200Meters
A real bustard
Last night around 21:30, I was walking the hounds (we love them dawgs) on the dirt (actually it's paved, sort of, in places) security road that encircles our neighborhood (Jerusalem suburbs) lower down the slope of the hill on which our neighborhood stretches. There is some light down there but it's very dark for the most part, which I like and find rather comforting. I can let the dogs off their leashes there. All of a sudden, our younger and much bigger dog (a mostly Canaanite mix) stops, the hair on his back goes up and he growls, staring at something. I can make out a shape on the other side of the fence, very close to where we were. At first I thought it was a goat (local Bedouin shepherds sometimes graze their flocks in the area) or a shepherd's dog. But then as I got a little closer I could see that it was a BIG wild boar! Ubercool! I got a good look at it for a few seconds before it turned and scampered off down the hill. The dogs barked at it as it disappeared into the gloom. I am grateful for the fence as the younger-bigger dog would surely have chased it, risking injury if it had tusks.
Over the years, while walking the hounds on that security road at night, I have seen rock hyraxes (all the time), gazelles (occasionally; there is a small herd of about 6-7 in the area) , foxes (once in a long while), porcupines (twice) and now a wild boar! Like I said, ubercool!
So, what interesting things have you (plural) seen lately?
Over the years, while walking the hounds on that security road at night, I have seen rock hyraxes (all the time), gazelles (occasionally; there is a small herd of about 6-7 in the area) , foxes (once in a long while), porcupines (twice) and now a wild boar! Like I said, ubercool!
So, what interesting things have you (plural) seen lately?