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Re: Remembering Monday on a gloomy Wednesday

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umar wrote:
> On 2021-05-06, songbird wrote:
>> umar wrote:
>
>>   i haven't seen one in a few years here (we're not near a pond), 
>> but if i see them trying to cross the road i'll stop and move 
>> them over.
>
> I had to move a snapping turtle across the road on Cape Cod a few years 
> ago. Traffic was stopped, and I saw the problem was a large turtle in 
> the middle of the road. So, I got out of my car, approached the turtle 
> from behind, slid one hand under its lower shell while keeping well out 
> of the way of its jaws and claws, and scooted it across. I actually got 
> applause from some of the drivers.

  :)  they're amazing creatures too, but for much different reasons
besides color.  many years ago when i was living in Southern Toledo
the park i walked at had a pathway which was used by quite a few 
people and there was a large snapping turtle crossing it, very-very
slowly.  all i could see was someone coming around the corner on a
bike and hitting it so i tried to make sure people were warned 
until it got all the way across the path.  it was one of those that
had an entire ecosystem living up on top of the shell with all the
plants and dirt from the pond it had up there.  there was no way
in heck i would get my hand anywhere near it.  aside from sea 
turtles i'd not seen a bigger turtle.


>>   https://www.anthive.com/project/frogs/
>
> Those are all hylids with adhesive feet. We have two of them in my part 
> of the country: the spring peeper, a small brown frog with a dark X 
> across its back; and the gray tree frog, which I rarely see but 
> colleagues have encountered around and sometimes even inside their 
> houses.
>
> Do you live in the Pacific tree frog's range? That is the frog that goes 
> "ribbit, ribbit"; as far as I know it's the only one in the world that 
> does.

  they don't get as far east as Michigan that i can tell.


>>   https://www.anthive.com/project/killdeer/
>
> Wow. Every time I try to get a picture of a bird, they tend to fly away. 
> I've had pretty good luck with wild turkeys and Canada geese, through.

  this pair have been very tame compared to most.  i try to say 
hello to the babies when they hatch so they know who i am.


>>   https://www.anthive.com/project/insects/
>
> Here we have monarch butterflies, which I usually see in August and 
> September. I have seen a caterpillar, but not in a while.
>
> Unless I'm mistaken, the yellow and black butterfly is a swallowtail; we 
> have those here too.

  :)  monarchs are not common any longer but i can sometimes 
find them feeding on the butterfly weed (orange flowers) and 
other milkweeds.  the problem though is that milkweeds can be 
rather invasive in formal gardens and Mom gets upset at that 
so we don't have them around here nearly as much as i'd like.


>>   https://www.anthive.com/project/critters/
>
> I see hawks fairly frequently here, but I'm not skilled enough to tell a 
> red-tailed from a red-shouldered. There are ospreys along the coast both 
> north (Maine) and south (Cape Cod, Rhode Island) of me. And once in a 
> while someone reports a bald eagle, although they're more common in 
> Maine.
>
> There are supposed to be peregrine falcons in Boston, nesting on the 
> tall buildings and preying on the local pigeon population, but I've 
> never seen one.

  i'm not really skilled on bird identification either as 
some still elude me.


>>   https://www.anthive.com/project/worms/
>
> Fascinating.

  it's good fun and nice to have for the middle of the winter
when outside dirt therapy is otherwise hard to accomplish.  :)


  songbird

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Remembering Monday on a gloomy Wednesday umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-05-05 21:31 +0000
  Re: Remembering Monday on a gloomy Wednesday Ken Wright <wizard@koalatyworks.com> - 2021-05-05 23:49 -0400
  Re: Remembering Monday on a gloomy Wednesday songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-05-06 09:05 -0400
    Re: Remembering Monday on a gloomy Wednesday umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-05-06 21:11 +0000
      Re: Remembering Monday on a gloomy Wednesday songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-05-08 10:03 -0400
      Re: Remembering Monday on a gloomy Wednesday Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> - 2021-07-28 21:29 +0100

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