Animals
- Stupidity
CASSELBERRY, Fla. --A police officer who slipped and injured a knee responding to a toddler's near-drowning has sued the family of the 1-year-old boy, who suffered brain damage and can no longer walk, talk or swallow. Casselberry Sgt. Andrea Eichhorn...
- Where Do They Go?
May 1st is a much anticipated day here on the farm.Typically it is right around this date that the hummingbirds arrivefrom their arduous journey north from the Caribbean, where they spend the winter. These tiny birds get right to work building nests...
- Bug Off!
I have learned a lot of tolerance when it comes to insects...let's face it, you have to when you live this close to the woods. But what I can't tolerate are those teeny, tiny gnats.You know the ones (and if you don't, you are oh so lucky!)...they...
- Out On A Limb (part 2)
"What happened to the groundhog?" It was mean of me to make you wait....sorry. Several hours later I headed back to the barn to check on our little furry "treehog",and found him/her hanging like this... obviously exhausted. When Hubbs arrived home from...
- Sad Tails, Happy Tails
Today's story begins last week.We had been seeing flashes of black and white around our farmhouse...in the garage, under the deck...quick little flashes of black and white...I feared a skunk (Hubbs assured me that they are not quick, no need to be.)Hubbs...
Animals
A Near Drowning
We had a near drowning on Saturday morning.
Hubbs was cleaning the pool and found a bat
floating face down in our pool.
He grabbed the skimmer and scooped that little bat
out of the water and deposited him on dry land.
A few minutes of drying in the sun
and shaking the moisture out of his fur
and he was gone.
He seemed to suffer no ill effects from his little mishap.
Lucky for him, Hubbs was there to save him.
Until recently, bats used to sort of creep me out.
You know, all the vampire stories, and rabies,
not to mention the way they look....scarey!!
But what I have come to learn by living on the farm
is what a very important role bats play.
A typical bat can eat 3000 insects per night,
as he flies around with his sonar guided navigation system.
Unfortunately in the Northeast, bats are succumbing
to a fungal infection known as White Nose Syndrome.
This is especially concerning to me.
Without bats, we would be inundated with annoying insects.
So, next time you see a bat silently fluttering through the night sky,
try to forget the images of vampires that it conjures
and remember that 3000 pesky insects will meet their demise
with the help of
that tiny nocturnal mammal.
- Stupidity
CASSELBERRY, Fla. --A police officer who slipped and injured a knee responding to a toddler's near-drowning has sued the family of the 1-year-old boy, who suffered brain damage and can no longer walk, talk or swallow. Casselberry Sgt. Andrea Eichhorn...
- Where Do They Go?
May 1st is a much anticipated day here on the farm.Typically it is right around this date that the hummingbirds arrivefrom their arduous journey north from the Caribbean, where they spend the winter. These tiny birds get right to work building nests...
- Bug Off!
I have learned a lot of tolerance when it comes to insects...let's face it, you have to when you live this close to the woods. But what I can't tolerate are those teeny, tiny gnats.You know the ones (and if you don't, you are oh so lucky!)...they...
- Out On A Limb (part 2)
"What happened to the groundhog?" It was mean of me to make you wait....sorry. Several hours later I headed back to the barn to check on our little furry "treehog",and found him/her hanging like this... obviously exhausted. When Hubbs arrived home from...
- Sad Tails, Happy Tails
Today's story begins last week.We had been seeing flashes of black and white around our farmhouse...in the garage, under the deck...quick little flashes of black and white...I feared a skunk (Hubbs assured me that they are not quick, no need to be.)Hubbs...