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Normally the neighbors’ cats enjoy watching a good bird show outside one of the bedroom windows. Keeps ’em busy for hours. Today though they had a special treat in store. A gopher (quite possibly the same one that’s been burrowing in our backyard until recently) scored a jackpot by digging up underneath a bird feeder … <\/p>\n
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Since I would never consider hurting it I only took shots at it of the photography kind. Amazing are those choppers it has to constantly keep wearing down. They look like extended\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Gopher01-02-06-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11865,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/03\/05\/same-gopher-new-hole\/","url_meta":{"origin":12262,"position":2},"title":"Same Gopher, New Hole","date":"March 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"While gardening today (and by gardening I mean back-breaking, glistening-muscular-Fabio-torso preparation for a big, double palm tree replanting tomorrow or Wednesday) I was revisited by my old friend, the gopher. He didn't stick around as long this time, but I was able to get close enough to get two shots.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Gopher-03-05-12-lo-res-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12253,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/03\/31\/back-with-the-cats-all-eight-of-them\/","url_meta":{"origin":12262,"position":3},"title":"Back With The Cats – All Eight Of Them","date":"March 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"First full day cat\/house-sitting for the neighbors again. 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The cats understand it, though.","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cat-Sitting01-05-25-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11490,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/10\/gopher-reunion\/","url_meta":{"origin":12262,"position":5},"title":"Gopher Reunion","date":"February 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Met up again with the same gopher I took pictures of four days ago. I was counting on it's bad eyesight and occasional longer underground stays to sneak in between some large pots in the garden to get about two feet away from the hole. 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