^^^ I'm guessing green frog pollywogs? or bullfrog? anyone know?
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^^^ I'm guessing green frog pollywogs? or bullfrog? anyone know?
The clue is in my address. These are European common frog (Rana temporaria) tadpoles (sadly now less common than they used to be). The picture is not of a pond but a river bank. The tadpoles are separated from the main river by a tiny sand bar and a few reeds. I hope some survive. The obvious threats are flood or drought, birds feed in the shallows (a couple of ducks moved away as I approached), trout patrol the deeper river and cattle trample the banks.
Wood frog in wood chips. One of our more terrestrial (versus aquatic) frogs. Along with the gray tree frog, they create a nice woodland chorus in the spring. This one was taking advantage of my tree watering routine to get a bit of a shower. Hopped out of the grass onto the mulch around the tree when I turned the water on. It is very dry here. No real rainfall for weeks.
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Paul Jacobs, thanks for that picture. As a kid, after school, I'd pull on rubber boots, grab a butter dish, and head for the little swampy pond next to our driveway. It was usually black with pollywogs, then fewer pollywogs with legs, then frogs, and it taught me things. It's as if the frog lifecycle was made for kids to observe.
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I went back to check on the tadpoles which generated a certain amount of interest
Keith's grandmother's peony
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Monarch's favorite...
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Chickens surfing the rock dust pile.
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Jorn, I can't remember if this has come up in the "bought some land" thread, but you have so much fun with those chickens, once you're done with the move and have settled in I hope you get a coop (a secure one, given the wildlife out there) and some chickens and guinea hens. Imagine - as may fresh eggs as you care to eat - and enough to share with the neighbors.
They are definitely much better than television. My main worry is that everything in the woods seems to eat chickens. Fishers, foxes, coyotes, raccoons, bears, red-tailed hawks, barred owls, etc. So seems likely they'd give new meaning to the words "bird feeder". But we may end up getting them anyway. The local "lawn & garden" gets all sorts of interesting breeds each spring, so it is only a matter of time I expect. "Look what followed me home!"
To continue the amphibian theme......this is a Southwestern Woodhouse's toad - Anaxyrus woodhousii australis hanging out in the river rock landscaping at my back door. He's one of 4 that have taken up residence.
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Cactus flower on one of our plants around the yard.
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Great Barrington evidently experienced the dreaded bunny thunderstorm last night.
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That's no ordinary rabbit!
"And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large chulapas. And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'"
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An hour well spent in our front yard (to be.) Can highly recommend Swrve durable cotton trousers. And vouch for their thorn proofness.
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Schenectady Central Park Rose Garden
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This is how I'm comfortable riding in July thus far.
Sometimes in knickers as well with over the calf Darn Toughs.
While the rest of the nation suffers heat I wish for a little.
Byron
Nice shoes man.
How do you keep those laces out of the chain/crank?
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Outdoor theatre
Broody hens 5, non-broody hens 0.
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Yard succulent flower, that's a mini bee I haven't noticed before, the flower's about 2" across.
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Mamma hens and chicks are so cute. The only problem with them somewhat free-ranging in an uncontrolled environment is that unless they're super-lucky, the number of chicks tends to gradually decrease over time, and only a few of them make it to teen-age status. It is kind of sad to see them start off with n, then after a while, n-1, a few days later n-2, and so on.
My parents have a few "visitor" families that come by every now and then, so they have some feed on hand to toss when they show up. It's cool to watch the hens let the chicks eat first, and only after they've had their share do the hens have some.
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I saw a much better picture as I rode my urban ride today.
The two women on the road side parking grass strip had their backs to me.
That image of the three sharing a late afternoon happy hour facing one another distanced is what I wished I captured.
Unfortunately I interrupted their conversation to ask permission to take a pic.
I should have asked for them to carry on.
Two backsides facing the woman on the porch, in conversation was a much better pic.
Next time, I'll know better.
Still a great glimpse of summer here for the first time.
Byron