It's amazing what you see at 0430 in the am...
Three weeks ago - Coyote
Two weeks ago - Bobcat
This am? A little skunk.
So here's the picture:
0430, running in very dark conditions with headlamp and small LED flashlight. I ran 6 miles today and have a 2.1 mile loop through two neighborhoods. At the top of my first loop, I smelled a skunk. Not unusual for these parts, but it was quite strong. I keep the flashlight scanning to illuminate any critter eyeballs looking my way as that's how I spotted the coyote last month.
At the top of the 2nd loop, the skunk smell was still fairly pungent so I kept the flashlight scan going. I turn a corner and about mid street, 15 feet from me is a little kit skunk waddling up the gutter splatting through the lawn sprinkler runoff. He wasn't looking at me because I didnt' get an "eye glint", but I still gave him a wide birth and as soon as I got downwind...WOW! Yep, this was the skunk-sprayer I smelled earlier.
Just another day in Texas...
Three weeks ago - Coyote
Two weeks ago - Bobcat
This am? A little skunk.
So here's the picture:
0430, running in very dark conditions with headlamp and small LED flashlight. I ran 6 miles today and have a 2.1 mile loop through two neighborhoods. At the top of my first loop, I smelled a skunk. Not unusual for these parts, but it was quite strong. I keep the flashlight scanning to illuminate any critter eyeballs looking my way as that's how I spotted the coyote last month.
At the top of the 2nd loop, the skunk smell was still fairly pungent so I kept the flashlight scan going. I turn a corner and about mid street, 15 feet from me is a little kit skunk waddling up the gutter splatting through the lawn sprinkler runoff. He wasn't looking at me because I didnt' get an "eye glint", but I still gave him a wide birth and as soon as I got downwind...WOW! Yep, this was the skunk-sprayer I smelled earlier.
Just another day in Texas...