Joomla! site syndication http://coldcrossing.com 2010-09-05T06:31:27+01:00 http://coldcrossing.com http://coldcrossing.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2010-06-27T11:14:43+01:00 http://coldcrossing.com http://coldcrossing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=34 This year's wildlife crop is a trio of redwing blackbirds. D noticed them while brush hogging the yard around the septic drain field.The first days (2010-06-20): Aren't they CUTE?!A few days later (2010-06-23) all hatched:So hungry!As of 2010-06-27, they're starting to feather: Stay tuned for more... text/html 2010-01-19T09:09:11+01:00 http://coldcrossing.com http://coldcrossing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=34 And a pileated woodpecker on the butternut behind the house: text/html 2009-07-19T09:45:34+01:00 http://coldcrossing.com http://coldcrossing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=34 Checked on the kids today. Several of the polywogs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polywog) have sprouted legs And as you can see one has started to turn frog-colored and has sprouted front legs as well! text/html 2009-07-09T12:55:43+01:00 http://coldcrossing.com http://coldcrossing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=34 Checking the raspberries (YUM!) and potatoes today, I walked through some puddles from recent rain on the garden tarps. I noticed something moving in one of the puddles. Wow! We have babies! And more! There must be at least 100 tadpoles. We recorded the mating songs of a couple Copes Grey Tree Frogs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_tree_frog) out here a few weeks ago. Didn't realize what we were intruding on ... Sigh. Seems we have to wait 2 months for them to turn into frogs. text/html 2009-06-07T17:17:12+01:00 http://coldcrossing.com http://coldcrossing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34 Had a visit from this fellow on a damp June afternoon. He (she?) was walking around the greenhouse, and then hopped up on the foundation. Didn't seem to find anything interesting and wandered back toward the river.