Maybe some rabbits, crickets, a snake or a curious ground squirrel.
Typically, packrats fall into the latter category.įor the most part, people enjoy being surrounded by nature and look to create yards that will attract creatures like birds and butterflies. Pests come in two distinct categories: Animals that are really causing a problem and animals for which someone simply has a psychological distaste. Nevertheless, they are sometimes considered "pests". They are rarely seen during the day, so unless they're infesting an area, they usually remain harmless. Other treasured items often include twigs, scraps of garbage, gum wrappers, dust-bunnies, and a real favorite: dog poop.Īctive at night, packrats forage for food and indulge their hobby of stockpiling. Gathering items from its environment is the equivalent of going garage-saling, and packrats are known to like sparkling earrings as much as the next person. Packrat is a slang term used for a wood rat, a fluffy, dark liquid-eyed rodent with an affinity for collecting trinkets and storing them in its nest area. Packrat was roughly evicted without so much as the chance to defend his rights. But of course there was no formal hearing with the Association and Mr. Little CC&Rs could have been posted so that everyone might live together in peace. If only these issues could have been resolved between human and animal neighbor in a civilized fashion. He didn't realize that the bright, fresh strawberries growing on your porch weren't put there for his dining pleasure or that rustling around in those delightful paper-stuffed boxes in the garage was keeping you awake and jumpy all night. seeds) and trying to avoid doing business with any snakes. Like most of us, he was working diligently to bring home the bacon (er. As packrats go, he was surely an upstanding member of his community. I also like to hide in the Maine woods under my "cloak of invisibility", a huge poncho-shaped camouflage covering, with my camera pointed at passing porcupines, coyotes, deer or fox.The little fellow meant no harm. Some of my favorite activities are wildlife photography, geo-caching, campfires with s'mores, snowshoeing, hiking and sailing Casco Bay, Portland, Maine. I now work as a teaching assistant, and my students inspire me daily. Wildlife watching from the camp's trails, kayaking Lower Range Pond, and my family's day-to-day camp chores inspired the Cooper and Packrat adventures.
I'm also the author of The Three Grumpies, illustrated by Ross Collins.įor twenty-eight years, I ran Poland Spring Campground in Maine with my husband and two children. Carl DiRocco is the genius behind the illustrations. Now there are five books in the series! Mystery of the Missing Lynx is being released June of 2022. My first middle-grade eco-adventure Cooper and Packrat: Mystery on Pine Lake was launched by Islandport Press in Aug 2013. But they also live in the real world, where there are family problems to work out, friendships to earn, tough choices to make, and mysteries to solve! Cooper and Packrat are kids with heart, who share a love of nature and curiosity about the world around them. Author Tamra Wight has written a fast-paced eco-adventure mystery for middle-grade readers, accompanied by Carl DiRocco's deft illustrations.
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Is it the bully with a chip on his shoulder? The irritable camper with a shady past? Or the publicity-seeking reporter? It's up to the boys to figure out who, why, and how to stop the culprit-before it's too late. Then, when Cooper and Packrat build a raft where the loons can make a new nest, it gets destroyed-by someone with big footprints. First, someone dams up the lake and floods the nest. But trouble has come to the Wilder Family Campground and Pine Lake, where a family of loons is building a nest. Cooper's only bright spot this summer is his new friend, Packrat, a guy who carries the world in his coat pockets and leaves his troubles behind. And as if babysitting his little sister and cleaning the bathrooms weren't bad enough, his ex-friend Roy has chosen him as this summer's bullying target. But ever since his parents bought the lakeside campground, he's had more chores and less time to explore. Cooper thought living at a campground would be cool.
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