On Nov 16, 8:52*am, Jonathan Cook wrote:
On Nov 15, 8:48*pm, DaveS wrote:

Per the coyotes, even on my Island they've pretty much worked their
way thru the feral cats, and the ranging domestics.

Now you just need wolves, to work their way through the coyotes ;-)
(for some reason the tune to "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly"
just popped into my head)

dogs. Most days the coyotes howl for part of the night, and the sea
lions bark on and off for the rest.

Huh...I enjoy your posts describing your place but for some reason I
thought you were far inland...of course I wouldn't post on ROFF exact
info on my whereabouts either (even though it'd be easy enough to
find), but your sea lion comment shattered my mental picture...time to
make a new one.

Jon.
I like property, it is harder for "Suits" to steal. I have a few
places.

I live mostly on an island in the Puget Sound, and for years worked
out of Seatte. The scale here is small, fir forest, etc, rural/
suburban and my place is a small orchard above an arm of the Sound.
The dominent human ecology is affluent, , liberal, white/API/Native,
commuter. The topography is such that night sounds carry.

I also have a small, extremely fertile, place about 300 miles East, on
the Southern Palouse, in the Touchet River valley. The geography,
people and climate could not be more different. My wife sometimes
thinks I live out there. I lease out most of the land and water, no
more livestock, and am doing conservation plantings myself. My place
is tiny by local standards. Both places have lots of coyotes and
wildlife. Sooner or later some onsite Roffian action is warranted, as
there is plenty of river to go round.

Dave