OK, I'm home alone. No one pulls up the driveway. There is someone on the porch. I open the door, and guess who is heading for a hiding place behind the snowblower.
I rattled the tarp and made him/her scoot. Trust me, I have no interest in too close an encounter with this beastie. I think they are incredibly cute, but pulling quills out of my feet or hands with pliers does not interest me.
Yes, it was a porcupine, right on the porch. They gnaw wood, even treated wood, like crazy. I'm not too thrilled to have this friend so close. And a dropped quill might end up in my foot, by accident.
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Thanks for the photo of the porcupine. I haven't seen many of them.
ReplyDeleteI'm always checking on your posts, you keep me interested in your part of the country.
I can understand your displeasure with having this beastie so close. It's fun to see your pictures of it though.
ReplyDeleteOh WOW! That is very cool!! Not good, but cool!!
ReplyDeleteI think a porcupine on the porch trumps an opossum any day!
If Porky did not chew the rim of the bucket, who did?
ReplyDeleteMy Grandpappy H warned me to never kill one out in the woods. He said that if a man were lost out there and needed food he could easily kill Porky for a meal.
ReplyDeletewell hopefully it gets the message that it's not a wanted guest
ReplyDeleteHi DG- We have a ton of porcupines around, but I've never had one in my yard.
ReplyDeleteRatty- well, yes, I had been hoping for a nice picture
Lin- it trumps an opossum for concern level
vanilla- Jack Frost
Chuck- but I think skinning it would be a real task!
Ann- my guess is that's unlikely.
I followed Grandpappy's advice and never had to skin one.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen a porcupine. They look cute but, like you, I wouldn't relish a quill for a souvenier.
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