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Mountain Girl
outrigged
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JoAnn
Colville
WA
USA
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 Posted - Feb 07 2008 : 08:44:56 AM
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| Jim went to a board meeting yesterday for the Friends of the Pend Oreille Wildlife Regue. Lisa the manager brought in pictures she took of a bobcat they saw sitting on the outside windowsill of the refuge offices looing in at the staff! Jim said the pictures were amazing. The only thing I have looking in my window are the wild turkeys that want to be fed. JoAnn |
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Lily
outbound
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Lily
Moss Landing
California
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2008 : 10:15:29 AM
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| Wow! That's pretty exciting, too -- I would love to have wild turkeys looking through my window! |
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Jen
Expedition Leader
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Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2008 : 12:22:51 PM
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We've seen bobcat tracks on our property that indicate a momma & kittens (last spring), but so far no big kitties have peeked in our windows! Our regular visitor now is Joe, our funny red rooster. He comes to the glass door & knocks with his beak!
Jen
Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Jen
Expedition Leader
1384 Posts
Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 1:46:03 PM
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Reminded me of something I once ready by Barbara Kingsolver:
"One day not long ago I had to pull myself out of my writerly trance, having become aware of a presence over my left shoulder. I turned my head slowly to meet the gaze of an adolescent bobcat at my window. Whether he meant to be the first to read the story on my computer screen or was lured in by his own reflection in the quirky afternoon light, I can't say. I can tell you, though, that I looked straight into bronze-colored bobcat eyes and held my breath, for longer than I knew I could. After two moments (his and mine) that were surely not equal — for a predator must often pass hours without an eyeblink, while a human can grow restless inside ten seconds — we broke eye contact. He turned and minced away languidly, tail end flicking, for all the world a cat. I presume that he returned to the routine conjectures and risks and remembered scents that make up his bobcat-life, and I returned to mine, mostly. But some part of my brain drifted after him for the rest of the day, stalking the taste of dove, examining a predator's patience from the inside."
Read more at http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_smallwonder.html
Jen
Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Mountain Girl
outrigged
237 Posts
JoAnn
Colville
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 20 2008 : 5:53:24 PM
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| That was lovely. I'll have to send it to Lisa the Refuge manager. I just reserved Barbara Kingsolver's book Small Wonder from our library. Turns out our friends son, Paul Mirocha, illustrated the book--small world. JoAnn |
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Jen
Expedition Leader
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Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
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Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 11:37:50 AM
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How cool, JoAnn. They are lovely illustrations. Small Wonder is a great read; I think you'll enjoy it.
Jen
Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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