WoodCreek Creatures
It’s a jungle out there, or at least it can seem that way. With our woods, streams and grassy areas WoodCreek attracts a lot of creatures large and small, welcome and sometimes not so.
Send us your pictures of them taken in WoodCreek and we’ll try make a comprehensive catalog. Even if an animal or bug is already featured perhaps yours will add a little something new. It doesn’t matter whether you are an experienced photographer or a simply a happy snapper, or whether you use thousands of dollars worth of equipment or your phone, we’ll publish your photos and give you a credit. Just send them to photos@ewoodcreek.com
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Mammals
Chipmunk |
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Chipmunks are abundant during the summer months in WoodCreek. They are of course rodents but we humans nevertheless generally find them charming and adorable. Farmers, however, sometimes consider them pests as does at least one pool owner who has found that they like to burrow into the foam insulation behind the vinyl walls of his pool.
Chipmunks are also know as ground squirrels but do climb trees to gather nuts for their winter stores. While we usually see them eating nuts and grains, they are omnivores and include worms, insects and other small creatures in their diet. |
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Squirrel – Fox |
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The fox squirrel is much more orange in appearance than the gray squirrel with which it is sometimes confused. Its body is a yellowish- gray with reddish-yellow cheeks, face, and feet. The belly is pale yellow to orange in color. Tufts behind the ears and the tips of its tail are yellowish-brown. The tail itself is a reddish-orange with a mixture of dark gray or black hairs throughout. | |
Squirrel – Gray |
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As its name indicates, the gray squirrel is gray in color. These gray hairs may have orange tips that will give the animal a reddish cast. Its belly is more of a grayish-white or rusty color. Many gray squirrels have a white trim on the back of their ears and a straw-colored ring around their eyes. The dark grey to black morph has become very prominent in WoodCreek over the last few years. Perhaps, because they can be seen sunning themselves on bright but freezing winter days, the dark fur absorbs more radiant heat and keeps the aniaml warmer, thus increasing its survival rate — survival of the fittest? |
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