Wildlife

As the title of my blog suggests, I live in a S. W. Ontario city,  located where I can get to many major malls and stores, but also where there is a huge green space just outside my front door.    The best of two worlds.

Because of the area across the street has trees, a river and an open space it is a haven for a lot of wildlife, which eventually find their way to our garden..

Deer, four or five at a time are either across the street or on the lawn at the back of the house.  Such a pleasure to look at.

Wild turkeys, a flock of six came across our front lawn a week ago, yesterday one lone male running across the field.

Groundhogs, running as fast as they can, they do not like to be out in the open for too long.

Rabbits,  cute little fellows, until they start chewing off the tips of my flowers that are starting to poke out of the ground.

Chipmunks,  scurrying around the bird feeder filling up their cheeks with seed fallen on the ground, back to their hole in the ground to empty their haul and come back for more.  

Then we have another specie of wildlife, students.  The university is close by, and we are in an area where a lot of students live during the school year.  They walk, run and cycle past our house to class at all hours of the day and night.
The majority of them are considerate, and well behaved, but......there  are those few who do not fit into that category.

They litter, walk through private property,  have loud and unruly parties and now pot is legal, we have seen several small groups, even in the dead of Winter, huddled together sharing a smoke.

I am being petty, I know.   I am a crotchety old lady, and I was young once.    

In just a few weeks the current school year will end and we will have the entire Summer to enjoy our other wildlife.

Have a wonderful day.