I noticed holes dug in the lawn beside the walkway and wondered what had happened. Hours later I mentioned it to David, and he went out to look. At his suggestion, we viewed the video clips from the porch cam. There was the culprit, a skunk! He was active about three hours before I went out to walk. He could have been digging for beetles, crickets, or grubs. Skunks are nocturnal, so they are not likely to be out when I walk. Although the action is visible on my phone and computer, it is too dark to play here. The next day I took photos of the holes the skunk had dug.
Mehrling Muse 
How great that you had that video footage to see that it was a skunk!
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You are right. I’m glad to know what was rooting along the walkway.
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I’m just glad you didn’t get sprayed!!
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I’m going to look before I walk, but night animals should be gone when it’s light enough to be outside.
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Good deal!
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A Skunk eh!…………..I didn’t know Trump was visiting your area?
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Sis and I fought the skunks at Mom and Dad’s house for 2 years. Skunks:10 Sisters:0 We finally were able (thanks to a little Internet sleuthing) to learn how to track them with flour to determine if they were under the house or not, and how to prevent access. Please know that a skunk can roll a rock out of the way, and chew through tin! Iron stakes and sheet iron finally worked, and her brother-in-law caught the last one still hanging around in a cage and took it to his farm and let it loose with all the gazillion others that live out there in the country. Did you know a skunk won’t spray if its feet are not on the ground? Pick up the cage and it cannot plant its feet as needed to do the tail/gland work. I took B-i-L word for it as I did not want to come watch, just in case!
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Or just in CAGE! Most interesting!
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What is Skunk? I don’t know it’s?
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A skunk is a small animal that protects itself by spraying a very smelly liquid toward you when he is frightened.
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Thank you so much!
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O my – I’ve only ever seen pictures of skunks. Quite pretty if I remember with b & w bushy tail.
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Yes, you know what they look like.
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Probably a good thing you didn’t encounter it!!
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I’m glad I didn’t see the skunk until we looked at the footage from the cam.
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Do you love your night cam? We have one for when we are in remote areas and are amazed by the wild and crazy wildlife night life. I hope he keeps to his hours and lets you peacefully keep to yours–sounds like a perfect cohabitation agreement.
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I got the cam for a serious reason, and now it’s just for fun. Yes, I love that cam. I’ll bet you’ve seen lots of interesting things being in different places.
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Maybe he was gathering goodies for your birthday!
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The skunk probably improved the yard, in that he must have been eating things that could damage the shrubs.
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We had lawn diggers at my own house. Some skunks but mostly voles. I gave up trying to get of them and just try to co-habitate in harmony. It’s always good to know what’s around.
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I know to be careful if I go out before the sun comes up!
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Oh my. My grandmother’s dog was sprayed by a skunk once and we just couldn’t get rid of the smell for weeks. My dogs would want to chase it and would probably get sprayed. Thankfully we don’t have them here. Those webcams are good to have.
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I wouldn’t have thought to look at the video clips, but David suggested it. He realized the cam would be aimed where the critter was, and he was right. I wasn’t sure the holes were new, because I can think something is new when it’s been around for half a year. Is there a pest or nasty animal you’d like Spain to be without?
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There are procession caterpillars that can be lethal to dogs and small children, they come out in the early spring so we have to be extra vigilant. Dot sniffed one once in the park and we had to rush her to the vet, where she was given 3 shots. (They get something like an anaphylactic shock) If they actually lick the worm they often have to have part of their tongue removed. They are so nasty, I wish they would not be in Spain. I did notice the last two years the park has been sprayed and we have not seen any of the culprits.
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How frightening, especially for children and dogs!
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Good thing there’s no dog at your house right now!
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Yes! We’d all have suffered if a dog had been sprayed by that skunk.
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Wow
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Wow so many holes. I had no idea about skunks. You could have fun with those playing marbles if you were a child.
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I wouldn’t have thought of that.
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That was just my weird mind, I guess! Haha! Merry Christmas Anne.
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Imagine me learning something about a woodlands critter from you! I did not know skunks dug holes… and here I’ve been blaming the armadillos around here for that! I don’t mind the skunks in our neck of the woods. I often see them in broad daylight down by the river, though I know they are more nocturnal as most mammals are. We are friendly to all critters here. Diggers and tunnel-makers are pest control without poison or being toxic. God’s way of nature taking care of things and keeping a good balance!
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It does stretch the imagination that I would find something before you. The cam video clearly showed a skunk digging holes. What he was digging for came from the Internet.
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A porch cam! What a clever idea to have! We’re in an apartment and we do have a spy-hole but it’s too high up for me! A cam would be even better…
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I got the cam because we had some unsavory characters in the neighborhood for a few months. That is over now, and I enjoy playing with it, seeing what animals wander around.
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Gosh, were the unsavory types apprehended?
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There was a young man who did drugs, and he attracted an older fellow who exposed himself to a teenager up the mountain. He was arrested and let go the same day. A few days later he exposed himself to a group of people at the Methodist retreat center. Not long after that, the young man died, possibly from diabetes. He was the only child of his paraplegic mother. The neighborhood has been quiet ever since.
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Good grief! Sad, the young fellow’s plight.
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