Images from:
1) gigi (Frank) My Ginger Boy.
2) Principal Poop (Blue Heron) Elegant adult blue heron in the front yard. Their call is as loud and ugly as they are beautiful.
3) Marco (SIMON AND REDMOND) Calm.
4) Marco (Miguel) My daughter’s cat, Miguel is a close friend. What a great friend a cat can be to anyone who has time for a pet.
5) SNS (Blue Rat Snake)
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Thanks for your wonderful pictures, contributors!
Kitty #1 is a creamsicle.
Occasionally I wake up in a dark mood, but if it’s a Sunday my spirits are always raised very nicely by @Claudia and the Critters! Thank you, Claudia, and thanks today to gigi, Principal Poop, Marco, and especially SNS. I love that snake! And I never new there such things as Blue Rats (except for bipeds).
Over time I have collected a number of snake stories and a couple of tails. I would like to share two of them.
I killed 2 Coral Snakes (Red on Yellow) at two different times in roughly the same place. They both were immediate threats and the second one was a big one.
The other story is black snake I saw in the woods. I was walking in a forested area by myself and kind of sad over a recent loss of a loved one.
There was a sunny spot and I walked into it and just enjoyed the view. After standing there for awhile I looked down and there was a 5 to 6 foot long black snake fully stretched out and enjoying the sun as well. He was right next me. I could have reached down and touched him. I just stood there observing. After a few minutes he slowly started moving towards brush that was maybe his hiding spot. When he was half way in I reached down and touched his tail. He went in to the brush and I just stood there for awhile longer. It was pretty cool.
I got some rattlers too but those are other stories for another time.
That blue rat snake looks like it might be a five footer.
Backstory?
Thanks Claudia
It ain’t the call from the Blue Herons that I object to as they fly off. It’s the massive slpotz of white mush they deposit as they fly off. Even the grass is negative in its response.
Thanks!!
I had to get on fb because a place we like to eat is only on there and I am reminded how much I dislike that place and how many nut cases are on there.
So glad I came to see Critters after.
Ah yes, the calm before the storm. Quiet dogs and cats. How quickly they change after recharging those canine and feline batteries.
Love our Critters…..