to post this but didnt think anyone would appreciate it. I saw a deer this afternoon running down my side street,up a driveway and across a lawn! I live on a golf course but Ive never seen them running the street in broad daylight. Funny someone with a similar sig would have a sighting as well!
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Old 12-05-2007, 07:04 PM   #4
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it is fate.....
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Old 12-05-2007, 07:34 PM   #5
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I love deer, such beautiful animals. If only they'd stop hitting my car!
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Old 12-06-2007, 12:50 AM   #6
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We have a small group that hang tight in this area A Buck and three Doe's.
Sadly the Buck was hit by a car last summer and was found in the park accross the street with 2 broken legs and had to be put down, haven't seen any of his Doe's lately.
There's a small kiddy park directly accross the street in front of our home, beyond that there is a triangular section of land, about 3 acres of fenced in land near the railroad tracks, open land with trees surrounding the perimeter.
Well the city decided to give the land to Dog owners and called a meeting to vote, I said to leave the land alone for wildlife, and my neighbor down the street agreed, that was 2 against 100 dog owners, so you can see whom lost the vote, now all the animals that called that field home call my home (and other neighbors) home.
Now I find baby rabbits, many more squirrels, and small rodents.
The deer could never enjoy the land due to it being fenced in, but always traveled along the side to another part of land that is wooded, now even they are gone.
A good example of progress and how it seems to steal from the wild animals.
If you know where to find acorns Roxanne, collect them and keep for winter.
Also maybe you could find a salt block at Fleet Farm and mount on your fence in that area, we have a very large oak tree here, I rake up the acorns each year and offer to the deer during the winter months.
A little kindness goes so far during the cold winter months.
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Old 12-06-2007, 03:19 AM   #7
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Beautiful. No deer in my neighborhood. We do have bob cat and panther though.
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We live in a private development that has a no hunting, no fishing, no fences rule so we have a lot of wildlife. There is a small herd of deer that live in it and come to eat around the house all the time. There are two does that have twins every spring and we see them and their babies all the time but we've never seen the male, only a vague outline that moves between the trees from shadow to shadow. But we have a beautiful female black bear and lots of foxes and opposums and rabbits and raccoons and squirrels and chipmukns and even wild turkeys. The Poconos is really a beautiful place to live if you like nature.
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Old 12-06-2007, 06:46 AM   #9
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I love nature! That is why I feel so blessed to live in the city and have such wildlife. Sadly the reason we are seeing more & more is because of development down at the river. They have nowhere else to go.
A salt block is a great idea, I might even have to get a huge bag of feed and throw it down the ravine. Acorns are a good idea for next year.
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Old 12-06-2007, 08:51 AM   #10
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50 lb bag of whole corn is fairly cheap to, provides much needed energy.
Just a thought, feeding the animals kinda makes me feel good inside.
The big oak tree out front puts out a great amount of acorns, you can hear them hit the deck like rain drops, then looking at all the fat squirrels around here....
Sooooo, I rake them up and offer them during the winter time, seems to help.
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