Poor Porcupine

We are so sad.  The porcupine is dead.  We found it's poor little body up the hill where we had seen it grazing for the last couple of weeks. Of course, we don't have a clue how or why.  Maybe old age? 

It sound silly, but it really does pack an emotional punch.  As the caretakers of this wonderful piece of  land and the animals that inhabit it, we are so sad when something like this happens.  Damn!

I just have to share what we saw today!!

Can you tell what he (or she) is?

 

This is the first time that either of us have seen a porcupine here on the farm.  He was up the hill and just munching away at little plants.  Was not concerned at all about our presence.  I guess with his defense mechanism, he does not need to be too concerned.  We were able to get very close, well, as close as we wanted to be, and he just ignored us.