21 Jul Tue 2009
Wile E or one of his kin
So Sunday morning I am out digging some fingerlings and picking our first zucchini of the season to take to market over at Urbana. We have some real pretty cocozelle and ronde de nice coming in right now. After all of the deer we chased Saturday evening, I was on the lookout for anything else that might be out and about. Some movement caught my eye up in the neighbor's hay field behind us. While I have seen them in the region and heard of them within a few miles of us, the coyote hunting in the field took me a little by surprise. He wasn't paying me any particular attention and really was a couple hundred yards from our property line.
It’s always fun to watch nature, and this had me distracted for a good five minutes. I finally got back to work and started up the tractor. When I looked back, he was gone. Don't know if it was the machinery or there was just better hunting elsewhere. In general I kind of welcome the occasional scruffy visitor as we seem to have more than our fair share of mice and rabbits right now. Does make me think about our plan to add some turkeys next year. Maybe a little more budget for fencing...Ray & Jan
05:36 AM EDT