Comments on: Another Mountain Goat

By: catalan gardener

catalan gardener — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:38:42 +0000

Hi Stevie – You’re just around the corner! Feel free to email thegardener@catalangarden.com. We’ve had lots of young goats around lately too, they make a rather squeaky bird-like noise which confuses the dogs no end!

The Iberia Nature forum (on my links page) are really good for finding out what things are too.

Have to admit I’m rubbish with snake identification but there are a few vipers with diamond markings so maybe that’s what you’ve found. We sometimes see them fighting each other.

By: Steviebear

Steviebear — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:16:13 +0000

Hi there we have just bought a small finca just outside of Aldover at les Olles and I spotted a horned antelope type beast the other day I thought it was an Ibex but maybe this was a goat too, it was only a youngster with short horns(antlers) I did get a photo but how do I send this to you, can I attach it to a message to your email.I would love to know what it was. Also we have two snakes in our cisterna I have photos I think one is a grass snake but not shore about the other I think it could be a slender smooth snake very pretty with very sharp diamond markings small head with quite large eyes. Looking forward to bottling some of our olives this autumn now I have read your recipes.

By: Ibiza

Ibiza — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:37:50 +0000

Great post! I always enjoy reading your stories! Thumbs up!

By: catalan gardener

catalan gardener — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:33:12 +0000

Jan, that’s such a fab and daft image I don’t whether to believe you or not!

By: Jan

Jan — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:20:59 +0000

Last summer I got up one day and went outside and there was a huge toad swimming in the pool, holding onto the back of the lilo! I wish I’d had the camera handy.

By: catalan gardener

catalan gardener — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:54:32 +0000

I feel quite humbled Esmaa – deer, elk, mountain lion? Gosh our dogs really would go mental with that lot! A large wild goat a month is enough ‘big game’ for me!

Jan – such a shame about the owl, they’re so impressive when not drowned too! We do get giant frogs or toads (not very good at telling which is which) the size of dinner plates! They like to wallow in amongst the beets in summer for a nice bit of daytime shade – lovely but they have made me jump a few times when watering.

By: Esmaa Self

Esmaa Self — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:10:43 +0000

How marvelous that you get these visitations, but, yes, of course, you do need to keep the wildlife out of your garden. We have bighorn sheep in the area (this is a healthy herd, or at least I haven’t seen anything about a virus in this area), but have never had them on our property. Elk, deer, mountain lion et cetera, yes, but the sheep stay just a little higher up in the Rockies. We do get to see them frequently when we go hiking, just not here on the farm.

By: Jan

Jan — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:28:13 +0000

No, no wild cats here, at least we haven’t seen any, just wild boar, rabbits, snakes, toads, mice and the odd rat. Oh, and we once found a beautiful owl drowned in a half-full blue barrel. He must have perched on the edge in the night and fallen in, poor thing.

By: catalan gardener

catalan gardener — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:12:12 +0000

That’s a shame.

We saw a lot more of the goats during a dogless fortnight a few years ago. They got cheeky enough to try eating the olive trees next to our house! Understandably the local farmers aren’t too impressed.

We’re alright though – 3 dogs encourages them to keep away from our veggies thank goodness!

By: Dennis the Vizsla

Dennis the Vizsla — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:44:57 +0000

Great picture! We have Bighorns in the mountains near here, but you hardly ever see them. Unfortunately they're currently being decimated by an unknown virus. Sad ... Dennis the Vizsla’s last blog post..proximidada?