When Kobee was a baby bird, he'd pick up a chicken drumstick with his claw and eat it with his beak. It has been 8 years since we had time to bring him in for dinner w/us, and this day, he tried our El Pollo chicken drumstick. He looked very suspiciously at the drumstick and tasted it. I think he's camera shy and froze when we videoed him. So, who says birds can't eat chicken?
Today, the kids and I hung out at the front porch. I was appalled to see a yucky, juicy, green, fat catepillar sleeping on my tomato tree. He looks EXACTLY like a leaf, with a pointy butt.
Gingerly, with a sunflower branch, I threw it onto our driveway and the kids played with him. It was grosse but also fun to see our kids actually interacting with nature (wildlife).
Caleb helped me scoot the yucky catepillar onto the street, where he met his untimely demise. Sorry catepillar, this is indeed "A Bug's Life"!
In the meantime, we also saw a cute hummingbird eating our nectars! He guards this tree fiercely, 'cuz he claimed it as his own!
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| Mr. Hummingbird Guarding his nectar tree |
While gardening, I saw a squirming little earthworm under the sunflower soil.......And I remembered that fishes love to eat bloodworms, brime shrimps and other delicacies. Since it costs $5 a pop, I went cheap and decided to cut up our own garden worm to feed Mickey and friends. I didn't expect her to get a hold of the worm before I had a chance to cut it up! She was choking on the worm! I learned today to never....ever....bite off more than I can chew!
Ok, so with my handy paperclip, I finally cut up Mr. Worm to 3 tiny pieces, but Mickey is now afraid to eat it! The dismembered worm body parts dropped to the bottom of the tank! [And I do apologize for the bouncing videoclips....as our photographer Abbie seem to be a bit 'out of focus' today!]
After 10 minutes, however, Mickey does eat all the body pieces! I think she will explode 'cuz she's pregnant-looking and the worm pieces are still pretty big (compared to her mouth)! When she did manage to eat each part, piece by piece, huge puffs of dust exploded out of her lips as she swallows her delicacies! I guess 'earth'worms really ARE made of 'earth'!
After 10 minutes, however, Mickey does eat all the body pieces! I think she will explode 'cuz she's pregnant-looking and the worm pieces are still pretty big (compared to her mouth)! When she did manage to eat each part, piece by piece, huge puffs of dust exploded out of her lips as she swallows her delicacies! I guess 'earth'worms really ARE made of 'earth'!
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