tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14665637.post115220182881981284..comments2023-10-31T13:15:14.564-02:30Comments on An Ontarian in Newfoundland: Campus wildlifeChris in NFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064023598020493124noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14665637.post-1152668974873794542006-07-11T23:19:00.000-02:302006-07-11T23:19:00.000-02:30i've seen gophers (sp?) on campus and a bird feedi...i've seen gophers (sp?) on campus and a bird feeding her babies in a nest that was resting on a tree by the bridge that goes over the thames river. i love the nature at western.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14665637.post-1152424628938248462006-07-09T03:27:00.000-02:302006-07-09T03:27:00.000-02:30I was always fascinated by the Stevenson-Lawson ca...I was always fascinated by the Stevenson-Lawson cat. I'd be standing at the UCC bus stop at 11 at night, and hear a cat meowing from the direction of SLB. I could never tell if the cat was in the building itself, or in the bushes near the building. A cat really shouldn't be fascinating, but it seemed more out of place on a university campus than a squirrel or a raccoon.Swainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533538237016891291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14665637.post-1152297188776069582006-07-07T16:03:00.000-02:302006-07-07T16:03:00.000-02:30Weep not for the noble raccoon. They're basically ...Weep not for the noble raccoon. They're basically situationally nocturnal because they're adaptable -- anyplace lacking large predators (for raccoons, dogs, bears, wolves, coyotes and bears that shoot lasers out of their eyes) is going to see raccoons out in the daytime. I think it goes with being omnivorous and next in line to take over the planet.<BR/><BR/>The question would be, what different types of university ecosystems does one get when the university isn't bordered and run through with riverbanks (ie. prime raccoon condo space)? <BR/><BR/>York, for instance, seems to have been designed to support Hortas and not much else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14665637.post-1152282945880058802006-07-07T12:05:00.000-02:302006-07-07T12:05:00.000-02:30"our various trees..."Hmmm."our various trees..."<BR/><BR/>Hmmm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14665637.post-1152237576924404272006-07-06T23:29:00.000-02:302006-07-06T23:29:00.000-02:30i once saw a deer on UC hill around midnite someti...i once saw a deer on UC hill around midnite sometime last spring. needless to say, he was looking a little lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com