{"id":7449,"date":"2008-06-08T09:43:51","date_gmt":"2008-06-08T13:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=7449"},"modified":"2017-03-12T09:47:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T13:47:58","slug":"wildlife-in-the-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=7449","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife in the Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on the website <A HREF=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/heronflight\/\" TARGET=\"_BLANK\">Heron Flight<\/A>)<\/p>\n<p>In addition to seeing bears around our house recently, there are a zillion other creatures lurking about. Here are a few samples of things spotted just this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>First, we have a friendly deer that doesn&#8217;t mind us approaching her and getting fairly close while she is eating in the yard. We have named her &#8220;Deer Darla.&#8221; (Get it? Little Rascals? Alfalfa? &#8220;Dear Darla&#8221;? Oh well.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080607deer6.jpg\" alt=\"20080607deer6\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080607deer6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080607deer6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, a green toad who proudly posed for a photo&#8230; after I nearly stepped on him sitting right in the path through our woods! Bad toad! Bad!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080607toad.jpg\" alt=\"20080607toad\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080607toad.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080607toad-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the porch&#8230; A spotted moth was spotted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608spottedMoth.jpg\" alt=\"20080608spottedMoth\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608spottedMoth.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608spottedMoth-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Within four feet of each other&#8230; mosquitoes were mating&#8230; (Sorry. It&#8217;s blurry. I got so excited at the thought of skeeter porn.) (And they were closer together than four feet.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608skeeterLove.jpg\" alt=\"20080608skeeterLove\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608skeeterLove.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608skeeterLove-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and a dragon fly was dying at the (8) hands of a spider&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider1.jpg\" alt=\"20080608dragonSpider1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider2.jpg\" alt=\"20080608dragonSpider2\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider3.jpg\" alt=\"20080608dragonSpider3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider4.jpg\" alt=\"20080608dragonSpider4\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider5.jpg\" alt=\"20080608dragonSpider5\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider6.jpg\" alt=\"20080608dragonSpider6\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608dragonSpider6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and the green bug merely looked on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608greenBug.jpg\" alt=\"20080608greenBug\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608greenBug.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20080608greenBug-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight) In addition to seeing bears around our house recently, there are a zillion other creatures lurking about. Here are a few samples of things spotted just this weekend. First, we have a friendly deer that doesn&#8217;t mind us approaching her and getting fairly close while she is eating &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=7449\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wildlife in the Hood&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heron-flight","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7450,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7449\/revisions\/7450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}