It's snowing hard right now and we had -1° Monday morning. The snow and ice is not going away. I really want to start getting things going in the greenhouse, but I'm afraid the overnight lows would be too much, even with bottom heat. It's kind of depressing.
We had 3 cougar cubs hanging out here all day on Sunday. Cute, but frightening. You know mama cat is somewhere in the vicinity, so I've been packing a shotgun now when I take my little walks. They had absolutely no fear of us, despite us yelling, clapping, and popping a shell over their heads. Two of them came up on the porch with us tapping on the windows and Ruby barking. They made eye contact and seemed perfectly relaxed. One of them had the prettiest, bright blue eyes, while the other two were starting to be more of a dull blue.
I talked to the woman who was trying to trap them and she assured me that the cubs are still not a threat, but to watch out for mama. There have been 3 cougars killed in the neighborhood this winter for various reasons. The cubs look well fed so we can only assume that the mama is still feeding them. Cute as they were, I hope they move on soon. If mama gets shot, these three are not old enough yet to hunt for themselves. They've given up on trying to trap them - they kept catching the cubs over and over, but never the adult.
We've had quite a few whitetail hanging around, which could be more reason to be wary. Where there's game, there's predators.
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