If you’ve been following this blog for a while you’ll know how much I like taking pictures of local skunks (see here, here, and here). But like a lot of wildlife they’re hard to get a good picture of because they tend to keep a distance, and for obvious reasons you don’t want to get too close. But this mother skunk and one of her nearly full-grown kids were out snuffling around and were so preoccupied with looking for stuff to eat that they let me get right up to them and take a family portrait. Actually, they didn’t even notice me. They did after I took their picture though, and I backed away quickly.
Alex Good 
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Spreading his seed, it seems.
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Did they hear the click of the camera?
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This time I remembered to put my phone on silent mode. Usually I forget.
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Well, I guess you need to work on your ninja skills then.
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That’s supposed to be a ninja cat emoji.
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When you think about it, seems like the expression “to get skunked” ought to refer to a blowout rather than a shut-out.
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Yeah, I’m not sure where that expression came from. Haven’t heard it in a while!
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That is definitely as close as I want to be to them, but I love seeing ’em. They’d be welcome around here, as I think we all know to give them their space. Good call having the phone on silent mode. If a skunk wanders into the area one day, that will be at the top of the checklist before pursuing any picture.š
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The only time they bug me is if they spray by my house. It takes a while to air things out.
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