Messing with the Wildlife

[RoadToad]

There was a real good segment on Kentucky Afield this week with biologist John MacGregor talking about this year's cicadas. He said this is "Brood 14," which last emerged in 1991. And there are actually 3 different species that emerge the same year.

[LarryG]

I just watched as six of them flew by the widow, there is always at least one of them air bound. On the lakes the past watched the struggle for them to get airbourne after hitting the water, saw some nice fish engulfing them also. A guy I talked to said he caught some shell crackers that were almost gourged on them. One thing I have noticed, very few cardinals at the feeders, before the invasion they were as thick as flys. I'm sort of getting used to the sound, drowns out the quiet lol. Butthen I liked the constant noise of the whippor wills also, even thought my wife sais they wouldn't let her sleep!

[know1]

Something, maybe the Cicadas, is messing with the wildlife, at least in my area. In the last few days, I have seen six rabbits, four deer, two snakes and many more squirrels then normal. I haven't seen more than one or two rabbits amd no deer or snakes in my housing area in at least 10 years. I am less than a mile away from a large wooded area, but since it filled in with houses between my house and the woods, I haven't seen much wildlife. I also noticed several posts about an unusual number of snakes in local lakes.

Just wondering if anyone else is seeing unusual patters in the wildlife?

Grumpy

Maybe we're getting ready to have a major earthquake. I've heard animals can tell and will go roaming.