Saturday, 2 November 2024

Saturday's Critters

We had a warm spell, and now we're back to 'normal' November temperatures. Our leaves are down. 

Coyote

 

The deermice are powering up for winter! They are happy the feeder is out.


   

 I moved frogs, again. I have to take a video in order to remember my counts! 

🐸 2024 total =  88

Oct. 30 – warm day, moved 19 + 6 + 7 = 32
Oct. 31 – warm day, moved 5, nearly caught Jeremiah! Tried again, caught him.
Nov. 1 – last warm day; 10 + 8 + 9 = 29.

It's only 1 ℃ this morning. 

 

It's been 3 days of temperatures between 15 and 24 and Jeremiah finally woke up. I snagged him and took him down to the frog pond.
Jeremiah is actually the third bullfrog I've had in the pond. We had Jeremiah 1, who was a female, renamed Geraldine, and she had a smaller male move in. Geraldine and Jeremiah both succumbed to the freeze/thaw from climate change in the goldfish pond. It was gruesome. 

Geraldine – Sept. 1, 2013




 

It was an epic few days.

 

Barred owl was in the owl tree on my last trip to the wetland to dump another pail of frogs.

 



For more critters visit  Saturday's Critters # 568, where Eileen hosts.

10 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Wow, you have lots of frogs there, awesome.
I love the Barred Owl. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a wonderful weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

Val Ewing said...

Oh what a great shot of the owl!!! We have some owl nests in some hollow trees in the back 40 of our place. I love listening to them.

Those froggies are awesome.

The coyotes here at night are hunting in groups making a lot of noise right now. It is chilling and beautiful at the same time.

Have a great weekend!

Barbara Rogers said...

I wonder if Mr. Owl eats frogs. Just thinking of all your effort to save them.!

Mae Travels said...

Your wildlife is always amazing. I think it’s neat to know frogs by name.
best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com

Jim and Barb's Adventures said...

That is a seriously dark coyote! Ours around here are a much lighter grey. Love that owl picture!

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

That's a big healthy looking coyote. We see them around here but never on my trail cam. It's been ages since I've had anything worth looking at. Hundreds of squirrels, sparrow, and little rabbits.

RedPat said...

I'm glad that Jeremiah was captured and saved.

Elephant's Child said...

Thank you for sharing your critters. They are so different to the ones we see.

Cloudia said...

You are something!

Red said...

Can't believe you have that many frogs.