Population Explosion

November 15, 2006

Now that we US citizens are 300 million in number and growing, we can reasonably look forward to more frequent interactions with our wildlife neighbors.

a deer with a trick-or-treat pumpkin stuck on its nosePennsylvania tops the list of car accidents caused by unfortunate interactions with deer, especially during their mating seasons in late fall. A deer in Des Moines wandered into the local
Target – the store, that is – and ran around the aisles for twenty minutes before heading out. And in Michigan, a happy ending to the baby buck who went trick-or-treating.

A Hunter’s Moon

November 6, 2006

a full moon seen through the branches of a treeThe Full Hunter’s Moon lit up a clear sky here in New York. According to folklore, hunters were better able to use the light of the Hunter’s Moon to track their prey.