Summary

The website content recounts the author's experiences living in a forest home surrounded by wildlife, documenting encounters with various animals through personal photographs.

Abstract

Kerrie Gutierrez-Diaz shares a captivating narrative of her life immersed in the forest, where she had frequent and close interactions with a diverse array of wildlife. Her home was a magnet for creatures such as porcupines, woodpeckers, squirrels, deer, bears, and a bobcat, which she documented through her own photography. The stories include the challenges of coexisting with these animals, such as a porcupine eating the wood off her house and deer venturing into her yard when the fence was broken. Despite the occasional inconvenience, Gutierrez-Diaz cherishes the unique opportunity to observe these animals in their natural habitat and offers a glimpse of this rare experience to her readers, inviting them to support her work with a contribution.

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The author expresses a sense of wonder and appreciation for the wildlife that visited her property, as evidenced by her excitement over photographing a bear cub and a bobcat.
There is a hint of pride in her narrative, particularly when discussing how the animals seemed to favor her home, such as the porcupine's preference for the wood of her house and the woodpecker's regular visits.
The author seems to have a respectful approach to wildlife, noting her caution around a mother bear with cubs and her regret over not having a birdfeeder closer to her home for better viewing.
She conveys a sense of loss when reflecting on the inability to find certain photographs, suggesting a deep attachment to these memories.
The author values the support of her readers, as indicated by her invitation to contribute financially to her work, showing her desire to continue sharing her experiences.

Forest Folk: A Life Among the Creatures of the Woods

Reciprocal’s first week of November Prompt: Discovering Wildlife Wonders

fish caught by my husband photo taken by me

The last house I lived at was right in the middle of the forest. Nothing around by wildlife and trees. This is where I took my one photo of the sunset through the trees.

Picture of sunset through the forest in my backyard. Picture taken by me.

When I lived there I had seen some of the most beautiful animals.

Porcupine wanting to eat the wood off the side of my house. Photo taken by me.

This porcupine was coming night after night eating on our house. It was all wood around my house and this animal sure seemed to love its taste for some odd reason. We finally had to trap it and move it far away because it had ate a lot of the the front of my house. Was a big one know it is hard to tell from the photo.

woodpecker tapping on the house saying Hello. Picture taken by me.

This little guy came back a few days in a row to pound his beak on my house. These animals sure loved my house for some reason. I wasn’t complaining. Only thing I wish I had at my old house was a birdfeeder. The old owners left one at the house way off in the trees which I had filled but did not get the enjoyment of watching them eat like I do now.

Squirrel peeking in my padio door. picture taken by me

This little squirrel peeked in the house and watched for a bit then he decided he needed to get a better view of things so he climbed a bit higher onto my screendoor.

squirrel higher on my screendoor. picture taken by me.

deer grazing in the forest behind my house. picture taken by me

Deer were a very common animal seen around my house. Their had been a trail in the forest leading into my fence from the old neighbors. The deer loved to follow that trail and come up to the fence.

One year when we were without electic for a week, our fence had been also broken because of a huge storm that blew through our area. that was when deer would come closer and into my backyard. I can not find those pictures anywhere though sorry.

cub bear getting ready to climb up the tree. picture taken by me.

This is a cub bear getting ready to climb up the tree. Just had to take a look and see what I was doing first. This happened to be two cubs playing up and down the tree there and momma bear is behind them coming to lay down by the tree while they play. I had a picture of the momma bear but it is very hard to see, I did not dare get close with her when she had babies.

Had cropped this photo way to much sometime over the years. But this tagged bobcat was in my backyard after the fence had broke down. So it was right next to my house. Can tell it had been through some rough times but overall looked pretty good. Has to be hard living in the wild and fighting for everything you need.

This is my times of living in wildlife with all the animals. It was like my home was not there to some animals, was pretty nice to get to see them closer then I normally word.

Hope you enjoyed seeing these animals as much as I had. An experience that is rarely can be seen by most.

leave you with a pretty sunrise from my font yard of that house in the forest. Picture taken by me

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