Catching up ~ little critters

Here are a few of the small critters that I’ve encountered during the last month or so: it wouldn’t be right to leave them out because they were kind enough to let me photograph them.

A Pine Siskin, maybe not the best groomed, but the friendliest of all our local birds. I think they are pretty special.

Crab spider: I thought they came in many colors until I found that they have the ability to change color, although it takes them a while to do it.

Not everyone has a hundred-pound bat hanging (literally) around the place. This one is a year-round resident.

This bull snake was pretty good sized and did his very best rattlesnake imitation for me complete with a hiss that sounded very much like a rattle and a quite professional strike at my hand. He’s a very pretty and beneficial snake!

A yellow-headed blackbird: I had never seen one before and thought I had quite a find until I read that they are actually very common.

Don’t pay any attention to this frog… he’s hiding.

On a hot day

this is a nice place to sit for a spell!

Spring-fed stream in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains