I don't really know snakes that well but a Google search thinks it's a garter snake.
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Maybe so! I can't tell 100% and I doubt you got close enough to see if it had eyelids to tell if it was a lizard lol!I don't really know snakes that well but a Google search thinks it's a garter snake.
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Next time I will! 
He's a lot bigger than the little guy I found! But I did laugh at your trash!
I walk over to the neighbors house this morning to do cat-care while they are gone and this squirrel starts running toward me. And doesn't stop. Second time this has happened in the last couple months! I took a few pictures and then went to video because if this thing jumped on me I was gonna scream like a girl and I always think rabies when a wild critter acts like this, so documentation and all that. In the end all I had to do - same with that javelina video! - make a human noise! I did that PSSSSSTTT noise and it took off like a rocket. 
So while my husband and I were transforming the garden in our island I came to realize that a Wren built a nest in the hole of this lamp post!
I couldn't believe it when I saw her go inside there. I mean how in the world did she build a nest and have babies and not fall to the bottom of that pole? I was quite terrified for her. But you know nature! Where there is a will there's a way and somehow, maybe with the conduit and piping inside, that she made it stay up toward the top? I don't know. I can't see too much inside there and I don't want to disturb what she's got going on. I don't want to know if one or several have died at the bottom of the pit.
Freaks me out enough that I told my husband we have to buy another post and put it in there in the Fall so she can't go in next year.
Like it should be...
I know they'll be looking for it but I don't want to have to worry about that every year now. They've probably been doing it for a while but now that I know!
Maybe I should hang another birdhouse out front. I don't even know how these posts are not in there. We have a few of them. My husband says that sometimes the end knob falls off and then either it gets wiggled out or he pulled it out I don't know. I never paid attention until now! LOL but he already came home with the posts.
Am I being bad taking away their future nesting spots? I don't want to deter them from nesting around here. I just wish it would be a better spot, that doesn't scare me to death.
Although she probably thought it was a great one! LOL but man if they ever fell through there that's a horrible death. Trapped in the bottom of long black hot tube! Yikes.
I see them as we speak walking along the front garden. Mom's feeding their babies and babies barely flying into a bush. Funny how when you don't pay attention, you just never notice. And then suddenly, when you pay attention, the stress and worry begins! LOL I watch Kali like a hawk now because I see these little ones barely able to fly and I know when they go into or under a bush or plant that she it is very capable of getting them.
I couldn't believe it when I saw her go inside there. I mean how in the world did she build a nest and have babies and not fall to the bottom of that pole? I was quite terrified for her. But you know nature! Where there is a will there's a way and somehow, maybe with the conduit and piping inside, that she made it stay up toward the top? I don't know. I can't see too much inside there and I don't want to disturb what she's got going on. I don't want to know if one or several have died at the bottom of the pit.
Freaks me out enough that I told my husband we have to buy another post and put it in there in the Fall so she can't go in next year.
Like it should be...
I know they'll be looking for it but I don't want to have to worry about that every year now. They've probably been doing it for a while but now that I know!
Maybe I should hang another birdhouse out front. I don't even know how these posts are not in there. We have a few of them. My husband says that sometimes the end knob falls off and then either it gets wiggled out or he pulled it out I don't know. I never paid attention until now! LOL but he already came home with the posts.Am I being bad taking away their future nesting spots? I don't want to deter them from nesting around here. I just wish it would be a better spot, that doesn't scare me to death.
Although she probably thought it was a great one! LOL but man if they ever fell through there that's a horrible death. Trapped in the bottom of long black hot tube! Yikes.I see them as we speak walking along the front garden. Mom's feeding their babies and babies barely flying into a bush. Funny how when you don't pay attention, you just never notice. And then suddenly, when you pay attention, the stress and worry begins! LOL I watch Kali like a hawk now because I see these little ones barely able to fly and I know when they go into or under a bush or plant that she it is very capable of getting them.
As far as I'm concerned, it's catching the shot that you would have missed otherwise. I'd rather see your little turkeys by a cell phone, than not at all!
I still use a real camera 99% of the time. The phone was/is only for places like work or in a store where I wouldn't carry a camera. I'm glad you see my side.
Very cool to catch the photos though.
He's cool looking!
That's really neat! I've read about these guys. Not sure if I've seen one or not. I may have been fooled! Yes, Mother Nature is wonderful!
Spotted this little guy on our back deck. Before we got rid of our hot tub they were here a lot. I would lift the cover and they would be right there on the rim! Now every once in awhile I see one jump out of my potted flowers as I water them. And sometimes sitting on the back deck I hear them croaking. I love their sound LOL one day I had one on the inside window. Not Unusual because if they are on the deck there are times that I open the door walk out for a few seconds and leave the door open. I'm sure they just pop in. 
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I mentioned seeing alligators in my pet photo of the day, so wanted to share these I took at that park back in April! This little island is where most of the larger alligators seem to hang out. There was a few more on the other side, I believe 8 or 9 total.
I had good timing for this picture! The alligator didn’t actually move towards/try to get the Great Blue Heron, but it surely looks like it in this pic!
I had good timing for this picture! The alligator didn’t actually move towards/try to get the Great Blue Heron, but it surely looks like it in this pic!
