We set a trap for the raccoon--live catch of course.
About 10:30PM. it caught one--only it was a really
small female possum. TJ woke up to check it around
midnight. We turned it loose. It was really cold outside.
I personally think we are skipping summer this year,
Around 1230am the trap went off again. I couldn't
believe it. We caught the same possum--only my
partner was sound asleep and I couldn't get the trap
open.
Morning came. He opened the trap. The possum
was so scared that it took it an hour to get up the
nerve to leave.
I saw 2 male birds that I have not seen since 1978.
Two Scarlet Tanagers. The aren't seen often here.
Maybe they were blown of course like the 2
hummers. The females look nothing like the males,
so it's possible that they were in the trees and
neither of us noticed them. The scarlet tanagers
aren't just a red--they are brilliant red--my partner
described the red as a neon red--and with bleck
wings.
It is pouring the rain outside--a very cold rain.
The heat is on in side and it May the 5th. I'm
beginning to think I am in CO or some other
western mountainous state. This just isn't NC
weather--especially for May !
All for now. I'm going back to dreamland.
Kate Thorn
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