Haze and Deer +Addendum

There is a large forest fire that's been burning in Dare and Hyde Counties since May 5th - about a month now. News reports have been describing the hazy conditions near the coast. Since the prevailing winds typically go from west to east, we haven't been affected here. Until today.

The winds have shifted and here's what it looks like in Raleigh today:


Keep in mind - Hyde / Dare Counties are about a 3+ hour drive east from Raleigh.

Deer

Yesterday I took this photo of the upper field to the side of my house:

 

Why?

Here's the cropped closeup:


There's a fifth deer you can't see because of the bushes / trees - but she's there.

I've mixed in a lot of clover with the fescue up there. Clover is a natural fertilizer which returns nitrogen back to the soil. And clover is the preferred salad of deer and rabbits.

Bambi and Thumper dine here all the time.

Critter Addendum

I also saw a Wild Turkey last Monday as I was pulling out of the driveway on the way to work. There's plenty of turkey around. But this was the first time I've seen one in the neighborhood itself.

Still have two raccoons and two possum that come up nightly for the dried cat food (and table leftovers) that I put out.

To keep the food from getting rained on and mushy, I put the bowl in the porch and leave the porch screen door propped open.

Every once in a while, when I pop out to the porch for a cancer stick, the possum will be there. She gets frightened and runs to the porch corner and hides under the outdoor fireplace (the one Charlsanne gave me for Christmas a while back).

This happened again last night. Poor thing - you can see her shivering when it happens. I always leave the porch and go stand on the deck so as to not scare her half to death.