Hello again. Another Sunday, another post. Another week where I haven’t had a chance to read the posts from everyone who participated last week. I WILL. I WILL catch up. What about you? Do you still like writing and reading? Let me know. I’ll host as long as people what to write!
Now… on to to my fun little experience in Baltimore this week.
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I’ve been staying with my sister in Baltimore. It’s not technically Baltimore City. It’s Baltimore County but it’s a pretty urban area. Tightly knit streets with smaller, older homes close together. Totally different than where I’m coming from.
But there’s something about her little neighborhood that I just absolutely adore.
Sure, in my beautiful backyard, I can see plenty of deer (often laying down in my yard), herons, and hawks. At night, I hear owls and foxes and bullfrogs. We see lizards and snakes and green tree frogs. I love the wildlife. It’s one of my favorite parts of where I live.
But here in urban town, it has it’s own special brand of wildlife. It’s city wildlife. And having grown up a country girl and currently living the suburban life, I find city wildlife to be utterly charming.
I take my dog out in the backyard every morning while I’m hear. I’m always greeted by robins and cardinals in the yard. Mourning doves sitting quietly on the overhead telephone wires. I see the birds feeding their babies. I sometimes see the elusive black squirrel hopping from wire to wire. Is there anything cooler than a black squirrel?
In the evening, the yard is full of fireflies and bunnies. Not just one bunny but almost always two. Together. I love that. And if I’m really lucky, I’ll see three together. And just tonight, I was a baby bunny in my mom’s yard (just down the street). The best part is the bunnies don’t really move. They stay there and watch you cautiously as you go about your business. Urban wildlife is awfully charming.
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Sounds like a great place!
I love that about my Mom’s place where we moved into a year ago. Sitting on the front porch, or out back, is like a wildlife refuge! It’s totally beautiful!
BTW, I have NEVER seen a black squirrel. Now I’m on a mission to see one!
I will do everything in my power to snag an awesome shot of that squirrel because once you see it, you will never forget it. My sister named him Blackie 🙂
Okay, this is a little off topic, but I didn’t know they were moUrning doves. I thought they sang in the morning, so they were morning doves. Those birds seem so sad to me now. Weird.
I never knew it was mourning doves making all the hoo-hoo sounds. I thought it was owls all this time.
I love, love, love urban nature. It makes me almost happier than out-in-the-wild nature. I am grateful to hear you got to experience it!
For me, it’s mostly about the bunnies. I LOVE BUNNIES!!! I want to hug them and squeeze them and call them George.
Also, my sister puts out whole peanuts on her porch for the squirrels. They’ll even take them out of your hands.
I hear you! I grew up in the country and when we bought our house in the city, right downtown, it turned into a new sort of life for us. we still get wildlife since we live close to wooded area in town and two lakes only two blocks away in each direction … like a family of ducks waddling through our backyard one Saturday morning … now that was a sight! But i love going home to my mom’s house, who does live out in the middle of nowhere countryland still. In fact, i was married at her house six years ago … and the morning of my wedding, i was drinking coffee on the porch and watched a mother doe and her twin fawns walk up the driveway and over to the pond … it was amazing!
I guess I just love wildlife. We get a little bit of everything where we are. It’s just so surprising that little animals live everywhere, even in the urban communities. A nice reminder that we’re all sharing this Earth.
I love watching wildlife. Sometimes I see Cardinals (in the AZ desert), then we also have hawks, jackrabbits across the street, families of quail, and some other neat critters. 🙂 We saw a prairie dog running across the street earlier while we were driving (so glad we missed it!) Fun stuff. 🙂
Okay, you totally have all the FUN wildlife. The first time I went to NM, I saw jackrabbits outside and had no clue what they were. They looks like rabbits with big long cat legs. So freaky. And I would die to see a prairie dog. So cute!
you paint a very pretty picture! I would love to see more deer. i live in the city and would rather live in the country. so much more peaceful and relaxing.
Our house is not far from the city and interstate, but still far enough out to be considered “country” and I love it. We have tons of bunnies, chipmunks & squirrels (though not a black one!), lots of birds and owls and tree frogs. We can hear the cows from a big field at the end of our road. It’s very peaceful, very quiet, especially late at night and first thing in the morning.