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Dave, thanks for reminding us why at this time of year we're all hoping that Baja gets hit by a rogue hurricane. ; )
St Louis Detailed Forecast
Overnight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming northwest.
Wednesday
A chance of flurries after 2pm. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 23 by 4pm. North wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday Night
A chance of flurries before 7pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 6. North wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 21. North wind 8 to 11 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 6. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with a high near 27.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 15.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 38.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 19.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with a high near 36.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 31.
pool is open
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Saw through the trees a deer run one way and then about 5 seconds later run back the other way then in between me and the deer a gold and brown streak of coyote. Then nothing. If I hadn't looked up from watching my footing on some ice, I would not have seen any of it.
Re: coyotes (and foxes)
Background: I live in a heavily wooded area in the far western suburbs of St Louis. Every now and then when I've driving home late at night I'll see what I'm nearly certain is a fox, not a coyote, crossing the road about half a mile from my house. I'm guessing fox mostly based on the smallish size. A quick web search tells me that in our area we have both foxes and a growing coyote population.
Question: Often at night in the medium distance I can hear quite a bit of yipping, sometimes accompanied by "barking" (definitely not dog barking). Is the yipping more likely to be foxes or coyotes?
Coyotes. They have these variably complex clans led by a dominant female and her mate. Not like wolves. More like roving neighborhoods. And periodically they have a block party. Usually when someone gets a deer or other vittles.
Foxes sound a bit like chihuahua with a pack-a-day habit. They also have a kind of scream that often gets misidentified as a fisher or a bobcat. But they are in ones or twos and a bit shyer, especially when there are coyotes around.
Coyotes are so frickin cool.
was bent over now standing up
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Pete, that's like a still shot from a Scorsese film. Wheels turned out so after they shoot the capo in the confessional they just jump in and gun it out of there.
I was going to say it reminded of a cover of a Blue Oyster Cult album I seem to remember from the 70s.
Red shouldered hawk?
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meditating
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