Coolsville, Christopher. Growing up in the Hill Country, hunting & doing various outsdoors adventures, I was familiar with ringtails, but over the years, I started wondering if I had imagined them or something. Because you never hear of them. I really appreciate your "resurrecting" the species for me. On a related note, I spotted one on the roadside not long ago.
Yeah, I don’t think they are uncommon, but a rare sight nonetheless, partly because they are so nocturnal, and because territorially they spread out so widely relative to the density of our own habitation--one male ringtail per every 50 acres or so. And as a transplanted Midwesterner, it’s the next best think to seeing a real-life Homonculus straight out of a Ray Harryhausen Sinbad movie. Thanks for reading, Jesse 🙏
I enjoyed this last posting, very much. I followed the link to the Cities are becoming a living lab for species evolution. Looking forward to reading it. One more way our species is affecting the others.
Ringtail cats aren’t all that rare. We live just east of Wimberley. One took up residence in the crawl space above our guest bathroom. It was a very unhygienic situation to say the least. It took a pest control guy to get him out of there. Another one showed up later in our carport attic. They love us! We had to re-locate him too. They are persistent! Donna Elkins
Yes, I should have clarified they are rare to encounter in the city, in part because they apparently occupy pretty big and non-overlapping territories, so the density of ringtails relative to urban density is very low. I’m just delighted to see one seems to have moved in next door behind the factories, even if it’s not that much more remarkable than a squirrel or a raccoon. Thanks for reading, and commenting!
Coolsville, Christopher. Growing up in the Hill Country, hunting & doing various outsdoors adventures, I was familiar with ringtails, but over the years, I started wondering if I had imagined them or something. Because you never hear of them. I really appreciate your "resurrecting" the species for me. On a related note, I spotted one on the roadside not long ago.
Yeah, I don’t think they are uncommon, but a rare sight nonetheless, partly because they are so nocturnal, and because territorially they spread out so widely relative to the density of our own habitation--one male ringtail per every 50 acres or so. And as a transplanted Midwesterner, it’s the next best think to seeing a real-life Homonculus straight out of a Ray Harryhausen Sinbad movie. Thanks for reading, Jesse 🙏
Another great read! Thank you : ) and i LOVE the grotto you all built.
Thank you!
I enjoyed this last posting, very much. I followed the link to the Cities are becoming a living lab for species evolution. Looking forward to reading it. One more way our species is affecting the others.
Thank you,
Martha Richardson
Thank you so much 🙏🐾💚
Ringtail cats aren’t all that rare. We live just east of Wimberley. One took up residence in the crawl space above our guest bathroom. It was a very unhygienic situation to say the least. It took a pest control guy to get him out of there. Another one showed up later in our carport attic. They love us! We had to re-locate him too. They are persistent! Donna Elkins
Yes, I should have clarified they are rare to encounter in the city, in part because they apparently occupy pretty big and non-overlapping territories, so the density of ringtails relative to urban density is very low. I’m just delighted to see one seems to have moved in next door behind the factories, even if it’s not that much more remarkable than a squirrel or a raccoon. Thanks for reading, and commenting!