Posted in Library, Mammal, tagged gray fox, late shift, Mammal, red fox on February 8, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been on the late shift for the past few days…working until 9 p.m. On the way home tonight, I saw a beautiful red fox run out across the road under the street lights and vanish into the wooded ravine. I always feel lucky to see one, as they can be pretty elusive.
Although, now that [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Mammal, River, tagged fish, invasive species, koi, nature, opossum, wildlife rehabilitation on January 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Took a trip to one of my favorite places: The 577 Foundation
Usually, this is something that just the dog and I do every weekend (girl time!), but we were happy to have Greg along with us this time. The dog is bonkers about the geodesic biodome there (maybe all the rich, oxygenated air?), so we went in [...]
Posted in Mammal, tagged ID, Mammal, skull on September 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Mastodon or Mammoth Skull
Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
OK, I meant to link to this part of UM’s Museum of Zoology in the last post but forgot. I guess I’m just geeky enough to find it amusing to play with spinning animal skulls. (They would also be very useful for students to [...]
Posted in Mammal, tagged backyard, groundhog, hole, Mammal on September 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Chucky’s back. (Of course, the fact that I am lobbing old apples out back might have something to do with that…..)
Our old friend/nemesis the woodchuck (aka: groundhog, marmota monax, whistle pig, rat with a bushy tail….) has been making daily appearances in our backyard lately. I haven’t been able to get any good photos, as it [...]
