Dr. Dolittle

I'm totally lovin the nick name. I love the paths near my house with all the wildlife I see. I don't see bears like Cam, he def. has me beat, but I think I probably see more of the other stuff then he does. :P Yesterday running in the dark, I'm running along a gravel path with a chain link fence on one side of me. I don't see that well in the dark although I have really good vision.... for a human that is and I know what to look for in the dark, shadows, movement, etc. Anyways up ahead I see this shadow cross the path towards the fence. I suspected right aways what it was before I even got close. Sure enough I could see this creature about the size of a big beaver had some trouble pulling him/herself up onto the fence. By the time I got there, it had shinnied itself up on top and I saw that it was a porky pine!! These creatures are soo cool!! So I stopped and talked to him/her. It wasn't that worried about me, but I did see it's predicament. I could see it was a bit worried about jumping down and couldn't climb down either since going up was kinda awkward in itself. So it just sat on the top and waited for me to leave. It crawled back and forth a bit on the top, me standing about 10 ft away and talking to Mr. porky. I wondered what it would feel like to pet him and of course get a gift of prickles. No wonder these guys don't stress themselves out much over humans, or any predators!! I doubt many animals will mess with a porky pine, other than a stupid dog!! Anywho he sat there and actually started eating leaves/branches from a near by tree. Then I bid my farewell and ran off into the night. One of my fav. animals. :)

DP