tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post7307646753648160969..comments2024-03-21T13:06:46.763-07:00Comments on Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds): Nesting site, but whose?Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-52014237753681626672011-03-10T01:18:57.032-08:002011-03-10T01:18:57.032-08:00Thanks, all!
Sara, I looked up woodchucks. Their ...Thanks, all!<br /><br />Sara, I looked up woodchucks. Their holes are about 8' or more across; this one was about half that. We have marmots, but in the dry interior, not here.<br /><br />Yes, there probably was an exit hole somewhere. Or this was the exit hole, and the entrance is somewhere more hidden, Laurie says.<br /><br />Time to Live; Wish I could! Get your rabies shots first, though!<br /><br />Biobabbler. No, no rattlesnakes. In snake country, I'd never even think of putting a hand down a hole, of any size.<br /><br />You're right about the two questions. I wonder if they would know in the Reifel office? I'll ask.Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-73295107306631856142011-03-09T19:02:21.422-08:002011-03-09T19:02:21.422-08:00You find some amazing things! - MargyYou find some amazing things! - MargyPowell River Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580698518291129041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-46307023230022614342011-03-09T17:26:57.528-08:002011-03-09T17:26:57.528-08:00So... I take it you don't have rattlesnakes ou...So... I take it you don't have rattlesnakes out there? Two questions: 1) who dug the hole, 2) who lives there now. There's lots of burrow swapping/sharing that goes on in the grasslands of California. =) How fun that you tried with your camera, though. =)biobabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081382623906668057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-25327805161949066832011-03-09T07:43:31.658-08:002011-03-09T07:43:31.658-08:00I'll tell you what, if you will fly me up ther...I'll tell you what, if you will fly me up there I will stick my arm in there and find out! :)Its Time to Livehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668317284838022522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-14069750718004705392011-03-09T06:56:53.501-08:002011-03-09T06:56:53.501-08:00Well I sure wouldn't have stuck my hand/arm in...Well I sure wouldn't have stuck my hand/arm in that hole!Cicero Singshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438108795744902961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-37193375883667832262011-03-09T06:47:59.435-08:002011-03-09T06:47:59.435-08:00According to Stokes Animal Tracking and Behavior, ...According to Stokes Animal Tracking and Behavior, Woodchucks are the main digger of holes like yours.<br /><br />Then again, I'm on the east coast, I think you have marmots out by you that do similar things.<br /><br />Skunks and Opossums use the woodchuck holes, but usually plug them with leaves in cold weather. <br /><br />Racoons and Rabbits often use them, too. <br /><br />There would definitely have been an exit hole at the other end of the tunnel, so if you'd stuck your arm in, you'd likely not have been bitten (but I sure wouldn't have done it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-6595192131590829962011-03-09T05:58:30.326-08:002011-03-09T05:58:30.326-08:00That's one mystery I would have left uninvesti...That's one mystery I would have left uninvestigated. :)TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510099344729038541noreply@blogger.com