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WildLife
not really anything to do with fairies.
(or is it? There MIGHT be some connection.)
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| On Friday, June 1, 2007 I had to mail a package. So, I went downtown to the Federal Building, where the post office opens early. I was just a bit surprised to see two "toddler" raccoons waddling along the sidewalk. |
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| Not everyone in Ann Arbor is aware of the subway system. The raccoons, however, are quite familiar with it. It is quite funny to see a full grown raccoon wiggling its large bottom into a storm drain. |
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| These raccoons were not full grown so they managed just fine. BUT, they were unsupervised. no mother to be found & animal control was not responding. |
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"Are YOU my mother?"
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Inititially I saw only two...
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... there were three. With some help from other pedestrians (holding box lid closed, stopping cars, wrangling the 3rd) I was able to box them all.
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The "other" two... a bit more fiesty.
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This is the "nice" one. As part of the Federal Building witness relocation plan, they are required to wear masks, to protect their identities.
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Off they go to a better life, free of traffic.
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That night... Samuelina wakes me to report a bat in the house. I cannot find it until the following night when it is flying in our bedroom. I was unsuccesful in evicting him. On Sunday I made a bat-net and with Delaney's help... woke the bat and netted him.
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One tired, hungry and thirsty bat on a picture book.
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A breather before flying off.
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