Saw this little beauty this afternoon in Sterling.
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My kids love those red(?) turtles. They’re much less intimidating than the snappers.
Yeah, she caught that one by hand. She’s my outdoor daughter for sure. There was a spider in my older daughter’s bedroom and who came to the rescue and squashed it? She did.
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Learn the difference between the Red Eared Pond Slider and the Painted Turtles. The Pond sliders are sold all over the place as pets and when they get bigger, families release them. The Orientals release turtles for good luck and the majority of those are Red Eared. The dam things are invasive species and will overrun a local pond in short order, driving out the native Painteds.
Red Ear Pond Slider:
Painted Turtle:
The sliders are native to down south. I've been told that they do not mate and lay eggs up here, but that's bulls98t. Ive seen Red Eared in my yard laying eggs. Those won't hatch.
Blue gills on the nest in the pond behind my house.
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Wow. That seems late. Maybe not. But it SEEMS late.
There are several nests there in shallow water where you can stand on a wooden bridge and watch the moms chase every thing away. It's the blue gill nursery.
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My Bull Frog was conspicuously quiet for a few days. I was sad, thinking that the Great Blue Heron that stalks the shore line had taken him. Last evening, I was pleasantly surprised to hear him again in full throat.
Omelette?
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Nah... too many and too small to crack open. I put them in a deep dish for the raccoons and they disappeared overnight. Just a mess of shells to rake up.
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One of our local herons took out a chipmunk last week in the neighbor's yard. A freaking chipmunk!
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Lol YouTube keeps giving me strikes on my Mink vs Goby vid. What kinda stupidity is this??
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Good luck. LOL
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Bunnies
View: https://youtu.be/DxDW0Js6xGI
Given the predators we have around, I'm surprised they're still around.
View: https://youtu.be/DxDW0Js6xGI
Given the predators we have around, I'm surprised they're still around.
i found this between two fence rails on the bridge at the pond, sun was just right.
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I had a pal that would hunt for spiderwebs. When he found a good size complete web without a spider in it, he would have a black felt stapled to a frame and spray paint the web. He would then carefully scoop it onto the felt. He sold quite a few.
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Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
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You should ask the manufacturer if they will warantee that.
Found this guy while fishing a new spot. After seeing him, I explored the area a little bit and was able to loop around and catch him a second time. The area looked pretty good, really thick. I walked a ridge and found a single bed worn to dirt with a large buck track. Too bad you can’t hunt this area....
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Well, I did include the video as part of a trouble ticket on an unrelated issue, telling them I had other bugs with this camera.
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2 jakes chasing a flock of geese this morning
