Hello,
Sunday afternoon when walking with my
young friend we saw an animal in the road that appeared dead. He said, “I think
that is an opossum.”
“I do not think so because it does not
have the naked tail. I suspect that it is a groundhog since we have seen one in
this area.” I said.
We walked a little farther when he
speculated, “It might be a raccoon.”
At that point I had to walk back and
get a closer look. This animal, while it had a little bit of a bushy tail, did
not have any of the characteristic black rings of a raccoon. I went back to my
original Identification. That certainly was the closest that I have been to a
groundhog, if it was a groundhog.
When Leroy and I walked Monday morning
there was no animal in the road. Did someone remove it? Or was it not really
dead even though it had been on its back with legs in the air?
Later Leroy went for a walk by himself
and he did see a live groundhog a bit farther up the hill. Lately he has had
all the luck spotting the live animals. Are they not out when I am there or is
he better at seeing what is in the vicinity? Anyway I am jealous.
My walk monitor reported that last
week I logged 89,945 steps with the best day at 14,152. Staying home more is
good for something.
Paula
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