Archive for the 'Natural History, Phenomena, and Geology' Category

Beavers up close in Tahoe Donner

Wildlife gets pretty tame around Tahoe Donner but this takes the cake.   This beaver pond is right next to Skislope Way at Alder Creek.   At picture right is the owner’s lodge only 5 yards from the pavement!

There’s also a cabin a mere 30 yards to the left of the image and a 2nd dam on [...]

The wascally wabbit weturns!

Like Jason in Friday the 13th this rascally rabbit just keeps coming back:

He just sat there for about two hours observing the street until the municipal snowblower came along. Anyone have a wecipe for wabbit fwicasse????

A wascally wabbit as a woomie

Looks like I’ve got a housemate for the winter:

He crawls out from under the front porch every so often and just sits there, motionless, for several hours on end. Meditating? What do wabbits meditate about?

Zombie deer invade!

Time once again for the fall invasion of the deer through Tahoe Donner and my yard on their way to lower elevations. There are 9, count ‘em, nine deer in this picture:

This other one came right up to the front door, as if looking for a hand out:

Fortunately I’m not into flower gardening. [...]