Feeding The Carnivores

[poliphilo]

When I have bones to get rid off- left over from cooking- I throw them under the big chestnut tree- and next time I look they've always gone. I wonder if the local carnivores regularly check out the spot the way the birds check out the feeders. I'd love to know who we're treating. It's a while since I saw a fox, but I think it must be something the size of a fox that took the big vertebrae I threw out yesterday.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Fox or badger, I'd guess.

[poliphilo]

I've never seen badgers on the property- which doesn't mean they aren't around.

[cmcmck]

They are not so very easy to see, but are usually around.

[poliphilo]

I see dead ones on the local roads.

[cmcmck]

Sadly, so do I.

The badger is my spirit animal so it saddens me.

[sovay]

It's a while since I saw a fox, but I think it must be something the size of a fox that took the big vertebrae I threw out yesterday.

I hope it's a fox. We used to have foxes in my parents' backyard, but they haven't been seen for a couple of years and I worry.