In September, while the weather was still quite pleasant, I started to hear gnawing noises outside. Immediately, I blamed mice. We’ve had mice chewing the inside of our walls before, so I assumed we had a repeat visitor. This time the gnawing seemed louder and, eventually, I realized that the chewing sounds were not inside the house, but outside. I spooked around the backyard for a few days, listening and looking. Finally, my eye caught a slight movement and I found the source of the gnawing sounds. A creature was chewing at the latticework underneath our deck. For a split second, I glimpsed an eye and a nose before the animal hid. Was it a skunk? a rat? a woodchuck? a squirrel? It was definitely not a mouse, but we couldn’t tell for sure who was doing the chewing.
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absolutely adorable! if not a bit destructive! 🙂
Certainly is!
What a great post! I loved seeing the outcome, and the winter blanket. 🙂
Thanks Ingrid!
realy love your blog quite a bit jealous of you though because you are so smart ♥ ♫☼ keep warm
Well, thanks John, no need for that. I enjoy reading everyone’s contributions.
I bet you find baby rabbits under those pine needles and in little holes in the ground in a month or two!
Ah, yes, good point Marie!
That’s a surprising set of gnashers for a herbivore to be able to gnaw through the lattice wood!
I know, I never expected it to be a rabbit!
And I thought only cats had a sixth sense for warm and comfy places.
My neighbor very disgustedly announced that a very huge rat was living under my deck. I later discovered the culprit was actually an opossum. I can’t use the space under the deck – so more power to wildlife!
A perfect spot for a critter’s home.
I did not know that sweet furry little bunnies could/would do this.
Me neither! Thanks for visiting.