tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79117350114970974942011-07-08T06:16:01.790-07:00Peggy (Ladypeg)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13241254245554344657noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911735011497097494.post-43292634178375534142009-06-28T09:32:00.000-07:002009-06-28T09:37:40.997-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6T5jcNF-Ao/SkebcpzUG9I/AAAAAAAAAdI/IPUNNn5XPNU/s1600-h/DSC05647.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6T5jcNF-Ao/SkebcpzUG9I/AAAAAAAAAdI/IPUNNn5XPNU/s320/DSC05647.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352417598712847314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The kids woke me up one morning to come and tell them what the critter in the back yard was... this guy was the size of a turkey platter.. no joke... and we have seen another one, a snapping turtle the size of a dinner plate. I also found a baby snapping turtle while planting a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">hosta</span>.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6T5jcNF-Ao/SkebUmEfALI/AAAAAAAAAdA/uY2dmO4Gzt4/s1600-h/DSC05658.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6T5jcNF-Ao/SkebUmEfALI/AAAAAAAAAdA/uY2dmO4Gzt4/s320/DSC05658.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352417460272169138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Remember I told you about the 10 little ducks? I thought they had all died ... then I went outside one day and there they were...</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7911735011497097494-4329263417837553414?l=critterslp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peggy (Ladypeg)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13241254245554344657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911735011497097494.post-38607400918982522502009-05-19T10:19:00.000-07:002009-05-19T10:36:30.474-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A6T5jcNF-Ao/ShLqi6Du7tI/AAAAAAAAAbY/bEFyPnmSV3M/s1600-h/DSC05639.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A6T5jcNF-Ao/ShLqi6Du7tI/AAAAAAAAAbY/bEFyPnmSV3M/s320/DSC05639.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337586393808826066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I bought this bird house because it was cute and I thought</div><div style="text-align: center;">it would look good in the garden. I hung it up and started walking </div><div style="text-align: center;">back to the house. I turned around to see how it looked and there</div><div style="text-align: center;">was a bird going in it. Now he/she is working very hard to get it ready</div><div style="text-align: center;">for babies... I only wish I could identify the bird... I have gone through</div><div style="text-align: center;">our books and online but I have no idea what it is.. It is brown/ rust on top with cream</div><div style="text-align: center;">belly. It look just a little bigger than a humming bird. They, there are two of them now</div><div style="text-align: center;">have a wonderful song and as far as I can tell they do not eat at the feeders..</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6T5jcNF-Ao/ShLqa14ffJI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/sLqvFuMuvp8/s1600-h/DSC05595.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6T5jcNF-Ao/ShLqa14ffJI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/sLqvFuMuvp8/s320/DSC05595.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337586255248981138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">When I set up the feeders in December these two <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mallard</span> Ducks</div><div style="text-align: center;">came and have come everyday at 9:00 am.... then they brought their babies.. 10 in all...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But they lost their babies and now are sitting on more eggs... because they don't come together </div><div style="text-align: center;">any more.. so I figure one has to stay put to keep the eggs warm.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6T5jcNF-Ao/ShLqVC-eSrI/AAAAAAAAAbI/5wbtWSRDdaQ/s1600-h/DSC05642.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6T5jcNF-Ao/ShLqVC-eSrI/AAAAAAAAAbI/5wbtWSRDdaQ/s320/DSC05642.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337586155684514482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is Peter Rabbit. He lives somewhere close to us... he comes to visit everyday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He has a wife now that we named Bunny. She too comes every day.. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Shinji</span> came running to </div><div style="text-align: center;">tell me one day that Bunny and Peter were playing and Bunny kept jumping on Peters</div><div style="text-align: center;">back. I told him that I thought it was Peter jumping on Bunny's back....</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7911735011497097494-3860740091898252250?l=critterslp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peggy (Ladypeg)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13241254245554344657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911735011497097494.post-73374892622591907602009-05-05T08:46:00.000-07:002009-05-05T08:47:43.397-07:00I will tell you about the critters we have living around us... <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7911735011497097494-7337489262259190760?l=critterslp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peggy (Ladypeg)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13241254245554344657noreply@blogger.com0