Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Gopher Tracks

I don't have a limerick ready for today, so I thought I would show you the photo I took of what the gopher did this winter under the snow. This section of my front yard looks like a little maze. I find it fascinating. You may click on the picture to biggify it. In warm weather, the gophers stay underground and you just see a few mounds, but in the winter, they build these tunnels above the ground, but under the snow. When the snow melts, they go back underground. This is probably the work of just one gopher.
at

14 comments:

  1. Goldie, Shade and BansheeMarch 3, 2009 at 2:43 AM

    Yikes! The grass isn't going to like that too much!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. SusannMarch 3, 2009 at 3:04 AM

    looks as if someone has been drawing on your lawn :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. ElinMarch 3, 2009 at 4:34 AM

    Oh i hope i can see it in my place :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Angel, Kirby and MaxMarch 3, 2009 at 8:06 AM

    We don't have gophers here. I wonder why they do that under the snow? You would think they would stay under ground in cold weather.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Chancy, Jake, Babe and Ernies VoiceMarch 3, 2009 at 8:52 AM

    WOW! How cool is that? Your very own gophers.

    ReplyDelete
  6. The Oceanside AnimalsMarch 3, 2009 at 8:53 AM

    hello karen jo its dennis the vizsla dog hay yeah that luks like a gofer all rite so i wood keep an eye on yore furnitcher becuz we all no gofers like to come into the howse and destroy it ok bye

    ReplyDelete
  7. Gemini and IchiroMarch 3, 2009 at 9:43 AM

    How funny. We had a gopher in our yard once and it was hard to get rid of.

    ReplyDelete
  8. The Creek CatsMarch 3, 2009 at 10:34 AM

    That is so cool!! I don't think we have gophers around here!

    Thanks so much for purring for Maya and Cal!

    ReplyDelete
  9. MaoMaoMarch 3, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    Wowie, that's one hyper gopher! Kool pickshure. I don't think we have gophers in our yard, but we've gotta lotta moles.

    Kittyhugs and purrs from MaoMao!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Boy n BeethovenMarch 3, 2009 at 10:42 PM

    That's so cool!

    Boy

    ReplyDelete
  11. The Devil DogMarch 4, 2009 at 10:45 AM

    Wow! Mom can't believe that. She's never had to deal with a gopher, can you imagine?

    Roxy

    ReplyDelete
  12. Sunny's MommyMarch 4, 2009 at 12:50 PM

    Oh my goodness! That gopher needs to relocate and leave your lawn alone!!

    ReplyDelete
  13. AnonymousMarch 9, 2009 at 3:45 AM

    heheh it looks so neat! Like a little vein network :)
    V-V

    ReplyDelete
  14. Jans Funny FarmMarch 11, 2009 at 3:09 PM

    Not very neat, is it? We never saw gopher tracks before.

    ReplyDelete