Sunday roadkill report

[jhetley]

Couple of porcupines in disarray, mummified muskrat, woodchucks, some flat garter snakes.  Also, just after I boldly informed prophet_marcus that we don't have 'possums this far north, I have a possible Pogo Possum cousin to report.  Roadkill taxonomy gets complicated, but this corpse showed gray fur, was larger than a squirrel, and had the remains of a proper marsupial snout or something like.  Wife says she can't think of anything else that fits the description, either.  Global warming strikes again.

Also shows what happens to a lot of pioneers...

Windy today, as in sustained winds between 15 and 20 mph and gusts up near 40, so I wimped out on my planned route and settled for something shorter that started into the wind.  That way I could sail home on the downwind leg if need be.  Also, temperature 82 F with a dew point in the 60s, so that sweat wasn't going anywhere.

Sumac flower spikes turning red.

27.99 miles, 2:20:40

Comments

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

"Also shows what happens to a lot of pioneers..."

If I recall correctly, the first coyote found in New York City was roadkill.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Well, sometimes that works out like when the official Maine wildlife folks wouldn't accept wolf sightings until someone presented them with a corpse...

[(Anonymous)]

Not exactly road kill, but I saw a dead tarantula yesterday...

Kristen