One of our favorite pastimes is sitting on our
deck looking at our plants and talking about how they’re doing and planning
what to do next with them. Almost as
much fun as watching the plants grow is watching the antics of the wildlife.
We have a suet feeder that the Mockingbirds claim
as their own. Other birds that visit regularly are Blue Birds, Brown Thrasher/Wood Thrush,
and Robins. We love them all except for
Starlings/Grackles (we don’t know which) that come in flocks, driving the other
birds away. When they come, I bring the
suet in. The Mockingbirds know where I
put it and come onto the patio looking for it.
Two young rabbits are driving us crazy. Aloma asked me not to bond with them as I did last year. They would come on the patio and sit next to me and look at their next meal. This year I’m shooting biodegradable pellets at them with a slingshot
but rarely come close enough to scare them. When I throw the slingshot at them, they get the idea that I'm serious. I’ve put plastic mesh around the plants they like so that’s keeping them
from wiping us out.
Deer come at night, but Liquid Fence (smells terrible)
seems to keep them from eating plants and shrubs.
Lizards (actually, Chameleons) run across out
deck and have no fear of us. I was
sitting on the deck next to a plant and one hopped onto my shoulder and just
sat there looking around.
A green tree frog lives in our Hibiscus vine and
announces to us that rain is eminent. He
is so loud. Aloma can mimic him and he
answers her. When you see Aloma, ask her
for her best frog call.
Last year, we had a Carolina Worm Snake that
spend a couple of weeks under one of our bushes. This year, I was blowing leaves off of the
deck, and a three-foot Black Snake slithered out from under a chair. I wish he would eat one of the rabbits.
Every day, the wildlife will do something that
brings a laugh to us.
Seasoned Man
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