Signs of spring: Feb 2007.

Pregnant?

Raven

Close-up of Bob. We call him Bob because he seems to have an injured front foot, so when he lopes, he moves both front feet at exactly the same time. This makes him bob up and down when he runs.

If you look closely in that gap between the bushes you can see Bob the coyote. This photo was taken from an upstairs window. He is about 30' from the house.

Magpie drinking from the fountain.

Raven

Raven

If you look closely you can see the coyote just on the other side of the fence. About 30 yards from the kitchen window.

Porcupine. They wander through our yard from time to time. They live nearby. We found this guy under the rabbit hutches.

Coyote.

Coyote. About 40 feet from the house.

Muskrat. We've had them in our seasonal pond before. The nearest other reliable body of water is over 1/2 mile away across ,mostly open fields. How do they know to come to my little pond?

Here if you look along the fence to the right you can see a fox that has been visiting our property. He knows that if he runs, Digit will see him and give chase, so he stays still as long as he dares.

Close-up of the fox in the next picture. It is holding something in its mouth that it picked up in our yard. I don't know what it is.

The Fox

If you look closely near the middle of the photo, you can see a pair of wild mallards that have come to visit.