DragonsEye
carnivorous plants of the world -- unite!
So I have a couple large pots I keep outside (soil and all) year round as I have no room indoors. Have done this for years with nary an incident. Yesterday, I came home to this:
The soil was originally relatively level to within an inch or so if the pot's rim. Quite baffled as to the why and culprit of it all. I live in a 3rd floor apt. There are no large trees nearby. And while the building's brickwork is rough and therefore theoretically scalable for critters with claws, the likelihood of this being the handiwork of a squirrel or raccoon is negligible at best. Squirrels have never made an appearance around this building and I doubt a coon could or would heave its bulk up 3 floors up the side of the building. (Not to mention the fall that would likely ensue as it tried to descend would be seriously injurious.). Furthermore, there is no incentive for such an arduous venture as there were no plants (bulbs or otherwise) to feed upon. This leaves some sort of bird as the architect of the excavation. But the Q remains as to what and why? Again, there was no food reward to be gained. And the size of the hole would imply a pretty big bird. If it was a prelude to nest construction, what ground nester would fly up that high?
Puzzling, puzzling. Makes me wish I had had a security camera monitoring my balcony.
The soil was originally relatively level to within an inch or so if the pot's rim. Quite baffled as to the why and culprit of it all. I live in a 3rd floor apt. There are no large trees nearby. And while the building's brickwork is rough and therefore theoretically scalable for critters with claws, the likelihood of this being the handiwork of a squirrel or raccoon is negligible at best. Squirrels have never made an appearance around this building and I doubt a coon could or would heave its bulk up 3 floors up the side of the building. (Not to mention the fall that would likely ensue as it tried to descend would be seriously injurious.). Furthermore, there is no incentive for such an arduous venture as there were no plants (bulbs or otherwise) to feed upon. This leaves some sort of bird as the architect of the excavation. But the Q remains as to what and why? Again, there was no food reward to be gained. And the size of the hole would imply a pretty big bird. If it was a prelude to nest construction, what ground nester would fly up that high?
Puzzling, puzzling. Makes me wish I had had a security camera monitoring my balcony.