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CTyankee

(68,300 posts) Mon May 22, 2023, 04:27 PM May 2023

So we had a groundhog in our back yard which I have never seen before here in New Haven... [View all]

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and I wondered why he/she would visit us. In all our years here (30 plus), I've never seen one. We found a humane "re-locator" who trapped it and relocated it in a friendly park nearby.

Was wondering if groundhogs are just prone to paying visits to backyards or if something else might be going on. It certainly wasn't in distress.

Maybe it just got lost on its way someplace else...and got around our wood fencing. We keep it mowed most of the year.

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So we had a groundhog in our back yard which I have never seen before here in New Haven... [View all] CTyankee May 2023 OP

I have a small hillside and creek in my backyard. I see Emile May 2023 #1

No. We live on a city street. However, we are not far from the Yale Golf Course, which is a woodland CTyankee May 2023 #2

Our local course is known for what we call "rock chucks" in the west. The cartoon "Chucky" is brewens May 2023 #6

This might be of interest... CTyankee May 2023 #9

They wouldn't dare get rid of them and only once in a while have to trap one that is destructive brewens May 2023 #16

May be. We have a new one also, which a camera we put up shows Hortensis May 2023 #3

We see them in our backyard all the time. blue neen May 2023 #4

No flowers here. I don't garden which is why our back yard has grass and that's about it. CTyankee May 2023 #7

Do you have clover? They love clover. n/t brewens May 2023 #5

We could very well have clover but I don't know...I should look! CTyankee May 2023 #8

I worked at a firm in Danbury 30 years ago and they used to roam madinmaryland May 2023 #10

ground hogs are as common as gray squirrels on my retirement farm Model35mech May 2023 #11

We had tons of them on our farm in Minnesota NickB79 May 2023 #12

They are like big meaty squirrels! nt Shermann May 2023 #13

We had one take up residence under a porch a few years back. He pretty much stayed Vinca May 2023 #14

Probably one of last years pups looking to start doc03 May 2023 #15

We had them when we lived outside of town (PA) Freddie May 2023 #17

They're a pest Easterncedar May 2023 #18

Considering the welcome he received, probably not coming back. Sneederbunk May 2023 #19

After a review by forum hosts, locking........ Omaha Steve May 2023 #20