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36. Climate change is affecting food sources

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 04:11 PM

Sep 2014

and wildlife is starting to risk the suburbs and even some cities in order to find enough to eat.

Bear season here is spring and fall. In spring, they emerge from hibernation hungry. In fall, they're trying to put enough fat on to last the winter. Fortunately we haven't seen too many this year, we had almost a real monsoon season and they had enough wild food to eat.

I'm seeing far fewer prairie dogs around the area and that's sad. They're one of those food chain species that supplies a lot of other species.

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There was a DEER in the back yard [View all] Aerows Sep 2014 OP

Those devious raccoons! pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #1

All of this weird wildlife. Aerows Sep 2014 #10

I was gonna ask if a racoon was riding it hootinholler Sep 2014 #21

Racoons... real pests. How I dealt.. poster123 Sep 2014 #35

I find that you can Mbrow Sep 2014 #43

I don't dare ask . . . Brigid Sep 2014 #72

Raccoons are no joke Aerows Sep 2014 #51

A group of raccoons is called a "gaze" csziggy Sep 2014 #63

Raccoon proofing your place: Bigmack Sep 2014 #55

They work together pintobean Sep 2014 #61

I'm sure that's you Aerows Sep 2014 #76

I have a small herd that comes through occasionally. Cleita Sep 2014 #2

Sounds like every day for me Scootaloo Sep 2014 #3

Do you think that is what ate up all of my tomatoes in the garden? Aerows Sep 2014 #12

Probably, deer love to eat tomatoes Bjorn Against Sep 2014 #18

Iowa Too IADEMO2004 Sep 2014 #66

They eat the tomato plant too. NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #77

Venison steaks Aerows Sep 2014 #80

Best when they are fresh from the butcher. NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #82

Spiced Venison Sausage? Aerows Sep 2014 #84

Any butcher should be able to make it. NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #89

Anything including "breakfast" Aerows Sep 2014 #90

The butcher I use in Austin came up with Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #99

Needs more fresh sage. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #122

Yes, it HAS to have spice and added flavor. NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #124

It sounds like you cook like me :) Aerows Sep 2014 #126

Fresh venison ReasonableToo Sep 2014 #109

That back piece is my favorite. NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #110

Do you live near a ketchup factory, they may have stolen your tomatoes SummerSnow Sep 2014 #129

LOL, no Huey. n/t Aerows Sep 2014 #136

Cool. Having deer in your yard is wonderful. MineralMan Sep 2014 #4

Depends ....... GP6971 Sep 2014 #65

I will send you mine. All of them. Lots & lots. DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #94

Yeah, getting Lyme disease in your back yard is great. Crunchy Frog Sep 2014 #115

Has happened to almost every household on my road. DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #120

Thankfully, I have a plethora of opossums in my area. Aerows Sep 2014 #128

I leave dry cat good for 840high Sep 2014 #157

Dinner :) Hemmingway Sep 2014 #5

We had a bear near my neighborhood earlier this summer Bjorn Against Sep 2014 #6

I'd love to live up north because I am so sick of the heat Aerows Sep 2014 #8

Like I said, bear sightings are extremely rare around where I live Bjorn Against Sep 2014 #14

One year, a bear was found up in my music teacher's tree Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #111

Holy cow. Aerows Sep 2014 #127

City Hall was also where animal control and the police station were Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #139

So I am not losing my mind? Aerows Sep 2014 #7

Want some of ours? Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #9

Holy crap. Aerows Sep 2014 #11

Jeez, don't take it that way. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #22

Oh Heavens, JR, I didn't take it wrong. Aerows Sep 2014 #30

I love living where I do, and have always been happiest Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #33

It astonishes me daily Aerows Sep 2014 #134

When I moved to my husbands ranch/farm over 30 years ago, it was years before I saw a deer here. Boudica the Lyoness Sep 2014 #40

I think they are what decimated my garden. Aerows Sep 2014 #48

They are groundhogs with hooves. Cute, but disasterous to green growing things... DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #95

I'm discovering this Aerows Sep 2014 #108

Why thank you! DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #119

Indeed, DLO :) Aerows Sep 2014 #131

My dear Aerows! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #13

Every time I turn around, it's something else Aerows Sep 2014 #15

Must be your animal magnetism pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #16

Oregon Mountains Old Codger Sep 2014 #25

I must say, I love critters. n/t Aerows Sep 2014 #79

You bet Old Codger Sep 2014 #83

"a lot less people" Aerows Sep 2014 #93

I got a picture of it's shadow Aerows Sep 2014 #17

Too many fences in our neighbourhood. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #19

In Austin I have seen deer clear an 8' fence. Hangingon Sep 2014 #52

Well, they could go side to side between yards, but Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #73

Yep. It's sometimes sad when they don't clear a fence... Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #105

They're all over the place. Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #20

... thankfully it wasn't a raccoon. BTW, whatever happened to the raccoon that was RKP5637 Sep 2014 #23

Funny you should ask... pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #24

I knew it, I just knew it, a Trojan Deer with a raccoon inside! RKP5637 Sep 2014 #26

It's strange, but he showed up twice Aerows Sep 2014 #28

Yep, I would freak out too! Glad he's gone. Now, you've got a deer! I would RKP5637 Sep 2014 #71

100% prefer the deer eating the garden Aerows Sep 2014 #75

4 out of 5 doctors recommend... pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #78

It's okay, I prefer the deer too Aerows Sep 2014 #81

They're the prettiest rats I've ever seen. blogslut Sep 2014 #27

Rats aren't that tasty Aerows Sep 2014 #29

See, my problem is that I am insatiably curious about critters Aerows Sep 2014 #31

I saw a recent link about a racoon attack malaise Sep 2014 #32

Honey, they are NOTHING to play with Aerows Sep 2014 #38

i've never seen one in real life malaise Sep 2014 #54

They are small bears (22Kg) Aerows Sep 2014 #96

I had to shoot a raccoon a couple months ago. cwydro Sep 2014 #58

Possums are welcome Aerows Sep 2014 #86

PS. They might hiss and such Aerows Sep 2014 #133

My wee family of possums are almost tame. cwydro Sep 2014 #147

All a matter of opinion, I guess Aerows Sep 2014 #148

They're just so sweet. cwydro Sep 2014 #149

Did it look like one of these? Live and Learn Sep 2014 #34

Climate change is affecting food sources Warpy Sep 2014 #36

Bear season? Aerows Sep 2014 #135

NM is a southern Rocky Mountain state Warpy Sep 2014 #138

Wildlife is awesome, which pipi_k Sep 2014 #37

The turkeys are hilarious Aerows Sep 2014 #44

They're annoying, here. Brickbat Sep 2014 #39

I didn't *precisely* look at it like dinner Aerows Sep 2014 #41

To me, that would be SO cool because I'm... pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #42

Well, once I got over the shock Aerows Sep 2014 #46

You think we're gonna fawn over you for that? Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #123

I'm happy when deer AREN'T in my backyard. progressoid Sep 2014 #45

I think that is what decimated my tomatoes and cucumbers Aerows Sep 2014 #47

Probably. progressoid Sep 2014 #49

We had deer on the deck in Austin Hangingon Sep 2014 #50

I like the idea of putting up Deer Crossing signs... pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #53

They put those damn signs up on busy highways! It's like they WANT the poor deer to run across roads scarletwoman Sep 2014 #113

I wouldn't blame the deer if they boycotted the crossings altogether pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #114

Yes! They definitely ought to buck the System! scarletwoman Sep 2014 #116

I should tear ewe a new one Aerows Sep 2014 #130

As Homer Simpson would say, scarletwoman Sep 2014 #140

There antler a follow up for that one :D n/t Aerows Sep 2014 #141

Prong again pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #142

I'm not able to hoof it quite like they can. n/t Aerows Sep 2014 #143

I get stag-fright, myself. nt pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #144

Makes me want to hide. n/t Aerows Sep 2014 #145

Good way to avoid the rain, dear. pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #146

Maybe if you rack your brain, you'll come up with something at another tine. scarletwoman Sep 2014 #150

Good points. nt pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #151

I just hope I didn't tick her off. nt scarletwoman Sep 2014 #152

Nah, I don't think you crossed the lyme. nt pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #153

Thanks. Otherwise I was thinking I'd better high tail it out of this thread. nt scarletwoman Sep 2014 #154

Oh yeah. I hit one last winter Tsiyu Sep 2014 #118

They always put those signs in bad places for deer to cross jberryhill Sep 2014 #156

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i see deer in my back yard all of the time.... chillfactor Sep 2014 #57

The coyotes are ok. The bear freaked me right out though... DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #98

I've been seeing a lot of deer, LWolf Sep 2014 #59

I kind of live in two places. One is in the country. cwydro Sep 2014 #60

We have deer here all the time. My husband is not too happy they've been eating his squash. mnhtnbb Sep 2014 #62

And there was a FISH in the percolator! Blue Owl Sep 2014 #64

I HATE it when my coffeemaker gets scaly. nt pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #69

You need one of these: Brigid Sep 2014 #74

Darn, that got me missing Broom County NY................ wandy Sep 2014 #67

If food is hard to come by, they might be expanding the area in which they are searching. Rex Sep 2014 #68

I was driving down the road in town the other night and saw a skunk woodsprite Sep 2014 #70

IF you are in an area that allows hunting, ... Omaha Steve Sep 2014 #85

Where's the princess? pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #87

We have a couple birds of prey thinning out our flocks Omaha Steve Sep 2014 #88

I miss my hoot owl (Great Horned Owl) Aerows Sep 2014 #92

Not always.... Omaha Steve Sep 2014 #155

I have dozens behind my house Iamthetruth Sep 2014 #91

I have a signed and numbered White Tail Deer lithograph... pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #97

I can't help it Aerows Sep 2014 #125

I have deer in my yard every single day. Broad daylight or nighttime. They don't bat any eye KittyWampus Sep 2014 #100

They kind of look like goats Aerows Sep 2014 #106

I've seen whitetailed deer in the woods near where I live shenmue Sep 2014 #101

Little waggly tails. n/t Aerows Sep 2014 #107

I love this kind of thing! Yay! NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #102

You get it! Aerows Sep 2014 #103

All I can do is share wonder and awe with my fellow DUers Aerows Sep 2014 #104

* NCarolinawoman Sep 2014 #112

critters everywhere MFM008 Sep 2014 #117

I have a small farm pond in my front yard and I see deer walking B Calm Sep 2014 #121

Doe? A deer? Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #132

LOL Aerows Sep 2014 #137