Buds & bugs outdoor pics collection

[Poekie]

Always some company in the garden.

 

[DRan88]

Hey @Poekie
Eastern Hognose snake.
Sun tanning I guess, almost stepped on it 2 days in a row at work. It likes to hide under the planks at the railroad crossing.

 

[Oldchucky]

Look at those eyes! I wonder If it is getting ready to molt.

 

[DRan88]

Look at those eyes! I wonder If it is getting ready to molt.

A guy I work with thought it was dead, he said look at it's eyes, got close, then he jumped 2 feet in the air. Still alive.
I told him so

 

[Oldchucky]

I think I read somewhere that they pick rocky areas like that to help peel the old skin off!

 

[Poekie]

Hey @Poekie
Eastern Hognose snake.
Sun tanning I guess, almost stepped on it 2 days in a row at work. It likes to hide under the planks at the railroad crossing.

Thats an impressive creature!

 

[PlumberSoCal2]

 

[Poekie]

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Wow!
Beautiful, i'm gonna nominate the last pic for Potm of June.
The snake in the first pic, you caught it or its your pet?

 

[PlumberSoCal2]

Wow!
Beautiful, i'm gonna nominate the last pic for Potm of June.
The snake in the first pic, you caught it or its your pet?

Well thank you. The King snake was crossing the road in Lawrence Welk retirement community about 4-5 years ago

Brought it home as we have them here and about 10 years go my wife and cats found a young one about a foot long on the hallway. I released both in the yard. Love having them as they help with mice/rats as we are out of the city. We've got half an acre, neighbor across the street has 4 and an aquifer under the property so other than the house they can't build so a lot of open space. We see these every spring

Both pics are our neighbors yard. Before I got old and going to bed at 8-9pm I'd hear the coyotes howl, usually around midnight and knew it was time to go to bed.

Caught this Gopher snake

at a client's who has 7 kids and home schools. All but the baby got to touch this one. I let it go back in their yard. They've got at least an acre.

This one I found in the pool after draining for the winter. Another King snake.

Not sure if these were snake or Alligator lizard eggs.

And our local frogs

Pacific Tree Frogs.

We got bunnies

and gophers

mice and rats (no pics)
So we also have hawks

Red tails.

I grew up in the city and don't ever want to return

 

[Poekie]

Well thank you. The King snake was crossing the road in Lawrence Welk retirement community about 4-5 years ago
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Brought it home as we have them here and about 10 years go my wife and cats found a young one about a foot long on the hallway. I released both in the yard. Love having them as they help with mice/rats as we are out of the city. We've got half an acre, neighbor across the street has 4 and an aquifer under the property so other than the house they can't build so a lot of open space. We see these every spring
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Both pics are our neighbors yard. Before I got old and going to bed at 8-9pm I'd hear the coyotes howl, usually around midnight and knew it was time to go to bed.

Caught this Gopher snake
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at a client's who has 7 kids and home schools. All but the baby got to touch this one. I let it go back in their yard. They've got at least an acre.

This one I found in the pool after draining for the winter. Another King snake.
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Not sure if these were snake or Alligator lizard eggs.
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And our local frogs
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Pacific Tree Frogs.

We got bunnies
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and gophers
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mice and rats (no pics)
So we also have hawks
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Red tails.

I grew up in the city and don't ever want to return

Wow you got quite a zoo at your place!
Great to have so many animals around, and you dont seem to be afraid of snakes like most people are.

That gopher looks like a funny creature!

I grew up in a forest, then as a young boy went to the city and now that i'm older i'm back in the countryside and i love it here.
Same for me, never gonna go back.
Great pics, enjoy out there!

 

[Variety719]

 

[PlumberSoCal2]

 

[Poekie]

 

[Poekie]

After heavy rain i found this snail eater almost drowning.
Let it dry inside and put back outside when it had recuperated.
What i didnt know is that this creature is bioluminescent.
And that the male and female look like total different creatures.

 

[Poekie]

Taking care of my neighbour's animals, just found a baby.
So sweet...

 

[Galgrows]

Here's something you don't see everyday. This was at my old place. A couple of the ranchers bulls broke through the fence on our road and decided to square off. They were oblivious to me and my car.

 

[Poekie]

Albizia Julibrussin aka Mimosa Tree aka Persian Silk Tree.
Beautiful sight when flowering.

 

[Galgrows]

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Albizia Julibrussin aka Mimosa Tree aka Persian Silk Tree.
Beautiful sight when flowering.

I love Mimosa trees lots around our town there just beautiful

 

[Poekie]

I love Mimosa trees lots around our town there just beautiful

And apart from being beautiful, I just read the bark and flowers have been used for hundreds of years to cure injuries and as a sedative for anxiety and insomnia.
I'm curious, will try a cup of tea later on.

 

[Poekie]

Today is cactusflowerday.