Tree Frogs and Terrapins

We have lots of critters at our house. Deer that eat in the field across the street from us, deer that eat in our yard, frogs, cranes, turtles, swans, ducks, bald eagles, ravens, fish, bunnies, sacadas, dragon flies.... A lot of critters. We have recently seen the deer in our flower beds whose tracks we have seen for several weeks. We watch frogs on our windows. We watch them eat in abundance when we turn on the outside lights and the bugs fly towards the light. We even saw a turtle a few weeks ago in our back yard.

On Tuesday, we decided to go to the $1 summer movies. When we got in our car at home, Button got in on Punkin's side of the car. But at the theatre, she got out through her door. When she did, she exclaimed "A froggy, mom there's a froggy!"  I asked where, thinking on the ground, maybe on the tree we were parked next too. She says "on my door". She was right!  On the inside of the door where there door curves over the wheels, was tucked a little green tree frog. I took a napkin and encouraged him off of the door - after taking a picture of course - and he jumped to the parking lot. He was not there when we returned, so we were positive he had found a new home in the trees at the movie theater. We now look at the doors before getting in, just to be sure we don't have any hitch hikers tagging along.

Hunny also had one on his truck the day before on the inside of his door too. Apparently it's easier for them to get in than we thought.

Then, last night, as Hunny was taking the dogs out, he was looking at the hoove prints by some flowers and noticed what looked like petals on the ground. The problem was that we didn't have any petals of that shape near that area. Further inspecting the white "petals" he realized that they were eggs. Eggs!!!  Something had hatched in three separate places in our flower beds. We looked up eggs for a few creatures that we thought it could be ....  Terrapins. We had baby terrapins hatch in our yard. I just wish when I saw the wholes in the ground previously I would have been brave enough to peak in to see the eggs. I would have liked to watch the process and to be able to share that experience with the girls. But knowing we were a good incubator for little turtle eggs is pretty cool.

Tree frogs and Terrapins - baby terrapins at that. That's our critter funny something for today.