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Local Blue Heron

redrose — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:48:32 -0400

Author: redrose
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:48 pm (GMT 0)

The pond accross the street from us has been the home to a blue heron for quite some time now. We've just recently gotton some pictures of him.

The first is a bit blurry . .

This one's an action shot:

Raccoon Family

redrose — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:07:07 -0400

Author: redrose
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:07 am (GMT 0)

My boyfriend's folks live next door, and since they have a number of outdoor cats, they set traps to catch unwanted food thieves. They caught a raccoon, pulled it out of the barn, and returned a short while after to this sight.

Seems she was a mother . .

But no worries, they made sure to catch them all, gave them all a healthy snack of cat food, drove them out of town and released them.

Spider Babysitting

redrose — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:04:05 -0400

Author: redrose
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:04 am (GMT 0)

I captured a spider, and rather than kill it right away, I wanted to get a photo of it, so I could look it up. (for the sake of knowing what kind of spiders are running around our house) I left to get my camera, and returned to this sight.

Snake!!

redrose — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:07:47 -0400

Author: redrose
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:07 am (GMT 0)

I walked out the door the other day to see this little critter scurry accross the walk. Rather than shriek and run away, I instantly thought, 'I've gotta get my camera!'

(I should have made the pic smaller, but it was such a clear pic)