Ewe Creek Critters

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	Of course there are the deer.
	There are those Critters That Hide, which we either never, or almost never, see.
	We have not seen a bear yet and are not sure we want to, though we have certainly seen their signs, so we know they come to visit. Check out our Bear Page. *
	We have not seen a cougar yet either, and don't really want to. They have been sighted by some of our neighbors, though. *
	We have seen one brief flash of a bobcat outside the backyard fence. *
	We had been seeing signs we thought might be coyote, then one morning a couple came to visit and stayed around long enough for a rushed picture.
	We looked out one morning and saw a Gray Fox rolling on the ground where the deer spend a lot of time. I scrambled for my camera but the fox went on up the hill before I could get the telephoto lens attached. Another day in early June we looked out and saw a fox walking casually through the forest. Again I scrambled for my camera and this time we got a bit more up close and personal, which earned a Gray Fox page.
	The left photo is a nice one found on Google somewhere while the right picture is a family of raccoons that have decided to start visiting our backyard garden.
	On rare occasions we catch the smell of skunk. *
	We have opossums around, checking out our garden. We've never seen one but we did manage to get this picture.
	We occasionally have a turkey pass through. The left photo was taken at Wildlife Safari. We had a new family that came by occasionally. When they saw us, the chicks hid and the photo on the right is one of the chicks "hiding" inside our barn.
	A few jackrabbits live in our forest and meadow areas. This one was having breakfast on our front lawn. They don't spend much time posing for pictures, though, and in the time we've been here this is the best I've done.
	Bushy tailed gray squirrels can be found here and there.
	We've gained some experience with moles, voles, mice, etc. *
	We have had bats in under our roof shingles and the guano to prove it, until we put on a new roof. We've seen a few droppings here and there since then but not in concentrated amounts, so we don't know where the bats went after being forced out of our roof. We did find this one, though.
	We have a variety of small birds, woodpeckers and big crows. A number of geese spend the summers here, happily enjoying our neighbor's pond where we can listen to them from a distance rather than having them honking in our yard.
	We found a little frog hanging on the side of the house late one night.
	There is a garden snake, where else but in the garden.
	We have lots of lizards around, mostly just laying in the sun.

* These photographs are the property of their respective owners but I am sorry to admit that I no
longer know where they came from, though they were probably found using a Google image search.

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