While feeding birds attracts birds it also attracts other ‘woodland creatures’. I’ve stopped labeling creatures as desirable or undesirable, they’re simply creatures making their way in this world the same as you and me.
Woodland creatures can be divided into two categories. Those you see during the day and those you don’t see at night.
There are as many night creatures as day creatures proving yet again that man is definitely NOT the master of his domain.
Last night I spotted a new night creature whom we’ll refer to as Pepe Le Pew.
The Possum aka ‘The Banana Bandit’ visits regularly, he or she grabs a piece of fruit and moves deeper into the woods to eat it. I didn’t realize we had possum until I woke early one morning and watched him or her meticulously combing the lawn for birdseed.
In addition to birdseed, red grapes are a huge hit with the night creatures. If I place a bunch at the woodline the stem is picked clean by morning.
What creatures visit your yard?
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Here in Southern Alabama we can have some kind of scary night creatures. When we were feeding a feral cat, the cat food was a popular feeding spot night and day. A box turtle crawled up on our patio to eat and drink for many months. At night we had possums, and a mother racoon with two babies. Our Ring camera recently caught a mother possum with babies trailing behind in a line. The scary part is the pair of coyotes we have filmed trotting through our front yard more than once lately. People are becoming a little more careful and not leaving their pets outside at night now. We live in the city of Mobile.
It’s amazing how we don’t realize how many creatures are out there until we start looking! Coyotes have been moving into our area as well though I haven’t seen one yet, luckily. Racoons are the cutest creatures! Thank you for sharing.