The Vernal Pool

The last week of February is upcoming so I want to do a month end wrap up on my 5 Mile Radius challenge progress next week, what I have to share for this week is my latest YouTube upload of a visit to the Vernal Pool that I've been watching for several months now.  It developed last October when all this rain began.  Here it is February and it's still providing a great  habitat for birds and frogs and it's still raining.  I didn't get any frogs on the video, only lots of frog sound...I was so busy looking for birds.   We have an abundance of Grey Tree Frog here, so that one I know...and Bull Frog, if I walk up at night I'm sure I could hear Bull Frog, I saw one hop in another vernal pool, last week he was huge wish I had been ready to snap a photo...his leap was so long one leap and he was gone, and what a splash he made!

The have a dynamite yellow color on their belly...

                 

 Im sure I will find lots of tad pole in the waters edge when it warms up a bit...this was taken in the month of May so I have to keep my eyes open. 

They love to lay their eggs in our rain water barrels so I hope this year they will use the vernal pools if they are still around in may!  So here is my video, its about 20 minutes so if you don't have time click the watch later icon in the upper right.  This pool is a great habitat and I think you will agree. 

Until next time...

PEACE

Every day is a new Adventure.

Good Grief!

....sort of an addition to my last blog is this weeks blog.  Before 9 am I'm not only up and filled my bird feeders, I've also cooked enough food to last 3 days!  Just simple stuff a pot of red beans rice is on the other burner, and in the oven some corn, potatoes, then in the microwave a bag of steaming broccoli, and then some tea bags on the boil....

not a good shot of the downy? woodpecker at the suet, due to being taken through the glass...

The reason for all this flurry of activity so early?

...it's snowing again!! AND they say its an 80% chance of ICE later so we could lose our power...at least we will have food cooked to eat and if we dont lose power we have our meals ready to warm up and eat.  We caught up some drinking water and got our lanterns at the ready, and thats about all one can do in prep for the loss of electric.  Now we wait and see..

The birds  are not happy campers it will soon be time for our spring birds to start nest building!

The new wood on the benches

This snow is a very wet and heavy snow...its almost like slush, the temp is 34 degrees...so once it dips tonight it will be ice for sure.

...oh well nothing we can do about that.  

in unrelated news, I found this awesome hard shell camera bag at Goodwill, my Kodak fits in perfectly!  I paid $2.85 I bought it for resale but when I saw how well it fit my camera Im keeping it!

PHOTO?

Here's a short video of the snow..its pretty coming down.
 

              

                                            Today is my son's 33rd! happy birthday JT.

PEACE

Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do the thing you think you can not.