Friday, July 14, 2017

Critter Update


Jump to real-time!

Unlike yesterday's post which actually happened a few days before Easter, this one is real time. OK, so there's a 20 minute delay but that's close enough!



As you can see, Mom and The Little One are doing fine.

They have been showing up every couple days for the past few weeks.

They surprised me today by showing up at 3:45 which is right at the hottest part of the day. Right now the thermometer at my workstation where I'm standing reads 99. Normally they are bedded down in the shade somewhere around here for another couple-three hours.



But this is new! (See the split in The Little One's right ear?)

Now don't go all freaking out on me here! Stuff like this happens and he/she (Still a little early to tell though it is tempting to think those dark spots on his/her head are antler buds, even though markings like this come and go on all deer hides.) was alert, curious and not favoring or messing with that ear at all.

This just means I'll be able to positively identify him/her for years to come!


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  1. In the editing mode, in the upper right is a gear icon (rhymes w deer). When you click on it LABELS are at the top. They are meta tags such as: wildlife, cancer, death. Separate them w commas, incl the last one. It might expand your readership.

    Albuquerque is a horrible place. I just thought if you happened to be passing through. There're two first-come-first-serve campgrounds on highway 4 that goes through Jemez Pueblo and the hamlet of Jemez Springs. With the Senior Pass they are $2.50/night. No amenities except pit toilet & garbage can.

    Jemez Canyon is one of the most beautiful places on the planet. There is camping in the Ojito Wilderness near the White Mesa Bike Trails not far from San Ysidro. New Mexico is a beautiful place...just not Albuq.

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    1. I also see that the Cracker Barrel and the Rio Rancho Walmart have good reviews by those staying overnight.

      Yep, been to many places in NM. The Mike that just died was looking at some property in Angel Fire. I was nearby at Cimarron Canyon as well as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial so I popped over and took a look at it for him (it was a crap bit of land to try and build on). Also poked around Santa Fe because Mike had a reciprocal arraignment with a gallery there.The Daughter used to live in Alamogordo so I've poked around the Lincoln National Forest a bit. The ranger at Villanueva State Park once asked me to evaluate the trail-work they had recently contracted out. I was breifly acquainted with the former owners of the Silver City KOA. And, of course, I'm familiar with Chama, because I’m a train-nut.

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