Once in a while the wild life will venture into town and some actually live here on a regular basis. If you leave dog food sitting out on your porch for you pooch, and he does not eat it all up, you may have a skunk who decides to move in under your house.

Raccoons live here and have been seen in the early morning. It seems like they frequent people's backyards looking for food, and have been seen going down in the city's street drains. I don't know if they live under there or not. They are rarely seen later in the day and only venture out at night most of the time.

Bearly Hanging On

A rare site in Baca County, a brown bear was sitting on top of a highline pole just north of Walsh on Friday, May 19. (2006)

A call was recieved at Walsh Town hall at about 8:00 a.m. reporting the bear on top of highline pole on County Road 43. Soon an audience had congregated to witness this unusual scene. The Colorado Division of Wildlife arrived at about 9:00 a.m. to assist with the rescue of the bear. The bear, who was extremely nervous, calmed after the Wildlife officials established a 3/4 mile perimeter to clear the area.

The bear climbed down from the pole about 1:00 p.m. short of the 3:00 p.m. deadline the DOW had established to tranquilize the bear. After climbing down the bear headed northeast, and the DOW followed to ensure the bear stayed out of trouble.

A Brown Bear was discovered on top of a power line in Walsh.

A Prairie Dog was spotted at Main and Tenth Avenue
He was packed and looked like he was trying to move in.

A very large Red Fox
was seen crossing a west side Springfield Road,
May 2005

A large raccoon was spotted June 9th, 2005
at 1000 Tipton Street, Springfield Colorado 8:30 a.m.