We're returning from Thursday morning's walk when we hear click-click-click. We look up to see a dark animal loping towards us. Rob asks, "Is that a dog?" At the same time I'm thinking: is that a porcupine?! He's seeing the tail wag, I'm seeing an odd body shape, odd lope, and a head that's too small to belong to a dog.
It's still heading towards us. As it gets closer, we can finally see the quills. That's a porcupine! I fumble for my phone and fail to get the camera working until after he passes us by. Dude's got no interest in us - he's on a mission.
Camera up, I jog after him. He's going at a clip and I don't want to run too fast after him, so all I mange to snap are these two blurry, slightly-from-behind photos.
As we watch him continue down the road, a neighbor drives by him, stops right next to us and says: was that a porcupine?!?!
We stare past her truck, as said porcupine crosses the road and heads down into the woods. Yup!
"It's a weird neighborhood you've got here," Rob says to her. She chuckles and says, "Wait, it will get weirder!"
Excellent. I can't wait to see what we'll meet next!
lucky he didn't send quills your way!
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ReplyDeleteImagine that - a porcupine in the "wild"! There is no substitute for being in the right place at the right time!
ReplyDeleteWow -- I've never seen a wild porcupine!!!!
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