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I haven't seen the box turtle or the snake since that day and may not anytime soon. The piece of mulberry cutting is still growing leaves but don't see any roots starting.Picture 027.jpgI was in the front yard this afternoon and heard a thud behind me and this is what made the thud Picture 011.jpg It's 14 inches long and weighs almost 2 pounds. If they drop them they just go get another one from the river and leave them lay where dropped. I bagged it and put it in fridge, tomorrow i'm picking up some tomato plants and this fish will become plant food. I hate it when they drop them on the roof and I have to go get it off.
 

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Len, you certainly live an exciting life in your yard! I hope fish dropping from the sky is not a frequent occurrence.

Maybe if you dip your mulberry cutting in root hormone you'll get roots. But you'd have to plant it in dirt. I have 2 dwarf mulberry trees that are 2 years old. They are my one and only gardening success. They rewarded me this year with a bountiful blessing of berries. Yum...sweet and delicious!
 

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You might try lightly scoring the root end of your mulberry cutting - just barely cut through the hard bark, a few vertical cuts.
 

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Len, you certainly live an exciting life in your yard! I hope fish dropping from the sky is not a frequent occurrence.

Maybe if you dip your mulberry cutting in root hormone you'll get roots. But you'd have to plant it in dirt. I have 2 dwarf mulberry trees that are 2 years old. They are my one and only gardening success. They rewarded me this year with a bountiful blessing of berries. Yum...sweet and delicious!
I only find 1 or 2 a summer here but see more laying on the ground around town.
 

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I haven't seen the box turtle or the snake since that day and may not anytime soon. The piece of mulberry cutting is still growing leaves but don't see any roots starting.View attachment 294297I was in the front yard this afternoon and heard a thud behind me and this is what made the thud View attachment 294298 It's 14 inches long and weighs almost 2 pounds. If they drop them they just go get another one from the river and leave them lay where dropped. I bagged it and put it in fridge, tomorrow i'm picking up some tomato plants and this fish will become plant food. I hate it when they drop them on the roof and I have to go get it off.

I thought for sure the next pix was going to be that fish in your cast iron skillet! Hey, it’s fresh caught.
 

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This girl lays on this board daily if the sun is sun is out. I found a nest full of eggs not far from there last year. Have a bunch of youngsters from last year running around still with the blue tails.Picture 016.jpgMy Bull Frog showed up a few days agoPicture 017.frog.jpgI spotted what I believe to be one of the hatchlings that go out of their pen last fall. I set up a new area for it and the other 2 today and turned them loose.Picture 019.jpgI had never heard of these before, Called Pop Corn plants, run your hand down a stem of leaves and your hand smalls like pop corn. A neighbor gave me 2 of them.Picture 009.jpgI've had this cactus for several years, I love the color but it hasn't grown well for me. Last summer I cut a pad off and planted to see if it will survive the winter cold with moist to wet soil. It can take the cold but in a pot that i can keep the soil mostly dry. The pad looks good but has no new growth yet. Our winter was so mild It wasn't a good year for the test.Picture 007.red.jpg
 

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Len, I love this thread! Your backyard is such an adventure. I enjoy your pictures and commentary. Please, keep it coming!
Thanks, Here is what I hope turns out to be my best find of the day. (time will tell) I pick hundreds of these every day for the tortoises and this morning this one was standing much taller than the rest when I bent over to grab the first handful.Picture 018.jpg
 

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This morning I spotted a different type of skink that set still long enough to get a pic..Picture 012.jpgPicture 012 copy.jpgA Robin insisting on more water in this bowl.Picture 011 copy.jpgA better picture of the frogPicture 030.jpgThis is Sparky, He hatched out in 2000 or 2001 can't remember which one and grew up in my wife's office until he got to big to house properly. he has lived in the pond here since the spring of 2006 and is still people friendly. He saw me and started heading my way so I waited for him and took a few pics.Picture 024.jpgPicture 026.jpgPicture 028.jpg
 

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Sunday I opened the door to the back yard and found this poor young thing setting just outside and unable to fly.Picture.jpg He's missing the feathers from the top of his head and his left wing feathers are just not right. He is also missing a couple tail feathers. He can flap both wings fine so I don't think anything is broken. The wing feathers look better today than they did when I brought him in. He is active, drinking water and eating fine so hopefully in due time I can release him back outside.
 

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Kind of looks like something got ahold of him. Check for broken feathers, or any that could have been partially pulled out. You don't want him to start bleeding.
 

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Thanks, Here is what I hope turns out to be my best find of the day. (time will tell) I pick hundreds of these every day for the tortoises and this morning this one was standing much taller than the rest when I bent over to grab the first handful.View attachment 294617
♪ ♪ I'm looking over, a four leaf clover, that I over looked before. ♪ ♪ (I'm in rare good voice this a.m.!)
 

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This morning I spotted a different type of skink that set still long enough to get a pic..View attachment 294675View attachment 294676A Robin insisting on more water in this bowl.View attachment 294677A better picture of the frogView attachment 294682This is Sparky, He hatched out in 2000 or 2001 can't remember which one and grew up in my wife's office until he got to big to house properly. he has lived in the pond here since the spring of 2006 and is still people friendly. He saw me and started heading my way so I waited for him and took a few pics.View attachment 294688View attachment 294691View attachment 294696
My gawsh, Len. . . you live in a wildlife preserve!
 

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Sunday I opened the door to the back yard and found this poor young thing setting just outside and unable to fly.View attachment 294980 He's missing the feathers from the top of his head and his left wing feathers are just not right. He is also missing a couple tail feathers. He can flap both wings fine so I don't think anything is broken. The wing feathers look better today than they did when I brought him in. He is active, drinking water and eating fine so hopefully in due time I can release him back outside.
Is that a cardinal? We don't have those here. Getting him to eat and drink is a big thing. Hopefully he'll be ok and you can release him. I guess we're going to have to start calling you Dr. Doolittle!
 

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Kind of looks like something got ahold of him. Check for broken feathers, or any that could have been partially pulled out. You don't want him to start bleeding.
I didn't see any blood when I first picked him up but haven't tried to handle him since to check him over. I have found 2 devoured adult robins with just the feathers left on the ground so something out there is getting them. My guess is a cat or some type of a predatory bird. This is a very young bird that may have been just learning how to fly when something went after it. That's what I'm hoping.
 

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