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Fun & Games In Northwest Houston
Well, the mystery of the missing wildlife is getting clearer. I'd wondered about the relative lack of wabbits and skwerlz on the huge open green space behind the house. It seems that's one big buffet table for predators...
Twice this week I've seen a coyote early in the morning across the drainage canal. I'm not surprised that they live this far in town, but I thought I'd hear more about missing poodles & cats on the local electronic grapevine.
Spotted a big fat redtailed hawk as I left for work on Tuesday. That ought to account for at least a squirrel or two per week.
At night I've heard two big owls hooting back & forth. At the old place, I got barn owls fairly frequently, and little bitty beer-can sized owls on a more infrequent basis. These sound big enough to be barred owls or even great horned owls.
So, we got some animals around, just mostly the predator sort.
Speaking of predators, the Po-leece came by in force last night. Had at least 8 of 'em in the front yard for an hour or so.
Dad had dropped by for a visit and to pick up a few odds & ends, and as he was leaving, a 4-door sedan whipped into my driveway, and they nearly mashed bumpers. There was an HPD cruiser right on the sedan's ass, and it ground to a stop, popped the lights and siren, and in short order had the four young men out and braced on the hood.
They tried to say that they lived there, but with Dad standing there saying "Who are these guys?", that ploy wasn't going to fly. The young men just needed a bolt-hole to try and escape the traffic stop.
So, the next hour was spent with them in handcuffs as the cops kept showing up in more and more patrol cars, lighting up the neighborhood. They searched the car, but came up with nothing more sinister than 40 oz. malt liquor bottles. Eventually they did a pat-down, found one guy with a crotch full of bagged weed, and took him off to the hoosegow. The others they cut loose after dumping out all the beer.
In my yard, of course. Thanks for the aroma, HPD...
Well, the mystery of the missing wildlife is getting clearer. I'd wondered about the relative lack of wabbits and skwerlz on the huge open green space behind the house. It seems that's one big buffet table for predators...
Twice this week I've seen a coyote early in the morning across the drainage canal. I'm not surprised that they live this far in town, but I thought I'd hear more about missing poodles & cats on the local electronic grapevine.
Spotted a big fat redtailed hawk as I left for work on Tuesday. That ought to account for at least a squirrel or two per week.
At night I've heard two big owls hooting back & forth. At the old place, I got barn owls fairly frequently, and little bitty beer-can sized owls on a more infrequent basis. These sound big enough to be barred owls or even great horned owls.
So, we got some animals around, just mostly the predator sort.
Speaking of predators, the Po-leece came by in force last night. Had at least 8 of 'em in the front yard for an hour or so.
Dad had dropped by for a visit and to pick up a few odds & ends, and as he was leaving, a 4-door sedan whipped into my driveway, and they nearly mashed bumpers. There was an HPD cruiser right on the sedan's ass, and it ground to a stop, popped the lights and siren, and in short order had the four young men out and braced on the hood.
They tried to say that they lived there, but with Dad standing there saying "Who are these guys?", that ploy wasn't going to fly. The young men just needed a bolt-hole to try and escape the traffic stop.
So, the next hour was spent with them in handcuffs as the cops kept showing up in more and more patrol cars, lighting up the neighborhood. They searched the car, but came up with nothing more sinister than 40 oz. malt liquor bottles. Eventually they did a pat-down, found one guy with a crotch full of bagged weed, and took him off to the hoosegow. The others they cut loose after dumping out all the beer.
In my yard, of course. Thanks for the aroma, HPD...
posted by El Capitan | 2:59 PM
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