Monthly Archives: May 2006

Bullfrog #4 Gone

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I’m getting pretty good at catching bullfrogs. Number 4 moved in a few weeks ago. Not quite full size yet. With the discovery of the little yellow-bellied-slider, which we’d like to keep as a pet, I was concerned that a bullfrog might eat him while still small.

Bullfrogs are real pests and bad for almost everything alive around them their size or smaller. I put him in a plastic bag in the refrigerator to let him slip into a permanent hibernative state. I’ve tried this before, and it didn’t work this time either. Sure enough a scream from the garage. Kelly thought it was a dog yelping. Nope. Kathy had found a Belk’s bag in the refrigerator and wondered what was in it. As she started to untie it, the bag moved. That’s when she yelped like a dog.

I let the chilly bullfrog go in the storm drain, as I did with #3. He hopped in just fine.

Our Father Who Art in Ireland

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Grandad returns from Ireland tomorrow. I’m driving down to the airport to pick up the 4 Irish golfers. He was able to play two warm up rounds of golf before he left, and he felt fine. That was 4 and 5 five days after heart surgery to install a second stent. His second game was against (with?) Danny. They had a nice outing and Danny claims to only have lost three balls. Grandad reported: “I like Danny. He’s a good guy. Of course I liked him before I played golf with him…”

Idol Chatter

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Spotted Bob on line just moments before Taylor Hicks was announced the 2006 American Idol winner. Sitting in the basement with Kathy, Kelly, Claire and the dogs. It was really a pretty good 2 hour show.

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Baby Turtle in Pond

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A few years ago I spotted a baby turtle swimming in our backyard pond when mowing the yard. I never saw it again, and certain members of the family thought I was seeing things. I spotted another one in the pond while working in the yard this weekend. This time Stout and I were able to take some photographs. Kelly also witnessed the find.

I suspect the one I saw before was eaten by a bullfrog. We no longer tolerate bullfrog tenants, so maybe this little turtle (which could be a baby snapper Yellow Bellied Slider!) will survive longer. We also no longer have goldfish, so the pond is now a wild free-for-all. No bullfrogs invited, though.

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Kelly’s theory is that the minows and lake water she and Claire brought to the pond (to eat mosquitos and bugs) earlier in the year may have included a turtle egg. Maybe so. He does have little webbed feet and is an excellent swimmer.