Who is guarding your wood?

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TreePapa said:
The fiercest thing that has been guarding my woodpile recently is this lizard. Bigger than most of the local lizards and he's got teeth and wasn't afraid to show them. Found him when I was cleaning out where (one of) the woodpiles had been, getting ready to put down homemade "pallets" to keep the wood off the concrete. I shoveled him up (w/o touching or hurting him) and relocated him.

Other than lizards (usually smaller than this guy), just the usual mix of feral cats and the occasional black widow (those I kill).
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Thats your insurance agent checking if you burn wood for primary heat.

bob
 
feral cats are officially off the list of wood pile guardians! all they do is make a mess of my trash and run away if you look at them funny... if only i could get pictures to post, i got some good ones. my 45 lbs springer will climb all the way to the top of the pile, while my "mountain dog" just lays on the ground. where is the logic in that?. and although a 45 pound dog isn't much of a threat up there. one might not see the 120 pounds of teeth laying on the ground under her.
 
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there are my girls... glad i could figure out how to post something.
 
Except for a couple of empty acorns once, I've never found signs of anything living or hanging out in my stacks.
 
I had this guy hanging out for a while too.

 
All sorts of tracks in the snow out by my woodpile now.. mostly rabbit and fox. Have been trying to get a good photo of one lately, but those guys are elusive. Have only even seen the fox once.
 
3.23.13.jpg 3.23.13b.jpg 5.24.13dezi.JPG 5.28.13owl2.JPG I've got blacktail deer, owls, and my neighbor's golden retriever on duty. The golden keeps squirrels out of my racks out front, but I sometimes get him on my trail cams in the woods out back.
 
DougA said:
Thought I would finally post a photo I took today of the guardian of our wood pile. He wandered by last summer and has decided to make the wood pile his home. Protected from wind & snow and I guess it helps that my wife feeds him four meals a day.

I finally put a skid on top of the pile with some straw and pine shavings so he wouldn't be quite so cold the last week. He has a buddy that made his home in the pile too. Peter Peacock and Paula Possum.

I keep all my extra dry wood right by the house, so now I have to bring the wood by tractor from the shed so I don't disturb them. I'm such a softie. ;emView attachment 153974 View attachment 153975
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If times get hard, dinner.
 
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