What is this called?...

[Ricketty C]

On Friday, October 16, 2020 at 12:06:24 PM UTC-4, Mike Coon wrote:

In article <6l7hoftmbor59soggij6nrg0n5b0kflot2@4ax.com>,
jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com says...

On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 19:53:29 +0100, Mike Coon
gravity@mjcoon.plus.com> wrote:

In article <ltpgofl219oce4gphtr4qe51mf01pi6trh@4ax.com>,
jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com says...

One night last month we heard a lot of noise downstairs. Six possum in
the kitchen. At least it wasn\'t a bear.

Does that count as a possum posse?

Possumbly.

We have a lot of wildlife in SF. Coyotes, possum, raccoons, snakes,
skunks, the occasional big wildcat, flocks of wild parrots, seagulls,
hawks, ravens, ducks, hummers, bats, whales, porposes, sharks, seals,
progressives, other weird things.

I discovered for myself decades ago that there are hummingbirds in SF,
on a one week visit. I was sitting on the wall where Broadway runs into
the Presidio and there was one perched on the railings! But I don\'t know
if they are migratory...

Yes, they are migratory and cover long distances wintering in central America. I\'ve read that hummingbirds will return to the same feeder, but if it is empty they may never return.

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[John Larkin]

On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:30:57 +0100, Tom Gardner
<spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

On 16/10/20 17:06, Mike Coon wrote:
In article <6l7hoftmbor59soggij6nrg0n5b0kflot2@4ax.com>,
jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com says...

On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 19:53:29 +0100, Mike Coon
gravity@mjcoon.plus.com> wrote:

In article <ltpgofl219oce4gphtr4qe51mf01pi6trh@4ax.com>,
jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com says...

One night last month we heard a lot of noise downstairs. Six possum in
the kitchen. At least it wasn\'t a bear.

Does that count as a possum posse?

Possumbly.

We have a lot of wildlife in SF. Coyotes, possum, raccoons, snakes,
skunks, the occasional big wildcat, flocks of wild parrots, seagulls,
hawks, ravens, ducks, hummers, bats, whales, porposes, sharks, seals,
progressives, other weird things.

I discovered for myself decades ago that there are hummingbirds in SF,
on a one week visit. I was sitting on the wall where Broadway runs into
the Presidio and there was one perched on the railings! But I don\'t know
if they are migratory...


I, too, was surprised to spot them while I was sitting
outside my company\'s canteen in Palo Alto.

We don\'t have much of a winter here, and SF residents are fanatical
gardeners, so there is food for them all year.

We kept a couple of beehives in the back yard, and got mass amounts of
great honey all year. We get Meyer lemons all year too.