the true first sign of spring....

[growalot]

Fed the boys this morning ...no problem...tonight Mr B gets home and goes to give them their snack...skunk smell...real strong on a very brisk wind....now he can't find the source..tracks in the snow...figured he is under the dog house...mind you 8x12ft dog house...Calls me to see what I think ..OK I'll feed the dogs dinner OMG...The skunk tunneled into the kennel with the boys...and they played tug with him then left him in their bed room...Springs here....

[Early]

Spring is here when the ultra-hot strawberry blonde from around the corner walks her dog, dressed like something other than an eskimo!!! (For the record: As an eskimo....she looked great!)

[Gthphtm]

That just goes to show you how the ground hog screwed up this year even the skunks are looking to get out of the weather.

[wdswtr]

I have been seeing road kill skunks for a few weeks now.  No idea why either cause its been cold and theres still 2 feet of snowpack in my woods with 10 inches fresh snow last night.  One startled me while gathering sap just a few days ago too.  I think everything is all screwedup including this weather lol.

[wdswtr]

Also the porcupines have been screaming there heads off at night looking for some loving and its early for that too I think. But sure isnt anything like spring outside yet.

[WNYBuckHunter]

I smelled the first one around here almost a month ago. Been seeing them hit on the roads for that long too. I saw a huge flock of snow geese the other day.

[Cabin Fever]

I have been seeing road kill skunks for a few weeks now.  No idea why either cause its been cold and theres still 2 feet of snowpack in my woods with 10 inches fresh snow last night. 

It's their breeding season now, in February and March. The males are on the move looking for some lovin', searching from den to den for females! They travel more, so more are hit along the roads now. They also spray more now too! Males fighting males for females, females spraying agressive males if they aren't ready for mating yet, females defending dens, etc... 

[growalot]

Well that fool certainly got a last surprise!...I imagine the panic as he cleared the fence into the kennel and those two huge shepherds came out of their house....I think he had friends out and about last night for the boys barked half the night....Time to get the bark inhibitor out and retrain them....

[growalot]

Double post erased due to a site error message that said the post hadn't gone through although it had....anyone else getting that??

Edited March 21, 2013 by growalot