A small Racer snake. They have a spotted color pattern that gradually fades to a dark color with a light belly as they get older. He was cold and very lethargic, sat for a couple hours on my keyboard.
They are non-venemous and he was fun to show to visitors. If I held him on my arm/hand where it was warm he perked up. We've seen lots of small ones, a nest probably hatched nearby.
Karla found this fellow outside and brought him in--
A Cicada! He was quite large--2 inches long--and sat on the edge of my laptop. They are harmless, do not bite or sting, but will "rattle" if you hold him inside your hands and shake him. I took him back outside and put him on a tree--
Can you find him? He blends in quite well. Look closer--
There he is! While at the Campground booth this fellow sat on the windowsill--
A small moth, a Chickweed Geometer. Maybe only an inch long. But what I really admired was his antennae--
And yesterday this fellow was outside on the sidewalk--
A Ruby Throated Hummingbird. He would fly up to the flower pot and check all the flowers for nectar. But from his duller coloring we assumed he was a juvenile. He better head south pretty soon!
Nature can be found right outside the door!
3 comments:
All kinds of interesting things. That snake would be a good way to keep anyone from messing with your computer! The only cicadas I ever come across are dead ones, but the live ones sure have been singing their hearts out.
If someone put a snake on my keyboard I would be out the door in a flash and never return. You are much braver than me.
That is all so amazing! I like snakes, too. They are mostly no trouble, and not a lot of clean-up-after. =) The antennae on that moth are amazing!
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