Possums, Birds, and A Frog, oh my!

We have had quite the week animal wise at our house! One day last week, Mocha managed to catch and kill a bird in the backyard. One minute I looked out and she was just laying there chewing on a stick with birds dive bombing her and the next she was carrying around a bird in her mouth. Lucky for me, she didn't eat the bird. She just carried it around the yard "burying" it in various places until I could distract her enough to get her inside. Then, she didn't get to go outside until Devin got home from work and removed the bird from the yard.

On Monday, Mocha was digging like crazy near our fence. This isn't unusual for her, but she wouldn't even look up when we were hollering for her so we knew she was up to no good. Devin put on some sandals to see what she was after. When he got out there this is what he saw.

Some white fur under the fence no biggie right? He thought maybe it was just her fur as I had brushed her the day or two before. But he opened the gate and saw this..

A nice dead-as-a-doornail possum! The thing was huge! He threw it back further into the trees and I am sure by now, some other animal has carried it away!

At my grandparents cookout on Monday we got to see some baby birds! Devin and I both thought it would be fun to take some pictures of them. Hey we have this nice camera so why not? Here is what we got..

Three babies hanging out. Every year one of my grandma's hanging baskets becomes a home to some baby birds!

Making noise waiting to be fed.

Momma found a worm!

Feeding it to her babies.

Our last encounter with animals happened Tuesday night as Devin was taking out the garbage. He was walking back into the house as something caught his eye. This is what he saw...

Can you tell what it is?

Its a frog. Just chilling on our wall in the garage. Who knew frogs could do that? I didn't. Oddly enough it was right next to a frog chair that Jason's parents got Tori.

I like animals and all, but I hope non-domesticated ones stay away from us for a while!

Can you believe I did a whole post and didn't include a picture of Tori? :)

Thanks for checking in!

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