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.

14 comments:

Goldie, Shade and Banshee said...

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

Susann said...

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

Elin said...

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

Angel, Kirby and Max said...

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.

Chancy, Jake, Babe and Ernies Voice said...

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

The Oceanside Animals said...

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

Gemini and Ichiro said...

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

The Creek Cats said...

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

Thanks so much for purring for Maya and Cal!

MaoMao said...

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!

Boy n Beethoven said...

That's so cool!

Boy

The Devil Dog said...

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

Roxy

Sunny's Mommy said...

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

Anonymous said...

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

Jans Funny Farm said...

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