Cleverly Hidden Groundhog
Let's combine Groundhog Day and Throwback Thursday with one of my more interesting Groundhog (aka Woodchuck [1]) pictures. When working at Alcatel-Lucent (later bought by Nokia) I would go for a walk outside after lunch. One day I spotted this Groundhog attempting to hide under a bench. I'm used to Groundhogs seeing me and loping awkwardly away, usually to hide in thick vegetation or a hole. Presumably this Groundhog decided a nearby bench was a better refuge than a more distant thicket or hole [2]. I can imagine this little fella thinking "He'll never find me under this bench!". June 7, 2018 at Murray Hill Photo 20774264, (c) jpviolette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) [1] I grew up calling them Woodchucks , and still do for 364 days out of the year. But on Groundhog Day I "go with the flow" and call them Groundhogs. [2] Considering I'm not a true predator, the decision turned out to be a sound one. Still, if I had been a Coyote, Bobcat, or Fisher...