Re: birds and other critters

Well, you sorta did, David.  I thought you had your fair share of
critters and I see on your list many that I sure don't have.  I
forgot wild turkey on my bird list. Saw my first one last year and
thought it was an incredibly neat bird until I went out and found it
had scratched up several native clumps of Arisaema!  It spent the day
here and vanished and I'm just as glad...those big claws can do some
damage to a garden!

But, I have never seen here, bobcats, mountain lions, wild pigs,
wolverines, ferrets, black bears (tho' they are sighted occasionally
in the area) nor elk.  And certainly not a Big Foot:) I have not seen
coyotes here, but have heard they are in the area now.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
> 
> Well, I'm afraid I've given the wrong impression of California...at
least N.
> Ca.  We have bear, coyote, possums, skunk, squirrels, chipmunks,
bobcats, mtn.
> lion, wild pig, wild turkey, wolverine, ferrets and the list goes
on and on.  I
> doubt if anybody back east has any mammals that we don't have
(different species
> perhaps).  In fact, right off hand I can think of a couple that you
don't have
> including elk.  Though we don't have moose...not cold enough I
think so I spoke
> too soon.  Most if not all of these are within an hour of me.  In
fact, almost
> every year we hear of a black bear prowling the streets of towns
within just a
> few minutes of where I live and mtn. lion are all through the hills
around
> here.  The only mammal I haven't seen and that lives within 3 hours
of here is
> BIG FOOT!  Betcha you don't any of those!
> 
> DF

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