We had a tiny sprinkling of rain and the frogs and toads came out again. It doesn’t seem as if we have as many as last year, even with our wet spring.
Frogs
Category: Wildlife
Kayaking
I like to take the kids kayaking at one of the small local lakes. This last trip we saw all sorts of different wildlife! Great Egrets, great blue herons, lesser blue herons, diamond back water snakes sunning themselves on logs, and a leech. Attached to the bottom of the boat. Very interesting trip. We have started taking our dog Griffin too. He sits in my eldest’s kayak and falls out once per trip, then lays quietly the rest of the trip. The handles on his life vest make it much easier to get him back in the kayak! Still, he seems to enjoy the outing.
Metallic Tiger Beetle
This striking little guy was crawling across the bedroom floor. I think the cat brought him in. After taking his picture, I returned him to the wilds of the back yard. The rainbow shimmer is quite striking!
Squirrel swing
We converted an old mini tire that my eldest found into a squirrel feeder. It looks like a little tire swing! It took about a week for the squirrels to find the nuts we put in, and we didn’t actually see the squirrel until our cat was meowing at us, desperate to go outside. We did not let her out!
The swing has been great entertainment for everyone.
I did mange one video, but it was with my phone from a distance, so blurry. Still funny though!
I’z brought present
Sophie the indoor/outdoor cat, who is leaning more toward indoor everyday, brought me a present. I remembered to take a picture before I investigated, which is the only reason I am posting about it. The lizard was playing dead for the cat, and when I reached for it, it took off like a shot and disappeared. I think this lizard has done this before. With any luck, the lizard will go off and make more cat and human foiling baby lizards.
