That’s nice of hubby to get the turtles (actually tortoises0 out of the road.
Most don’t care..just run over them.
We’re losing our Texas tortoises too.
I’ve seen the horny lizards shoot blood.
My mother always used to say if they spit in your eyes, it’ll put your eye out. (like bb guns LOL)
That’s no true, of course. She just didn’t want us fooling with them. LOL
He’s a big animal lover (too). I hate that. Surely, there are still some around stock tanks.
That’s wild. That sounds vaguely familiar, but I was never really discouraged from handling them. Of course, critters have instinct & maybe it was because I was so young (<6).
zeguma- Oh, that wouldn’t be good. I/ he always wondered if they’d go back in the opposite direction (where they were coming from). Still, ya can’t just leave them there.
Tatt- lol I thought you’d named the iron one (stranger things have happened).
The ones I played with lived in our yard. We had a *bunch* of them. The babies seem like, now, were about the size of a quarter. They really are charming creatures. Thank you. God Bless you, too!
TexasFossil- I guess you’re out in/ by West Texas. I’m really glad to hear that they’re still around. Y’All made me look it up. I didn’t know they ate ants. Wonder if they’d eat “crazy ants”?
My aunt & uncle used to live in Clovis, NM (Cannon AFB) & when we used to go visit them, my grandaddy & uncle always went quail hunting. YUM! I know there were quite a few quail between SA & Del Rio/ Eagle Pass & south of here because we always used to see them toddling alongside of the road when driving to & from claims- families of them, I guess, with little ones. They’re pretty cute. This was more than 10 years ago, though.
We used to have a lot of Plovers (Curlews?) in parking lots at night, here, too. They’re still on the beach, I can tell you that.
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen an Asian Dove. There aren’t nearly as many White Wings around as there used to be. (Or pigeons- a Blessing!) The Woodpeckers have shown up, though, & I’m happy about that. I’ve only seen adults (more red than yellow- unless I have it backward) so far. I’d say they’re my favorites, but I have too many to pick one bunch.