{"id":7062,"date":"2021-08-01T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/?p=7062"},"modified":"2021-08-02T19:39:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T00:39:54","slug":"battle-creek-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/01\/battle-creek-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle Creek Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I know that I should be posting more about our trip to Du Nord, but I wanted to provide an update about some of the wildlife that we&#8217;ve seen and\/or heard at our new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/11\/7034\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7034\">recently posted<\/a> about the wild turkeys that Piper an I encountered on a nearby trail. It turns out that the turkeys are pretty ubiquitous. It&#8217;s a rare day where we don&#8217;t see or hear some of them in the yard or on the trails. We frequently see a family of nine strutting through the yard. Here&#8217;s a list of other wildlife that we&#8217;ve encountered recently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coyote.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coyote.jpg?resize=164%2C92&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7063\" width=\"164\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coyote.jpg?resize=1024%2C578&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coyote.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coyote.jpg?resize=768%2C434&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coyote.jpg?resize=1536%2C867&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coyote.jpg?resize=2048%2C1157&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coyote.jpg?resize=672%2C372&amp;ssl=1 672w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coyote.jpg?resize=1038%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1038w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coyote.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coyote.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Coyote (not my photo, but this is similar to the ones that I saw)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A buck with fuzzy horns on a trail behind our back yard.<\/li><li>Two coyotes trotting through the yard while I was taking laundry off the line. They came within 20 feet of me before noticing that I was there and scampering off into the woods.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barred-owl-edited.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barred-owl-edited.jpg?resize=154%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7065\" width=\"154\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barred-owl-edited.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barred-owl-edited.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Barred owl (again, not my photo!)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Numerous garter snakes.<\/li><li>We hear lots of songbirds and frequently see cardinals and goldfinches in the yard.<\/li><li>Hummingbirds enjoy our flowers.<\/li><li>Last night and this evening, we heard loud hooting from a barred owl in the woods across the street. We have yet to spot it, but have high hopes. It seems to vocalize around sunset. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve also spotted lots of scat in the woods, much of which we don&#8217;t recognize yet. We&#8217;re learning quickly, though, and intend to continue developing our understanding of the local fauna.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know that I should be posting more about our trip to Du Nord, but I wanted to provide an update about some of the wildlife that we&#8217;ve seen and\/or heard at our new home. I recently posted about the wild turkeys that Piper an I encountered on a nearby trail. It turns out that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/01\/battle-creek-wildlife\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Battle Creek Wildlife<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[100,101,109,96],"class_list":["post-7062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-andrew","tag-house","tag-nature","tag-summer","tag-wildlife"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7062"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7068,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions\/7068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}