{"id":2462,"date":"2022-06-16T16:52:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T16:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2022-06-16T16:52:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T16:52:40","slug":"creature-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melamb.com\/?p=2462","title":{"rendered":"Creature Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official start of summer is just around the corner, and boy has nature been busy procreating!  I discovered a curious fish mating tactic while out on the pond one day.   A whole cove was lined with cleared sand circles decorated with mussel and snail shells.   And although they quickly darted as I approached (zoom in on last pic) each one had a fish (male?) waiting expectantly in the middle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142947-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142947-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2463\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142947-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2463\" class=\"wp-image-2463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142947-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142947-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142947-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142947-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142947-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142947-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_143040-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_143040-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2464\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_143040-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2464\" class=\"wp-image-2464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_143040-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_143040-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_143040-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_143040-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_143040-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_143040-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142852-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142852-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2465\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142852-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2465\" class=\"wp-image-2465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142852-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142852-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142852-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142852-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142852-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220530_142852-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pond life has come to our front doorstep as well. We awoke one morning to find a mother snapping turtle laying her eggs!  The nest is now surrounded with chicken wire to keep out nest robbers and unwary human stompers.  Now we have to wait 3 months for inch long baby turtles to emerge before we can start on our BBQ patio!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_084823-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_084823-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2476\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_084823-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2476\" class=\"wp-image-2476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_084823-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_084823-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_084823-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_084823-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_084823-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_084823-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_091219-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_091219-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2471\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_091219-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2471\" class=\"wp-image-2471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_091219-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_091219-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_091219-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_091219-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_091219-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_091219-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090849-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090849-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2470\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090849-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2470\" class=\"wp-image-2470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090849-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090849-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090849-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090849-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090849-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090849-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_205136-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_205136-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2466\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2466\" class=\"wp-image-2466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_205136-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_205136-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_205136-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_205136-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_205136-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_205136-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090805-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090805-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2469\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090805-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2469\" class=\"wp-image-2469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090805-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090805-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090805-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090805-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090805-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220531_090805-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch where you step!  Baby snakes and frogs have also emerged and hide in the cool grass and around rocks.   And we discovered a new developmental phase of Dobson Fly, growing its wings beneath our mulched paths!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_181838-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_181838-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2467\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_181838-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2467\" class=\"wp-image-2467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_181838-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_181838-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_181838-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_181838-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_181838-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_181838-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220606_191337-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220606_191337-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2468\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220606_191337-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2468\" class=\"wp-image-2468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220606_191337-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220606_191337-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220606_191337-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220606_191337-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220606_191337-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220606_191337-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fish, reptile, amphibian, insect&#8230;and now we take to the sky! A cardinal nest in a tree near the driveway has produced 3 juveniles, seen gorging themselves at our feeder.  Six chicks flew out of the moss nest under the porch, and now we wait for 3 robin&#8217;s eggs to hatch atop our paint roller pile in the workshop!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_133513-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_133513-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2472\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_133513-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2472\" class=\"wp-image-2472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613_133513-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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