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RE: Urban wildlife - tell me about yours - 5/21/2010 7:48:41 AM

yourdarkdesire

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We have a river valley that meanders thru our city running east-west, with creeks running north-south. Our most common wildlife is deer that have come up and found themselves stuck in traffic.

Our big wildlife right now is a peregrine falcon who is nesting ontop of one of our phone towers. She has layed 3 pretty pink eggs and is incubating them now. They have put a webcam in her nesting box and have a countdown running to hatching day. I think we have about 16-17 days left. If you are interested - here is the link.

http://www.albertalocalnews.com/reddeeradvocate/news/Live_video_from_Red_Deer_Peregrine_Falcon_nest_box_92100299.html

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RE: Urban wildlife - tell me about yours - 5/21/2010 8:22:20 AM

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that's cool!

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RE: Urban wildlife - tell me about yours - 5/21/2010 9:50:45 AM

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i walk around town a lot. Not sure how i would feel about running into a bear though.
http://www.kirotv.com/news/23591407/detail.html

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RE: Urban wildlife - tell me about yours - 5/21/2010 1:54:51 PM

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Now ... that is just WILD!!!

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RE: Urban wildlife - tell me about yours - 5/21/2010 3:03:54 PM

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oh yeah...I forgot the falcons!

I live a mile from a falcon refuge. They perch on my deck in the backyard and I love watching them from the window just sitting there while I wash the dishes.

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RE: Urban wildlife - tell me about yours - 5/21/2010 4:56:51 PM

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Heh - I had some of my birds by the patio door, and after sundown, there was a loud thump on the glass door. An owl had decided he wanted budgie burger for dinner, and didn't know about the glass.

Owls in the middle of a city - how cool is that?

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RE: Urban wildlife - tell me about yours - 5/21/2010 5:01:05 PM

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Foxes, gray and red. Rabbits, skunks - used to have one hibernate under the porch steps, chipmunks, squirrels - red and gray but not a black, field mice, vole, tortoises, vultures, red tailed hawks and so on.

And a bear in the center of town, 20 miles away yesterday attracted a crowd of 100 watching it be trapped and removed. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100520/NEWS/100529979/-1/NEWS

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