Hi everyone! It’s Cindy here to show you some of the recent visitors we have had to our yard. These visitors are of the amphibian and reptilian type. I will warn you now that I am leaving, what many of you feel is, the creepiest for last. Now don’t let that stop you from scrolling to the bottom to leave a nice comment though.
You may remember a while ago when I posted about my surprise visitor on a Saturday evening. I was able to show you the under side of a Gray Tree Frog that had jumped on the window to munch on the bugs attracted to the light. We usually don’t see them much during the day so we were surprised recently when we found one trying to hide on the house.
Can you see him there in the upper right of the picture? Usually one or more spend the night sitting on the light of our patio door. I think this guy was making his way to someplace to hang out during the day and got sleepy.
Here is a nice close up of him. He fits nicely between the slats in the siding and is well camouflaged.
Next up is something we have never see around our property before and we have lived here 23 years.
Charlie happened to be walking up the driveway from collecting the mail when he spotted this Common Snapping Turtle in the lawn. Of course I ran out with the camera to snap some snapping turtle pictures.
Here is a close up of the head area. The turtle appears to be sleeping and even when I tapped on the shell it barely moved. Look at the claws on that thing too. It was headed in the direction of our creek and slowly made its way there.
Last up is one that some of you might want to scroll quickly past. We don’t often see the garter snakes that hang around our yard, but have occasionally found skins they shed. The other day I was photographing the flowers around the yard when I noticed some movement. Upon closer inspection I found this little guy hiding under the flowers.
We are lucky around here that we don’t have any deadly snakes and when I can see them like this I don’t mind them much. I have been known to scream a couple of times when I was walking along and one slithered right in front of me. As a matter of fact I swear I levitated a bit while he moved away.
He is a little more camouflaged here among the fallen stewartia tree flowers as he tries to hide from me. I left him alone after this since I didn’t want the pups to come investigate what I was looking at.
I hope you enjoyed this look at some of the non-furry visitors to our yard.
i think your turtle is sooo beautiful! and i have never seen a frog that color!
the snakie is very pretty!
love
tweedles
WOW!!! Frogs, turtles and snakes all in your garden…and we thought Africa was wild.
Those claws on the turtle are something else!!
Our tree frogs are bright green. They climb up our bricks sometimes…trying to get away from us.
We don’t like snakes. Ours are almost ALWAYS venomous, so we’re happy they stay away.
You’re lucky that snapping turtle was sleepy so you could get a photo. They pack quite a chomp!
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
They are amazing, especially the frog up on the wall like a spider!
I can do without the snake though, gahhh.
Lynne x
OMD you had a Turtle in your garden, how wonderful. The photo’s are fantastic. Have a wonderful day xx00xxx
Mollie and Alfie
Well I say those are some mighty smart critters coming to visit you all.
I expect they saw all the fun Millie and Walter were having in the garden and knew it would be a fun place to visit.
hugs madi your bfff
Hey Cindy!
Wow, what amazing critters from your territory! I love them all. My Mom’s going all squeeee because she is crazy about frogs, toads, newts, lizards, turtles, snakes and all those things. You got some wonderful pix and I bet that turtle has a fierce bite. SNAP!
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, Nature Lover
Nice zoo you have there. I also jump, not because I don’t like snakes, but because they surprised me. I also jumped at a wax museum when a standing still guard moved. Doesn’t take much to make me jump … not very high, though.
Claire (Mom)
WOW that is an amazing collection of invaders. Maybe they are all headed fur HIGH GROUND. Last night we had 3.25 inches of rain in 4 hours… Our county and the one next to us are under FLOOD WARNINGS… Thank goodness we live on this HILL.
It has rained EVERY DAY for 18 days in a row. YEP your critters are headed fur HIGH GROUND.
PeeS… those turtles make super SOUP.
Wow you have lots of cool creatures in that yard, we don’t like snakes tho
stella rose
Amazing. I would be extra thrilled to have turtles and frogs in my yard too! You would think that I should have frogs out here, but I never see them. I would be in love with them if they were hanging out on the house. I loved the claws on the turtle too. You know I have never seen a garter with coloring like that. It just goes to show how much they vary!
What wonderful creatures in your yard. My mother and I encountered a green tree frog on their living room window one day. We didn’t even know tree frogs existed in that part of the country.
One definitely doesn’t want the domestic pets to investigate the wildlife residents!
Watch your fingers and toes around that snapping turtle! That is amazing to see in your yard.
Ummm…I don’t think I want to visit your garden anytime soon lol 🙂
Way to get up close for these shots – they’re great! You guys have a veritable reptile sanctuary in your backyard.
Love the toad and the turtle. The snake … not so much! LOL.
KZK
Interesting visitors Cindy…kinda looks like our yard
You should ask my hiking buddies about my “snake dance” I do when I see one! I run kicking my legs high in the air (think Southern African American Marching band style) and scream in a high pitched voice, ‘SNAKE SNAKE SNAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I run screaming from snakes
Wowsa! You have tons of great creatures there!!! I bets they are just funs to play with….have you played with any of them guys?! Oh, dare to dream….
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
pees: the turtles claws look like mine!!! hehehe (I’m gettin’ them trimmed tomorrows…)
We see snapping turtles in our yard lots of times but they are never sleeping. They are always on the move and they can move very quickly when they want to. Beware!
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly