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Friday, 4 July 2025

Crumbly Acres creatures

Thank goodness for the distraction of Wimbledon! And the forest.

 The porcupine went through the forest.


The frog pond hosts muskrats. They've been eating the native phragmites. 

One year a muskrat family moved in and we hosted them: Guess who had six babies!

The green frog sits in the green frogbit! (An invasive species.)


Frogbit, Latin for frog bite!

The forest canopy surrounds me. It hosts a bazillion bugs. I spotted a part of a poem on FB.

BREATHE
And she stopped...
and she heard what the trees said to her,
And she sat there for hours not wanting to leave,
For the forest said nothing,
it just let her breathe. –  Becky Hemsley

The Eastern Comma butterfly is around. She'll lay eggs in our hops vine. I'll look forward to that. The three black dots identify her.

We also have Eastern Question Mark butterflies, which are very similar. Both have amazing camouflage, and look like a dead leaf when they are folded up. The difference is the little white marks. I don't think I need to lay it out before you! 



As I passed the meadow, the momma turkey was there with her off spring. It surprised all of us!
 

We took a chick into the bird rehab in August, 2019. 

It's wonderful seeing new life. They were in the front yard one year. Aug., 2017.

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12 comments:

  1. Barbara Rogers4 July 2025 at 08:40

    Yes to being in the woods. Breathe!

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  2. eileeninmd4 July 2025 at 09:11

    It is great to see all the new wildlife, love the photos and poem1
    Have a great day and happy weekend.

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  3. Shug4 July 2025 at 09:26

    so much beauty and love in all of these photos...Makes my day!!!

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  4. Shammickite4 July 2025 at 10:37

    There was a lone muskrat in our little pond for a couple of springs, then suddenly there was a Mrs muskrat.... but the happy couple decided to move on and find a better place for their babies. I was so disappointed.

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  5. RedPat4 July 2025 at 10:43

    The tennis has been keeping me occupied too.
    Love the butterflies.

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  6. Mary Kirkland4 July 2025 at 11:45

    So many critters to see and watch.

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  7. KarenW4 July 2025 at 12:37

    Are your milkweed in bloom yet? I caught a whiff of them this morning. Pretty soon my milkweed garden will be putting on a spectacular show.

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  8. DrumMajor4 July 2025 at 13:23

    Cool butterflies. Haven't seen one that looks like a brown leaf. Linda in Kansas

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  9. Kate4 July 2025 at 19:57

    I don't want to get a dog to scare off the raccoons that are raising a family in our outbuildings. But we'll have to do something before the buildings are wrecked. Have you had a raccoon scourge in your yard?

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  10. Red4 July 2025 at 20:28

    You're on the lookout for things these days and there's lots to see.

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  11. Yamini MacLean5 July 2025 at 04:54

    Hari Om
    I too am being distracted by the wee yellow balls... and am parked under some magnificent beech trees just now... YAM xx

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  12. Anvilcloud5 July 2025 at 06:28

    Life abounds in The Acres. It’s especially nice to see the butterflies.

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