Spring is here...bringing the sweet things and the not so sweet!
A day in my office as they say......I love the Spring..the lambs and calves are everywhere,the Plovers protecting their nests and the not so lovely(depends on your taste) the snakes are out like never before so it is going to be a bad year for them...I have seen so many already,unfortunately I have to look at every step i take once I am out of the car as we live where king browns and Tigers and Black snakes are in abundance and I can honestly say I have never seen them so fat so early in the season,maybe they did not hibernate so long this winter...anyway...here is my day on Monday.
Lambs and calves a wonderful sign of Spring
The sun is out again and so are the Echidnas,this one is large I could not get the camera out quick enough to catch a tiny one further along the road,maybe next time.
Mrs Plover protecting her baby that is well hidden in the grasses,they look like Cockroaches on legs they are so tiny,but they grow very quickly,these birds have a poison spur so you do not get too close.
Many snakes on the roadside this year and yes I do run over them occasionally I worry about it when I do as they can flip up,just recently a friend ran over a 10ft brown snake and it wrapped around her brakes..Lord I hope that does not happen for me!This is a Black snake and has a red belly and they are venomous,and I am miles from anywhere most of the time, I would dread getting bitten by either a Brown or Black..
I was not able to take some pics of the lovely foals as they are a bit far from the road,maybe next time..
urg! the story about the snakes reminds me of some kind of horror movie :-O I cannot abide the things!Lucky there are not many in England.
ReplyDeleteI leave the snakes alone and they seem to leave me alone. There's been a mouse and rabbit plague near us and they've been feeding voraciously - which I like as it restores the balance and makes the snakes less aggressive.
ReplyDeleteOK so first what is an Echidnas and ugh Snakes you can keep them
ReplyDeleteHi Cat..an Echidna is a bit like a Porkipine or Hedgehog I guess,its quills are so sharp that you cannot touch them,they are sweet ,harmless and love ants and insects,it is a native Aussie animal,you do not see them much except in the bush,although I think they have turned up in the city from time to time.
DeleteAlthough I do not like snakes and am a little afraid of them I do not purposely run over them,just sometimes they appear and it is too late to stop.
we live in the bush so we had better be careful.xx
ReplyDeleteI found a dead snake by the pool last week; I think the cat must have had him. He's on extra rations this week.... Well done boy!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the look at Monday. The animals are lovely. Except for the snakes. Hope you leaned out the window for that picture!
ReplyDeleteOh thanks for sharing your day in the office. Those lambs are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBut the snakes!
You take care honey!
Sft x
A brown was discovered next door the other day, right near our fence line and it's where I pot up my seedlings. So I am extra careful. We lost a lovely chook the other week so I'm wondering if maybe it got bitten as it wasn't sick, just found it dead the next morning.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your day.
xxxx
The snakes are out in force already this year, even here in town there are a lot of dead ones on the roads.
ReplyDeleteYou have an interesting drive everyday so it would not get boring.
We have plovers nesting in our backyard at the moment, so far they haven't bothered us.
Great pics of your day at the office. We don't have snakes so don't have the problem you do, thank goodness.
ReplyDeleteJust wondering though, how big do the echidnas grow?
Diana
That one is an adult one and I have seen one a little larger But I would say that is about the "normal" full grown size.Thanks for you visit.
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ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say what a special office you have, but take care with those snakes.
Sft x