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| Yes, it's a squirrel! We like the kind of pets that take care of themselves. And this little fellow does a good job of that. |
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| We have gourds and houses for our Purple Martins.We look forward to them coming back every year. They eat only flying insects, which they catch in flight. Most people think that they eat mosquitoes but they don't. Purple Martins and freshwater mosquitoes rarely ever cross paths. Martins are daytime feeders, and feed high in the sky; mosquitoes, on the other hand, stay low in damp places during daylight hours, or only come out at night. Since Purple Martins feed only on flying insects, they are extremely vulnerable to starvation during extended periods of cool and/or rainy weather. Isn't that interesting? |
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| The ducks on the side of the pond only come around when it rains a lot. They are so pretty. They are black and white. The geese that are out in the water live here year round. They always raise their young around our pond. Then when they are older they head off to the big lake below our property. I actually don't like a lot of geese around because they are messy but I can handle this pair that lives here. Did you know that geese mate for life? They will find a new mate if their mate dies. They weigh about 20-25 lbs. and can live 20 years! Isn't that interesting? |
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| And of course I LOVE my birds! |
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| We actually don't feed our birds in the spring and summer so this is actually winter pics. |
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| This is our dog! Well, it really is our neighbors dog! We live in the country so we don't know which neighbor he belongs to But I love this little dog! He knows when I cook. It is amazing. Everytime I cook I look out and he is on my deck waiting for the scraps. After he eats he usually leaves with something in his mouth and heads down the road. That is our kind of dog! We named him "LUCKY"! Do you see why? |
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| This is for sure not my favorite pet. I walked out on the sidewalk the other day and there he was! I jumped up on the picnic table and tried to get "Sweet Hunter's" attention. He was out mowing. So here I am waving my arms and yelling! He never saw me. So I got down, run in the house to grab my camera! I came back and he was gone. I looked around and found him. I went to the garage and looked for a hoe. I was determined that he was dead! Then...."Sweet Hunter" see's me! He says, "what are you doing"? Out of breath and very hyper, I said, "come here....hurry!" "Kill it, Kill it"! "Sweet Hunter" says, "NO WAY!" I said, "Please, kill it!" Then he gently poked around it and got it to head to the woods. I thought to myself, "Has Sweet hunter lost it?" "Is he crazy?" Then he informed me that it was a chicken snake. I told him that I didn't care what kind it was. But he told me that it kills rats. He said it is a good snake. He said it was "our" friend. It may be "Sweet Hunter's" friend, but not mine. So I went and googled it. He is right except for one thing. While their bite is not poisonous in most cases, it is usually extremely painful! WHAT??? I WILL kill this snake!!!! ******************************* Today I am thankful for..........my hoe!!! |
