Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 What did you hear when you heard hedgehogs? (The word " hedgehog " makes me think of Beatrix Potter, since we don't have hedgehogs here.) We have lots of squirrels, mostly black. Every morning we find shredded orange peels under the orange tree. Today I was picking oranges with the 8-foot orange picker and the first one was partly hollowed out! The ripest ones are toward the top of the tree where only the squirrels can reach them. Some years ago I couldn't find the dog at night, and it turned out she was staring at an opussum who was playing possum (lying still) on the other side of the fence. In the summer, sometimes we hear chortling from raccoons, and one moonlit night I looked out the window and saw a whole family walking along the edge of the pool. We live near a creek (it's mostly dry in summer, but still is undeveloped so is where wildlife can exist). One day I was walking two of the dogs and, 20 feet ahead of us, we saw an adult raccoon and several babies on the sidewalk, who immediately started to climb the tree. I stood still, and the dogs did not react, so after a couple minutes the adult raccoon herded her babies across the street and toward the creek. Birds, of course. At my garden, a Bewick's wren is usually active in the warmer months, especially when I'm working on the compost. He always seems to be collecting nesting materials in the spring, and one year I thought he might have been making a nest in one of my unused planters. Occasionally I hear, and then see, a spotted towhee. Lately I've been seeing robins in the neighborhood, and Anna's hummingbirds are everywhere all year -- usually I hear the whirring of wings before I see them. At 7:52 AM +0000 2/25/09, heartwerk wrote: >I have been looking at the Tiggywinkles hedgehog rescue site. They >have some cards and gifts for sale, to help with funding. Their site >is http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/gifts.html > >We used to hear hedgehogs in the garden, but not for the last couple >of years. This could mean one of three things - there are no >hedgehogs in the garden - the hedgehogs are less noisy than they used >to be - we are sleeping more soundly than we used to! > >What sort of wildlife do you get in your garden/surrounding area? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I have been looking at the Tiggywinkles hedgehog rescue site. They have some cards and gifts for sale, to help with funding. Their site is http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/gifts.html We used to hear hedgehogs in the garden, but not for the last couple of years. This could mean one of three things - there are no hedgehogs in the garden - the hedgehogs are less noisy than they used to be - we are sleeping more soundly than we used to! What sort of wildlife do you get in your garden/surrounding area? Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Hi The hedgehogs make strange little grunty, snuffly sound. I didn't realise you didn't have hedgehogs there. We have squirrels. I believe our native ones were the red, but we have had grey squirrels here for a long time, and now there are a few black apparently. Presumably they are your black ones. I've just looked them up on the internet, and they are very handsome. We don't have raccoons and opossoms here, or hummingbirds. Our wrens are different to the photos of the Bewicks wren - more squat and a darker brown. Our local wildlife is mainly foxes, deer, badgers and squirrels. There are tiny fieldmice, shrews etc. but you don't get to see them very often at all. The birds we see most in the garden are greenfinches, coaltits, great tits, blue tits, long tailed tits, chaffinches, greater spotted woodpeckers, dunnocks, robins, and magpies, crows and jackdaws. We also have pheasants, but that is only because the localy estate breeds them for shooting. Luckily some of them find refuge in our garden. Jo , yarrow wrote: > > What did you hear when you heard hedgehogs? > > (The word " hedgehog " makes me think of Beatrix Potter, since we don't > have hedgehogs here.) > > We have lots of squirrels, mostly black. Every morning we find > shredded orange peels under the orange tree. Today I was picking > oranges with the 8-foot orange picker and the first one was partly > hollowed out! The ripest ones are toward the top of the tree where > only the squirrels can reach them. > > Some years ago I couldn't find the dog at night, and it turned out > she was staring at an opussum who was playing possum (lying still) on > the other side of the fence. > > In the summer, sometimes we hear chortling from raccoons, and one > moonlit night I looked out the window and saw a whole family walking > along the edge of the pool. We live near a creek (it's mostly dry in > summer, but still is undeveloped so is where wildlife can exist). One > day I was walking two of the dogs and, 20 feet ahead of us, we saw an > adult raccoon and several babies on the sidewalk, who immediately > started to climb the tree. I stood still, and the dogs did not react, > so after a couple minutes the adult raccoon herded her babies across > the street and toward the creek. > > Birds, of course. At my garden, a Bewick's wren is usually active in > the warmer months, especially when I'm working on the compost. He > always seems to be collecting nesting materials in the spring, and > one year I thought he might have been making a nest in one of my > unused planters. Occasionally I hear, and then see, a spotted towhee. > Lately I've been seeing robins in the neighborhood, and Anna's > hummingbirds are everywhere all year -- usually I hear the whirring > of wings before I see them. > > At 7:52 AM +0000 2/25/09, heartwerk wrote: > >I have been looking at the Tiggywinkles hedgehog rescue site. They > >have some cards and gifts for sale, to help with funding. Their site > >is http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/gifts.html > > > >We used to hear hedgehogs in the garden, but not for the last couple > >of years. This could mean one of three things - there are no > >hedgehogs in the garden - the hedgehogs are less noisy than they used > >to be - we are sleeping more soundly than we used to! > > > >What sort of wildlife do you get in your garden/surrounding area? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Hedgehogs are quite nosiy for little animals. They make snorty, snuffling noises, and I often hear them at night. Vicky , yarrow wrote: > > What did you hear when you heard hedgehogs? > > (The word " hedgehog " makes me think of Beatrix Potter, since we don't > have hedgehogs here.) > > We have lots of squirrels, mostly black. Every morning we find > shredded orange peels under the orange tree. Today I was picking > oranges with the 8-foot orange picker and the first one was partly > hollowed out! The ripest ones are toward the top of the tree where > only the squirrels can reach them. > > Some years ago I couldn't find the dog at night, and it turned out > she was staring at an opussum who was playing possum (lying still) on > the other side of the fence. > > In the summer, sometimes we hear chortling from raccoons, and one > moonlit night I looked out the window and saw a whole family walking > along the edge of the pool. We live near a creek (it's mostly dry in > summer, but still is undeveloped so is where wildlife can exist). One > day I was walking two of the dogs and, 20 feet ahead of us, we saw an > adult raccoon and several babies on the sidewalk, who immediately > started to climb the tree. I stood still, and the dogs did not react, > so after a couple minutes the adult raccoon herded her babies across > the street and toward the creek. > > Birds, of course. At my garden, a Bewick's wren is usually active in > the warmer months, especially when I'm working on the compost. He > always seems to be collecting nesting materials in the spring, and > one year I thought he might have been making a nest in one of my > unused planters. Occasionally I hear, and then see, a spotted towhee. > Lately I've been seeing robins in the neighborhood, and Anna's > hummingbirds are everywhere all year -- usually I hear the whirring > of wings before I see them. > > At 7:52 AM +0000 2/25/09, heartwerk wrote: > >I have been looking at the Tiggywinkles hedgehog rescue site. They > >have some cards and gifts for sale, to help with funding. Their site > >is http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/gifts.html > > > >We used to hear hedgehogs in the garden, but not for the last couple > >of years. This could mean one of three things - there are no > >hedgehogs in the garden - the hedgehogs are less noisy than they used > >to be - we are sleeping more soundly than we used to! > > > >What sort of wildlife do you get in your garden/surrounding area? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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