A Day of Change and Not a Good One

This is going to be a bad day here at Pop-ville. A bulldozer will be lunar-scaping the vacant lot next door. There are several dead pine trees on the lot. They fell victim to stress from the last three hurricanes to roll through here and then became infested with tree killing beetles. The owner of the lot feels it is more economically feasible to clear the entire lot rather than to take down only the dead trees and he’s probably right.

This lot is home to at least two black racers (snakes), several box turtles, at least one raccoon and several opossums, that I know of. Not to mention it is foraging habitant for birds of all sorts.

Where will these animals go if they survive the bulldozers attack? There isn’t much undeveloped land around this area for them to relocate to without harm.

Today the view from my kitchen window will be transformed from lush greenery to flat sand and dirt. It’s not going to be a good day for me and for the soon to be displaced animals who live next door to me. A change is coming and it’s going to be ugly and sad.