Environment & Energy

It's very rural and our place is in a forest on the upper Delaware River. We share the woods with all sorts of wildlife: Deer, bears, ground hogs, foxes, skunks, snakes, many types of rodents and more. There are dozens of bird species including bald eagles hawks, various ducks, finches, robins, cardinals, wild turkeys, turkey vultures, woodpeckers and others I don't recornize.

It would be folly for me to try to keep the animals at bay. Instead, I've carved out the perimeter around our house and keep the ground cover short. This keeps the animals away from the main house for the most part.

There are a couple of woodchucks that live under my music cabin/studio but it's elevated on stone pilings so it's not enclosed.

Mostly, I just enjoy watching them wander about!