I have a nesting pair of Eastern Bluebirds in the back of my property. Right now the pair are very busy feeding their growing young.

Here is a picture of the snoozing baby Bluebirds. I find them very cute in a ugly sort of way. I showed them to one of my neighbors and he said he thinks he heard a snore.

I have signed up to monitor this nest box at Nestwatch.org. Mom and dad Bluebird are very tolerant about me quickly checking on the nest box in the afternoons and usually return right away to their young when I leave. They’ve been so tolerant that this is their second brood in this nest box for the year.

The second picture is of a friendly neighborhood frog who wanted to check out what we were up to – IN OUR LIVING ROOM.  Last Thursday evening it was raining pretty heavily and I had opened the front door to check out the downpour – since it’s such a rare occurrence here. After closing the door and settling down for an evening of mindless TV, Dick suddenly jumped up saying: “Get the glass!” His voice was at a slightly higher pitch which usually means: “Watch out – a freaking scorpion!” I jumped up and we took a closer look. And there, making his way past the fireplace on his way to the back doors was a Strecker’s Chorus frog. You could almost hear him saying: “Excuse me – just passing through. What y’all watching?” Hilarious. A frog in the living room.  Isn’t he cute though? He must have snuck in while I had opened the front door.

Anyway, I scooped him up in a glass since I did not know what type of frog he was at the time. (Some toads in Texas have poisonous glands on their skin which causes skin irritation.) I said ‘hi’ – took my picture and then set him free out back near my little container pond.

The next evening we were sitting outside on the back patio watching the sun set when we  heard the sharp buzzing trill of a Green Toad coming from the little pond. I guess he has the company of other frogs out there.  Well there it is – more wildlife adventures.