Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
courtin' froggies
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
critters and the pond
Lucia came flying into the house the other day shouting "Mommie, look what I found! My first salamander!" Having a brother who prides himself on stalking the wild anything, she doesn't get a chance to get her hands onto much of anything before he swoops in.
But under the hay bales in the front yard, she found this adorable yellow spotted salamander and moved fast to snatch it up before the stiff competition noticed it.
River found an earthworm, the biggest I think I've ever seen, which was obviously too large for the salamander to consume.
And off to Day Pond to enjoy some sand a a swim while the boys hunted various creatures in the water.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
mingling in the yard
Well, it's happened. We finally got fed up with having ever-larger chicks and a full-grown chicken in the house. So this weekend, I hauled the shavings in the tub to the compost bin and put the Luna and the chicks to bed in the bottom of the coop. I shut the door to the top so the rest of the crew wouldn't come downstairs in the morning and harass them, and while there were lots of protesting peeps at the beginning of the night, they settled down to sleep by dark.
So I kept hearing noise from the part of the yard where Dante has set his trap for the racoon. Not his trap, in fact. He borrowed River's larger trap since the racoon seemed able to sneak the food out of his smaller trap without actually getting in it. Well, he's had no luck with the racoon yet, but look what he caught yesterday! Poor Bandit.
Also, during the day they've all been running about freely in the yard, and when we toss treats out, they all come together. Yes the bigger chickens peck the little ones (what a sad little squeak this elicits!) to warn them to back off, but the little ones sneak plenty anyway.
So I kept hearing noise from the part of the yard where Dante has set his trap for the racoon. Not his trap, in fact. He borrowed River's larger trap since the racoon seemed able to sneak the food out of his smaller trap without actually getting in it. Well, he's had no luck with the racoon yet, but look what he caught yesterday! Poor Bandit.
While they stick stay in her general vicinity, the chicks do allow more and more distance between themselves and Luna these days.
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