We've been adopted by a stray dog:

Jewel has found a turkey nest. First she brought us a dead chick, and then she brought a live one that I've rescued. I think it thinks I'm its mother now because I've fed it worms and grubs and taken care of its slight injuries. Every time it sees me it starts chirping so cute.

I haven't seen Clyde the frog in a long time. I suppose he moved on to a more suitable female, but he was appreciated while he was here. I've heard frogs croaking in the distance and wondered if one of them was Clyde.
David ran over a black snake the other day. He thought it was just a stick in the road. He brought it to the house so the kids and I could see it. I don't know if it died. He put it out in the woods, but when we looked later it was gone. It could have been the one I saw last Sunday, but it looked smaller.
Not a critter but exciting for me anyway:

UPDATE(1:00 am Mon.): I couldn't sleep for thinking that I've misidentified 'Chirp-chirp' as a turkey when he/she is probably just a chicken. There are lots of wild turkeys around here, as well as grouse which Jewel has killed before. I assumed that this was a turkey because of that and because its feathers have the exact same coloring and patterning as turkey feathers. But my father-in-law saw it and said he thought it was a chicken because it looks like some that our neighbor has. Uh-oh, I see a neighbor feud on the horizon if our dog has been killing/stealing his chickens...
David found that snake dead down by the driveway. Jewel probably killed it too.
I found two more black widows today and put them in the same jar. I'm watching to see if they attack each other or fight over food. My god, that's cruel, isn't it?! But as far as I know spider-fighting isn't illegal like cock-fighting is. Besides, I'm not taking or making any bets about it.
6 comments:
What you got 'wild' turkeys where you live? We have some pheasants and 'wild' peacocks around these parts. Too many some would say.
The hardest bit will be teaching the bird to fly. I know I tried it with a crow. Laters ... Q
Ah, the talk of buds...even lemon buds..gets me going....
Q, oddly enough, about a week or so ago there was a peacock in our yard. I have no idea where it came from. But we haven't seen it again.
mr g, me too! hehehe
I'm betting on the lunchbox spider. If it gets too big you're n ot going to feed it the turkey are you??
So Hoe, is your neighbour missing any chickens?
rainypete -What odds you offering?
Laters ... Q
rainypete, the lunchbox spider is in a jar by itself, but one of the two in the other jar has been killed and injested by the other. I kind of hate that I missed seeing it happen. lol
Q, I'm afraid to ask him! I might just sneak and leave Chirp-chirp into his yard one night.
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