happyjacks
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This seems to be the week for wildlife around here.
Today I was freshening the guest room here in the main house. It hasn't been used in a while but I'll have people using the bathroom in there this week so giving a quick tidy. I picked up the kleenex box to dust it and heard a rattle inside. Turns out some industrious little mouse has been stockpiling sunflower seeds. Must've been from the "break-in" to the bird seed bag last month. The mouse would've had to carry the seeds from the cleaning closet downstairs, up to the guest room, up a pedestal-footed table and into the kleenex box through the plastic opening. You couldn't even tell from looking at it that there was anything amiss. I'm just glad that I'm the one who noticed it and not guests! I'll have to add 'shake the kleenex box' to my room-cleaning checklist.
Fortunately, our winter cat checked in last week (I think he's part Maine Coon Cat!) so hopefully he'll put an end to mouse activity. I'll just have to keep him inside so he doesn't experience the food-chain from the top down...
Yesterday hubby & I were out snowshoeing on our trails and--not even 10 minutes from the house--we found the half-chewed leg of a deer. So we could have a coyote or wolf in the area. But since there was no sign of the rest of the carcass, it could just be a fox carrying off the 'leftovers' from somewhere else. I called the MNR (Ministry of Natural Resources) just to see if there's a safety issue for guests on our trails and they said not to worry. Even the large predators such as wolves are not a threat to an adult human. Good excuse to turn away kids!
Happy wildlife sighting: hubby saw a moose on our property last week! I just missed it, but there were plenty of tracks. Guests love hearing that kind of thing. But I don't think I'll mention the other wildlife.
Today I was freshening the guest room here in the main house. It hasn't been used in a while but I'll have people using the bathroom in there this week so giving a quick tidy. I picked up the kleenex box to dust it and heard a rattle inside. Turns out some industrious little mouse has been stockpiling sunflower seeds. Must've been from the "break-in" to the bird seed bag last month. The mouse would've had to carry the seeds from the cleaning closet downstairs, up to the guest room, up a pedestal-footed table and into the kleenex box through the plastic opening. You couldn't even tell from looking at it that there was anything amiss. I'm just glad that I'm the one who noticed it and not guests! I'll have to add 'shake the kleenex box' to my room-cleaning checklist.
Fortunately, our winter cat checked in last week (I think he's part Maine Coon Cat!) so hopefully he'll put an end to mouse activity. I'll just have to keep him inside so he doesn't experience the food-chain from the top down...
Yesterday hubby & I were out snowshoeing on our trails and--not even 10 minutes from the house--we found the half-chewed leg of a deer. So we could have a coyote or wolf in the area. But since there was no sign of the rest of the carcass, it could just be a fox carrying off the 'leftovers' from somewhere else. I called the MNR (Ministry of Natural Resources) just to see if there's a safety issue for guests on our trails and they said not to worry. Even the large predators such as wolves are not a threat to an adult human. Good excuse to turn away kids!
Happy wildlife sighting: hubby saw a moose on our property last week! I just missed it, but there were plenty of tracks. Guests love hearing that kind of thing. But I don't think I'll mention the other wildlife.