We are having a really rainy spring this year in Alabama, but you can definitely tell it's springtime! We finally had a day of sunshine this weekend. Saturday was a beautiful sunny day in the low-mid 70's--perfect for getting outside and enjoying nature. Wow! Did we enjoy nature! Saturday afternoon while the boys were jumping on the trampoline, Alex spied a black rat snake sunning on some lumber nearby. It quickly hid under the straw and piece of metal when we moved closer to get a better view. I was able to snap one quick pic before it completely hid beneath the lumber.
Black Rat Snakes are very common here in Alabama, and since we live in a semi-rural area, this non-venomous, docile indigenous species is always a welcome natural rodent control tool! Nature surely has a way of keeping everything "in check". Here is a great link with information about the Black Rat Snake
Today, Sunday, was not nearly as nice--a rather dreary day, in fact. However, that didn't slow down our other rodent control machine, aka: Pepper
Best we can tell, "Simon" is an Eastern Chipmunk that is a very lucky little critter. It appears to be fine--just in a temporary state of shock after lunch with Pepper! We placed it in a critter cage for the afternoon and overnight, and we plan to let it go tomorrow morning after some time to recuperate. Normally, we let Pepper do her job, but we haven't seen chipmunks around here in quite a while, so we saved this one!
We wrapped up this critter friendly weekend this evening with this cute little amphibian:
We haven't seen many frogs around here in a while, but last summer we were booming with them. Apparently, they are back this year. Yea! This is simply a Green Tree Frog. Here is a link to an informational site on Alabama species: Discovering Alabama: Ask the Expert The photos on this site are ones that I sent in last year for indentification...I wonder if this is the same frog...??
Wonder what we'll find tomorrow?
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