{"id":28762,"date":"2015-04-26T23:21:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T07:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparselysageandtimely.com\/blog\/?p=28762"},"modified":"2015-04-26T23:33:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T07:33:40","slug":"birds-deer-a-cat-a-rat-a-face-in-the-flames-and-another-overturned-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?p=28762","title":{"rendered":"Birds, deer, a cat, a rat, a face in the flames, and another overturned truck"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m always fascinated by how well some wildlife<\/strong> of different species get along with each other. Deer in particular seem to enjoy the company of other species.<\/p>\n

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I was reminded of this felicitous phenomenon<\/strong> when I spotted a hawk (lower right<\/em>) keeping company with a small herd of deer grazing near Mitchell cabin. _____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A curious blacktail<\/strong> doe watches a house cat clean itself on a woodpile.<\/p>\n

I’ve also seen deer show similar interest in rabbits resting in my field.<\/p>\n

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While another doe grazes, she keeps company <\/strong>with a great blue heron as the bird hunts gophers in my pasture.<\/p>\n

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A roof rat and a towhee<\/strong> eating birdseed side by side on our picnic table. It’s such a relaxed relationship that neither appears to notice the presence of the other. ________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Some things that happen<\/strong> around Mitchell cabin are more of a surprise.<\/p>\n

Friday night I was lying on my side looking into my woodstove when I noticed a phantasmagorical head sticking out of the flames.<\/p>\n

At first it appeared to be wrapped in newspaper headlines. Lynn, however, explained that she had used some discarded fundraising solicitation forms to light the fire.<\/p>\n

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Yet another truck wreck in West Marin<\/strong>. A week ago Saturday, a truck and trailer rig hauling grocery supplies overturned on the Point Reyes-Petaluma Road, blocking traffic for nine hours.<\/p>\n

Shortly before noon today, a milk truck overturned on Highway 1 near Nicks Cove, closing the highway for several hours. “The truck, heading south near Nicks Cove, failed to negotiate a turn and landed on its side along the highway,” said Mike Giannini, a battalion chief with Marin County Fire Department.<\/p>\n

“The accident caused a hatch to fail and allow approximately 4,000 gallons of milk to be discharged from the tank. Additionally, about 100 gallons of diesel fuel was spilled. Firefighters were able to contain the diesel with absorbent materials.<\/p>\n

“At the time of the accident, the milk was approximately 100 yards from Tomales Bay,” Giannini reported at 5 p.m. “Crews are continuing to monitor any possible threat to bay waters.<\/p>\n

“The driver of the truck was evaluated by Marin County Fire Department paramedics and was transported to the hospital for evaluation. The exact cause of the accident is under investigation.”<\/p>\n

All this is getting to be routine. Let’s see where next weekend’s truck wreck occurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m always fascinated by how well some wildlife of different species get along with each other. Deer in particular seem to enjoy the company of other species. I was reminded of this felicitous phenomenon when I spotted a hawk (lower right) keeping company with a small herd of deer grazing near Mitchell cabin. _____________________________________________________________ A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,10,11],"tags":[422,449,335,1025,1098],"class_list":["post-28762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","category-marin-county","category-west-marin-nature","category-wildlife","tag-blacktail-deer","tag-great-blue-heron","tag-roof-rat","tag-towhee","tag-truck-wreck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28762"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28804,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28762\/revisions\/28804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}