Welcome to my pond - Swim, wade, or sit on the bank

[Alaskan]

Do gnats have any redeeming qualities?
Mosquitos?

They feed cute little birds?

And bats... they feed bats.

 

[Alaskan]

@Shadrach
Great photos... thanks for sharing

 

[kwhites634]

They feed cute little birds?

And bats... they feed bats.

Bats need to work in shifts, so half of them are around during daylight

 

[room onthebroom]

Lovely pics Shad!!!

 

[bobbi-j]

They feed cute little birds?

And bats... they feed bats.

Do you have bats up there, Al?

 

[Alaskan]

Do you have bats up there, Al?

Yes... but the poor things barely make it here .

It is extremely marginal for them... so the smallest little oops and they die.

I have had a bat house up for over 15 years..... still no bats in it.

 

[Alaskan]

Oh... and only 1 kind of bat... little brown bats.

Like we only have 1 kind of frog... but only at lower elevations... not at my house.

 

[Alaskan]

Bats need to work in shifts, so half of them are around during daylight

Yeah... just think of our poor bats... having to eat in the daylight all summer!

 

[bobbi-j]

Yes... but the poor things barely make it here .

It is extremely marginal for them... so the smallest little oops and they die.

I have had a bat house up for over 15 years..... still no bats in it.

I wondered, as I didn’t remember seeing them when I was there. I know there are some songbirds, but not like I see them at home. Probably because it’s not a good idea to put out bits feeders there. Don’t want to attract other critters.

 

[room onthebroom]

I'm stressing hard about taking the trash out tomorrow night. I spent all week studying county maps, codes & ordinances on waste management, easement rights & roosters till my eyes are ready to bleed. This is all stuff I already knew, but needed it fresh in my mind.

The crazy guy down the street has been out of town all week. Maybe the county told him they do not mediate easement disputes & that we are legally allowed a 24hr window to put our trash cans out. Maybe he went out of town because he needed to cool off, but maybe he went out of town to buy a gun in another state. I just don't know. Hopefully he's back on his meds again & feeling more stable, but I have a bad feeling about this.

This should not even be an issue. Its not his road. He had a problem with one house leaving their cans out where he could see them. He never said a word to them, he just went fully manic on the whole neighborhood. I personally talked to the renters of the house leaving their cans out. They were very nice people. They had no idea they weren't supposed to do that. They apologized profusely & promised it would never happen again.
Its such a crazy, stupid non-issue, but I guess people have been shot for a lot less. Hopefully it wont come to that.