tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post7215806354086251921..comments2024-03-06T11:07:23.753-05:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: RabbitsPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-15244599656799713352016-06-06T09:57:01.093-04:002016-06-06T09:57:01.093-04:00I am glad to read that responsible dog owners on y...I am glad to read that responsible dog owners on your island remove their pet's waste from public areas. It is comforting to know that the foul piles of poo have nothing to do with a large dog set free to purge on public park land. If it is true that the droppings are from coyote and the piles are all over and serve as evidence of the presence of coyote, the previous poster makes a case for keeping one's pet inside " dogs cats rabbits will disappear in the night." Now ,if the pets are not put into harms way and kept sheltered then I suppose that would increase the chance that a "carefree walk in the early morning in the woods," would be less so. If one extraplotates that hungry coyote will be moved to prey upon carefree woods walkers but wait care free in the woods really, you could trip over a tree root, get stung by a bee, shot at by deer hunters, bit by a snarling unleashed dog, one should always maintain situational awareness be alert at all times.DDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-88997996468313418092016-05-26T14:20:44.836-04:002016-05-26T14:20:44.836-04:00we already have coyote's around the Bodie Isla...we already have coyote's around the Bodie Island lighthouse. Their feces is all around the path leading to the bird observation platform. Just look over the side. There are piles all over, they are not deer but coyote droppings. It looks like dog droppings...it's just a matter of time before they come trotting across the bridge, if they haven't already. The rabbits and small rodents are there as a source of food for coyotes. You don't want them on the ocracoke. your dogs,cats,rabbits will disappear in the night. I think I read where foxes were reported there a while back. Kinda makes a carefree walk in the early morning in the woods a thing of the past. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-55654612311186827722016-05-26T09:24:35.475-04:002016-05-26T09:24:35.475-04:00Beach bare is a species sometimes seen on Ocracoke...Beach bare is a species sometimes seen on Ocracoke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-83585899646213837432016-05-26T08:24:48.544-04:002016-05-26T08:24:48.544-04:00Gee, a coastal re$ort area I visit calls their cr...Gee, a coastal re$ort area I visit calls their critters Beach Mice. If you preface anything with Beach it seems better. Beach opossum, beach rats, beach bunnies, beach deer, beach bare, beach mink etc,etc. Forrest G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com