We Got Wild And Not So Wild

First there's the wild. This little guy represents four that got escorted to lake this
week. I lost count the many that got to 'go to the lake' this year and truly folks,
is was to an honest to goodness, really big lake.

I had fun getting two into one of these containers yesterday. After all I can only fit
one container in my bike's fanny pack. Ever since I took up this campaign to reduce
the numbers of this frog, it seems that I'm making room for more. If this week is
any indication. Although I am hearing other frogs songs, which is a good sign.



Now for the not so wild. We have a neighbor down the street that thought it would be,
I don't know wtf she was thinking. Oh wait, she wasn't thinking. When she brought three
domestic Peking ducks and abandoned them to the neighborhood. Well guess what, that
was less than a year and now there are two less of them ducks as of Cinco d'Mayo.

I'll spare the gory details, one was by alligator and like a car crash witness that can't look
away, there was a human witness to this urban preventable act of nature. The alligator
was in it's element, as well was the duck. Alligator sightings as frequent as they are, it
never gets old and to witness it's primeval energy is pretty crazy stuff.


The other was by either Fox or Coyote that slinked away in the dark and it is my speculation
to have only seen a glimps of a low to the ground shadowed feature that crossed my driveway
ribbons out of the corner of my eye. Shortly after my making a loud clap into the dark, having
heard what was to be this duck last sound along with some rustling noise in the hedge and or
tall grass.

We started to having reported sightings of Coyotes for nearly five years now to.

I went into the house to get some illumination, not that I would have
needed it, what with a near full moon. This creature looked peaceful lying there in the
moon light and actually looked quite beautiful, was my first reaction that is before turning
on my flash light. Yup, Fox or Coyote. I took measures to dispense with said creature so as
not to encourage this wild creature's return, thinking that that might be a possibility or worse
finding the remains who knows where in the broad daylight.

To end this entry on a lighter side. I have a picture of a not so wild bread buddy.

This guy comes in groups of three or five. A group of five was a challenge to make sure each one
got it share of bread. I can only spare the heals of this sprouted bread I get at Aldi's. What better
way to spread the wealth and in return a few laughs and grins from watching these creatures
receive hand outs from us, two legged creatures.