Yellow Salamander

Hello everyone, 

Today while I was cleaning out my little pond on the back side of the house. I found a yellow salamander hiding. I grabbed him and placed him in a safe place with water until I got done cleaning the pond, then I placed him back by the pond with all the very wet leaves and moss so it can go back to the pond if it wants. 

I have the little brown ones all over the yard under leaf litter and rocks here and there, just everywhere, but this is the only yellow one I have seen. 

Now two years ago, while removing a plant near the pond I found an orange salamander. Did not take a pic did not even think of it back then. But that thing was beautiful. 

Yellow Salamander

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

Black snake

Hello everyone, 

Found him outside yesterday evening, it was SO hot out that day. 

Do not know if this was poison or not, not going to find out, so many black snakes out there. It looks like one I saw online, and they say he is not. But I do not know for sure. 

This one was at the bird bath, drinking from a rock my dad made out of sandstone. He was just getting a drink of water and he had a fat belly, sure hope he got the pesky chipmunk that has been digging up everything I plant out back. 

Black Snake 

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

Another Turtle

Turtles, Turtles, Turtles

On the 25 of May, I found another turtle in our driveway headed up the hill. We stopped and I placed him up the hill out of danger and so he went on up the rest of the hill. That was a surprise as I just never thought I would see another one around here. He was lucky not to have been hit crossing the road. So I did my good deed for the day and saved a second turtle. 

Here is his picture. 

This is not the same turtle that we found last year in the month May 2021, he is different in his coloring and a little larger. 

Happy Trails little friend.

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

DOVE egg

On my birthday I found a dove egg laying on the ground next to the rock my dad carved out to make a birdbath. Was nothing I could see wrong with it, I put it back but don't think she will come back, probably was her 1st egg. 

If this was the little dove I saw earlier this year, I am thinking it is the baby of the two adults I have seen around here this spring. Earlier I noticed a bunch of feathers next to the chicken fence where I have seen the two doves sunning themselves. So I am thinking that the "mama" dove got eaten by a hawk, daddy, and the baby dove escaped.  So will keep watching to see what happens with them. I heard them calling to each other the other day, and they are sticking together. 

Love and Prayers, 

Margo