Friday, August 1, 2008

I Love the Nightlife

I also love to boogie, but that is another story. This post is about how wild the nightlife is in the Catskills. In the past week, I saw:

  • wild turkey

  • deer

  • gopher

  • opossum

  • skunk

  • hawk (or possibly falcon)

  • rabbit (although I saw more of those critters when I visited my parents earlier in July in the 'burbs of Chicago)

  • toad

  • frog

  • what I think were red lizards of some sort, crushed on the road


Further, I encountered more spiders and moths than I've seen in the previous two years combined. Add in the beetles, crickets, and UFIs (unidentified flying insects), and it was a total free for all. While it was all exciting, I'm very relieved to again be in the tame confines of my New York City apartment this evening.

3 comments:

  1. Suzanne,
    I was about to say you must have spent the night in our back yard, but you mentioned seeing a creature called the opossum and knew you were not near here. I think the opossum is possibly related to the our Georgia possum- they look similar.

    I am enjoying your book!

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  2. Aren't wild turkeys stunningly hideous?

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  3. I think anything crushed on the road is red, so coulda been anything.

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