I left an offering out last night to the forest guardians. Usually it is the Ravens and Crows that come for it. It was a Wild turkey Carcass, a casualty of the road that I left out for them to return it to the land. This morning it was gone...completely. Investigating I found that what ever it was had dug out a good chunk of the earth with its claws around the area. So I have some large carnivores in my back yard. Could be a few things, but I offer this as food for thought..
As a pagan practicing an earth centered spirituality I feel it is important f to develop a connection with nature and increase our awareness of the local flora and fauna. As many of us know, animal sightings can be oracular, in dreams and in real life, so knowing what is out there is good.
I myself was treated this weekend to a flight of 5 Turkey Vultures, a Kestrel and a pair of birds that were definitively Ravens, riding the thermals up at table rock.
During the short but fun exploration of my friend Lady Morgana’s property a discussion’s came up about possible wolf sightings in this area. I found part of a reference to what I was mentioning about this online, so here you are...Wolfs in the north east. I still want to find the bit from the Suny New Paltz Bio Dep that has been doing studies.
Here you go...
Gray wolf’s origins in northeast remain a mystery
By Gene Chague
Article Last Updated: 03/16/2008 05:10:06 AM EDT

Sunday, March 16
LENOX

Over the last few years, several readers have reported seeing a gray wolf in the Otis, Sandisfield and Monterey areas. In most cases, I politely suggested that perhaps they were seeing large coyotes or perhaps a wolf-dog which may have escaped from captivity. But at least one person absolutely refused to accept that explanation, citing that the color, size and howls were different. As he put it "you think the coyote howls are something, you should hear the wolf’s. It stands the hair up on the back of your neck."

When the gray wolf was shot by the farmer in Shelbourne last year, a possible explanation was given by some experts that the animal may have escaped from captivity somewhere. After all, they aren’t supposed to be around here any more because they were eradicated by the settlers in the 19th century. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department stated that they found nothing to indicate that it was held in captivity.

This got me thinking about those above-mentioned reports. I got back to one reader, Lauren Sartori of Great Barrington, and asked her what she thought about the recent revelation. She said that "it confirms what several of us have thought .....more www.berkshireeagle.com/genech...8590537

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