Wildlife
Just a quick note so I don't forget. (already forgot to write about when it happened!) A couple of nights ago I was leaving a friends site and driving home when my headlights lit up a dog running loose. Dogs are not allowed to be off leash or even outside when the owners are not with them. So I moved my headlights to follow the "dog" when I realized it was a large(!) coyote running near my site! There is a fence around the entire campground so I didn't think they ever got in. But I should have known better, we have an exponentially exploding rabbit population. (sorry about the different colors having a problem with fonts etc.) Then last Monday I was talking out front of my trailer with a neighbor when a hawk flew so low I thought I could have grabbed him! He was all plump and soft feathers on his tummy, but 2 smaller birds were chasing him, so he obviously had been doing what he shouldn't!!LOL!
Then just now I went out to water my plants. I have a begonia that I am coaxing back to life. Well I thought I saw some dead brown leaves peaking out of new green ones so I tried to pick them out. Son of a gun they disappeared and they were squishy! As I look closer(its a very small pot!) there is a little brown frog starring back at me. So I quickly put it down(the pot). I like knowing the frog is there, just don't want to try and squish him any more. LOL! Now I need to and want to re-pot that plant but I guess I will have to wait for the frog to leave.
My bird has almost chewed through his perch! He has more than one, but I guess he got too lonely lately, since I haven't been home much lately. Will have to get another perch and see if he will chew on something more appropriate like his cuttle bone!
Tonight is Bible study night, so hopefully I will make it and they will have a fire afterwards. I just love to sit around the fire and talk and just plain old relax. We have been terribly overcast the past few nights so the stars will probably not be out, but I just love looking at them.
Then just now I went out to water my plants. I have a begonia that I am coaxing back to life. Well I thought I saw some dead brown leaves peaking out of new green ones so I tried to pick them out. Son of a gun they disappeared and they were squishy! As I look closer(its a very small pot!) there is a little brown frog starring back at me. So I quickly put it down(the pot). I like knowing the frog is there, just don't want to try and squish him any more. LOL! Now I need to and want to re-pot that plant but I guess I will have to wait for the frog to leave.
My bird has almost chewed through his perch! He has more than one, but I guess he got too lonely lately, since I haven't been home much lately. Will have to get another perch and see if he will chew on something more appropriate like his cuttle bone!
Tonight is Bible study night, so hopefully I will make it and they will have a fire afterwards. I just love to sit around the fire and talk and just plain old relax. We have been terribly overcast the past few nights so the stars will probably not be out, but I just love looking at them.
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Mac
Thanks for sharing this, I so enjoyed it, and it really brought a smile to my face!
Just what I needed today.
What a wonderful journal entry, and I can read the thrill in your writing. These little treats from nature are what sustain us. Thank you for sharing yours.
Thanks new2free! I hate when all I have to write about is whining, so I started telling myself I would write about interesting things that happen to me. Well at first I couldn\'t think or find anything. But then these animals starting surprising me and I knew this is what I should remember so I need to write about them in my journal. I am really glad it brought a smile to your face!now you have made my day too! Thanks!
That\'s what I do too. Nature is all around us and I\'m so happy you are now open to seeing it. Whether it\'s a hawk or a tiny frog you can find nature everywhere and it always brings a smile to my face. BTW this is another step forward.
Sorry Trisha what does BTW stand for again?
By the way you have made another step forward. I\'m happy for you. (((HUGS))) I feel I have to point those steps forward out to you. Sometimes you don\'t realize how far you have come.
Thanks I really don\'t know that I have come any distance. Yes I know what I now write about sounds better, but not sure if you saw me in real life you would feel the same. Thanks for the \"pointing out\" I really need that! Hugs to you too!
07/14/2011 7:45pm
A coyote, a frog, and a hawk, I would have to go to the zoo to see all three of those. I used to love going upstate to the cabin that ex and I owned. I would see so many different kinds of animals and birds. At night you could sit outside and deer would come in close, it was so peaceful and beautiful to see. There are alot of wild animals around here, but I don\'t get to see too many.
Its good to hear you do get to see some beauty in your own neighborhood.
This was a cool story. Living in Son\'s apartment, I miss animals. Where I lived before, we saw all kinds.
Coyotes can jump a 10ft fence easily. And they are not afraid of people. When we would hunt, from the road we would see Coyotes. If we kept moving, so did they. The minute we stopped, they hid. Very smart animals.
What kind of bird do you have? We raised all kinds. I raised and hand fed Cockatiels and sold them for a few years. I love seeing wild animals.
Partly Cloudy is the birds name and it is a parakeet. He is petrified of me. I call him PC for short. He is a very pale blue with some white. His belly is pale blue with a few white feather spots. Hence the name partly cloudy! LOL! Any ideas to keep him from eating his perch?
Does he have a cuttle bone? Parakeets do need that. and a few toys that are switched out every now and again.
He has a cuttle bone and some toys. But I had forgotten they need to switched out now and then. Thanks for the reminder! Hope everything is going good for you.