Mom's Thoughts on Paradise

Jenn’s been posting pictures of all the interesting wildlife she’s been seeing while “out west.” But, we have a lot of interesting wildlife here in TN, too, and being the start of summer, we’re starting to see all the spring babies.

While out on the lake fishing last week, we came across a bear cub foraging in the woods. David managed to get a few pictures (with Jenn’s camera since Jenn has his good one…). Conditions were sort of foggy and the bear didn’t cooperate to get any great shots. We didn’t see a mom anywhere although we watched for one.

In the last week on our property, I’ve also seen a baby raccoon (just one), and a cute fawn with its mom. And, we also saw some wild turkey chicks, two moms, with 8-10 chicks. This is good news, because for the last few years, we’ve not seen any chicks, and turkey sightings had become sort of rare.

We also should have house wren babies in a few days. They’ve nested in a hanging plant on the deck, making it difficult to water the fuscia.