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Gold dog in the taiga

Posted in golden retriever, Miley, tagged golden retriever on February 17, 2015 |

The West Virginia taiga:

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Acorn diggers

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged acorns, white-tailed deer on February 15, 2015 | 3 Comments »

When I came across this massive excavation site, I thought it was the work of turkeys.

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But the tracks around the excavations in the leaves reveal the true culprit.

Deer!

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This has been a remarkable mast year. The acorns that fell in October fell in such plenty that the deer are still eating them into the second half of February.

And the deer are fatter than I’ve ever seen them in winter.

 

 

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Bounding weasel

Posted in Carnivorans, Mustelids, tagged least weasel on February 15, 2015 |

Weasels bound, so they make tracks that look like two little feet. But what really happens is they put their front feet down and then move their back feet into the same place where their front feet were as they bound forward.

My guess is this was a least weasel, because it was awfully small.

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This weasel likely came through just before it started to snow yesterday, because its tracks are nearly filled in. There was a whole line of tracks just like these going from one side of the access road to the other.

 

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Winter wavy-coat

Posted in golden retriever, Miley, tagged golden retriever on February 15, 2015 |

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Does Miley like the snow?

Posted in Miley, tagged golden retriever on February 15, 2015 |

Not really.

I’d say it’s more like she LOVES it.

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But this is a snow dog

Posted in golden retriever, tagged golden retriever on February 14, 2015 |

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Not a snow dog

Posted in dogs, tagged Jack Russell terrier on February 14, 2015 | 1 Comment »

Cammie is not a snow dog.

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