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Posted: Jun 18, 2013 - 8:09am

A dead opossum in the back yard. So that's what all the commotion was this morning.

Posted: Jun 7, 2013 - 1:25pm

Things I Saw Yesterday...

Meower and Sean-e at the Kimmel. Nice surprise. Both of them look great!

Posted: Jun 7, 2013 - 8:33am

sirdroseph wrote:

Oh yes, those are the ones that my cats persecute mercilessly! I try to rescue them when I can, but my cats are relentless! {#Eek}

My cats like these guys, too. Dead or alive.

Posted: Jun 7, 2013 - 8:22am

JrzyTmata wrote:

those are the annuals. greenish and look like tanks.

Oh yes, those are the ones that my cats persecute mercilessly! I try to rescue them when I can, but my cats are relentless! {#Eek}

Posted: Jun 7, 2013 - 8:19am

haresfur wrote:

Did you think snow was a Disney invention, too?

Nope, I see it on the mountains in the winter time but I've yet to see it actually fall in real life. Maybe little fairies come and just dump it up there when I am asleep!!! {#Think}

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 5:41pm

JrzyTmata wrote:

those are the annuals. greenish and look like tanks.

and wrap-around eyeball-ios....

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 4:40pm

pigtail wrote:

I am a little reluctant to admit just how deep my bug ignorance is. About 10 years ago I took the kids to Atlanta to visit a friend over Spring break. At night, we were treated to a firefly show. I actually thought they were a fictitious creature before I saw them there. The trees in Disneyland are rigged with little lights that simulate the little things. I actually thought they were a Disney invention. {#Shhh}

Did you think snow was a Disney invention, too?

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 4:38pm

gypsyman wrote:

Somehow, I always associated cicadas with Joni Mitchell's Hissing Of Summer Lawns, and vice versa. Weird, huh?

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 2:11pm

I am a little reluctant to admit just how deep my bug ignorance is. About 10 years ago I took the kids to Atlanta to visit a friend over Spring break. At night, we were treated to a firefly show. I actually thought they were a fictitious creature before I saw them there. The trees in Disneyland are rigged with little lights that simulate the little things. I actually thought they were a Disney invention. {#Shhh}

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 2:05pm

DaveInVA wrote:

As you can see they are tiny little things but they are mosr famous for the loud noise they make when mating.

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Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 2:04pm

JrzyTmata wrote:

YAY!!
well, yay you got to see it. poor thing. probably didn't even have sex yet.

I didn't kill it, it just got relocated a few miles from where it started out.

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 2:01pm

cc_rider wrote:

Shows what I know. I just remember the huge ones would come out in the heat of the summer.

those are the annuals. greenish and look like tanks.

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 2:00pm

DaveInVA wrote:

As you can see they are tiny little things but they are mosr famous for the loud noise they make when mating.

oh! Like flies. Yeah, I'm aware of the sound. Amazing that comes from these tiny things.

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 1:54pm

JrzyTmata wrote:

the annuals are bigger.

Shows what I know. I just remember the huge ones would come out in the heat of the summer.

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 1:50pm

bokey wrote:

Pops pointed out last night that there haven't been any Goldfinches in the last couple years either.We used to get a half dozen at a time.I wonder what's really going on?

Our thistle feeder is almost untouched.

I just saw the first one of the year yesterday at the golf course. When the sunflowers come up here at the house we'll be thick with them. Little buggers love sunfowers. This is from last year and taken from a camera phone but there are a couple of them out there.

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 1:48pm

cc_rider wrote:

Write your own joke here...

That's what you folks call a cicada? Down here I've seen 'em big enough to throw a saddle on. Three or four times bigger than that little thing.

It's mostly too dry here in Austin, but Houston gets them something awful.

the annuals are bigger.

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 1:47pm

2cats wrote:

Actually, here too. We had gold finches once too, but not anymore. Hmmmm. Or any house finches, for that matter.

we still have goldfinches, and tons of house finches. but I haven't seen a Bluejay all season. and last year, we found 2 of them dead in the yard.

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 1:47pm

DaveInVA wrote:

As you can see they are tiny little things but they are most famous for the loud noise they make when mating.

Write your own joke here...

That's what you folks call a cicada? Down here I've seen 'em big enough to throw a saddle on. Three or four times bigger than that little thing.

It's mostly too dry here in Austin, but Houston gets them something awful.

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 1:45pm

DaveInVA wrote:

This was yesterday actually. The Cicadas's are out in force now. When I was driving back from Petersburg yesterday one got into my convertable at 60 mph and later felt it climbing up my leg so I got to see it up close and chuck it out the window.

YAY!!
well, yay you got to see it. poor thing. probably didn't even have sex yet.

Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 1:42pm

bokey wrote:

Pops pointed out last night that there haven't been any Goldfinches in the last couple years either.We used to get a half dozen at a time.I wonder what's really going on?

Our thistle feeder is almost untouched.

Actually, here too. We had gold finches once too, but not anymore. Hmmmm. Or any house finches, for that matter.