The porcupines are coming!

Last week, around midnight on another restless night in the forest I could not sleep. I thought I might climb down from my house and pee, when I saw a cicada half-hatched from its shell. I got my camera and was taking some pictures when I heard something noticably large coming down the path towards camp. It was a porcupine, and the first that I have seen since coming to Canguk. I took off after it and tried, very unsuccessfully, to take pictures in the dark. After he ran into the thick vegetation behind camp I headed back to my house and put up the camera. Then, I heard the second porcupine coming, took my camera back out and pursued out-of-focus porcupines again. The third showed up and again I failed at getting a convincing picture of the porcupine. When the second returned to the area around my house I finally managed to get a decent-enough picture and gave up the chase. Hot, sweaty, and excited by my experience, I went to bed. I love these encounters that only insomnia can provide.