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.
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