Underneath the sunroom of my home is a neat little crevice, just big enough to form a "creature condo." All manner of beasts have wormed their way under the sunroom - a stray calico cat, a baby bird with an injured wing, a family of brown bunnies - all kinds of critters. One day, I was surprised to see what I thought was a big, odd cat in my backyard, until I realized it was actually a red fox. I pulled up the blinds for a closer look and it darted... you guessed it, under the sunroom. "Fred Sanford" - as I called the red fox – moved on in time, and the creature condo had a vacancy. Then one day, sitting in my sunroom with my son and crazy old dog, I saw a small face at the sliding glass door, gazing in at us. Startled, I nudged my son and we realized it was a groundhog. He may have thought we were part of a human zoo and was deciding whether to feed us or not. Wisely, he did not. Read next feature >