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In the spring and summer seasons, Allison and her kids would spend most of their mornings looking for pacific tree frogs in the flower garden. They found that seeking the creatures provided them with some much-needed excitement and entertainment.I worry about Allison.
sounds like fun.
When I went to summer camp we would spend hours looking for frogs so we could use them for target practice.
they would jump every time you would hit them even after death, apparently back then before color TV that provided us with some excitement and entertainment.
People who have pets know that animals need entertainment, too.
Sounds like what children used to do before television and the internet.
If you’ve ever lived on an acreage, this is something most folks enjoy. I was always reaching out to the local extension on snakes, insects etc. We had so many hummingbirds, I took a picture & with an experts help, we determined I probably had a couple hundred feeding at my feeders. I was going through a gallon of nectar a day & the sheer number was attracting praying mantis feeding on them (Google it).