Week 14a: A Creston Bestiary

Half of the 1100 acres that make up Creston are designated as common land, to be left undeveloped perpetually. Also, well over a square mile of land adjoining the development is protected as part of the Foothills Conservancy. Finally, the northern end of Creston adjoins the Pisgah national forest. All this adds up to a fair amount of wildlife roaming near the development. Since Melanie is out there everyday, and Gail is often with her, they've seen a lot more than I have. There have been several deer, a racoon, rabbits, lizards, snakes and more. There was even a long rage encounter with a bear. Although I haven't been out there nearly as often, I did get a few pictures of some of them. Here is a group of turkeys that likes to wander around the site.


There are some neat bugs too, this is a good sized centipede with some striking coloring.


This wasn't taken by me, but it is one of the bears that lives around there. One of our subcontractors not only had a bear climbing on top of his truck, but found bear prints inside it. Apparently he had left the windows rolled down and one climbed in and was investigating an empty bottle of milk until the top popped off, startling the bear.