I'd Rather Trust a Country Man...
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rain_gryphonAn interesting day, filled with things to do and see!
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A dead, gutted Shrew. Like all Shrews, he has those weird black teeth. He'd been lying in the yard for a day or two before I found him, I'm pretty sure. Dead Shrews are a not uncommon summer sight here. The birds get into dozens of fights every day, but with them it's largely stylized and restrained. The loser gives ground, and everyone is at peace again. With the Shrews, it's life and death. I may well have seen the Shrew who killed him too. Some time later I was sitting on the front step (sans camera, sadly), very quietly, and saw a movement down in the grass, which was a Shrew taking his chances to run quickly right past the end of my foot.
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I could hear this godawful fuss from the Starlings out front, and I wondered if someone's nest was being raided. I went to check, and found a baby Trash Panda. He was sitting by the base of the nest-filled tree where I saw the locust shells last autumn. My initial fear was that he was ill, but after watching him for a bit I decided that he was just out in the daytime for whatever reason (probably being young and a dumbass). I think he's just about weaning age, so may just have been out exploring. He almost got run over crossing the road back to the abandoned house (where I suspect he and his sibs live), and then later I saw him again, or another just like him, by the brushpile in back.
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The majestic Toad. He was sitting in back beneath the Sparrow colony. He has a certain self-assured presence. I just about stepped on him going back to check on the Sparrows, but he hopped at the last second.
As well, I got part of my container Tomatoes planted, and put some new Hens and Chicks into this weird-looking Mexican pot, with little sort of "balconies" on the side for the offspring to take root in.
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A dead, gutted Shrew. Like all Shrews, he has those weird black teeth. He'd been lying in the yard for a day or two before I found him, I'm pretty sure. Dead Shrews are a not uncommon summer sight here. The birds get into dozens of fights every day, but with them it's largely stylized and restrained. The loser gives ground, and everyone is at peace again. With the Shrews, it's life and death. I may well have seen the Shrew who killed him too. Some time later I was sitting on the front step (sans camera, sadly), very quietly, and saw a movement down in the grass, which was a Shrew taking his chances to run quickly right past the end of my foot.
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I could hear this godawful fuss from the Starlings out front, and I wondered if someone's nest was being raided. I went to check, and found a baby Trash Panda. He was sitting by the base of the nest-filled tree where I saw the locust shells last autumn. My initial fear was that he was ill, but after watching him for a bit I decided that he was just out in the daytime for whatever reason (probably being young and a dumbass). I think he's just about weaning age, so may just have been out exploring. He almost got run over crossing the road back to the abandoned house (where I suspect he and his sibs live), and then later I saw him again, or another just like him, by the brushpile in back.
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The majestic Toad. He was sitting in back beneath the Sparrow colony. He has a certain self-assured presence. I just about stepped on him going back to check on the Sparrows, but he hopped at the last second.
As well, I got part of my container Tomatoes planted, and put some new Hens and Chicks into this weird-looking Mexican pot, with little sort of "balconies" on the side for the offspring to take root in.
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