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Kokopelli
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posted August 07, 2023 10:42 AM
I got toads, and they're not the wimpy little ones like from back east. These things are the size of grown bull frogs. I have a goldfish pond on my patio and these things are getting into it.
Normally, they come out of hibernation during the Monsoon Season and breed in the rain puddles but since our Monsoon Season has so far been a non-event, they're taking what-ever they can get.
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Leonard
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posted August 07, 2023 02:18 PM
That's very rare, I think?
I've never seen them except right after a rain and by the next day they are back in the dry wash under the sand. Also see them riding piggy-back.
But yes they are big at least 6 inches not counting stretched legs. Whatever, it's amazing! I have only seen them south of I-8 and west of Sasabee, to Yuma.
Good Hunting. El Bee
edit: I remember one night, there were so many on the highway that it was slick like icy conditions, so many run over that the road was slick as snot
edit: as far as I know, it a rare phenomena?
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posted August 07, 2023 05:11 PM
Those toads are toxic to dogs, a few years back our Jack Russel Terrier got into one and it made her sick. I flushed her mouth out real good with a hose almost immediately so caught it before it got real bad. Apparently they can be lethal according to research I did. I hope the monsoons arrive soon, already had a few fires in the area.
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posted August 07, 2023 05:15 PM
Koko,
Are the rabbit population starting to rebound up your way? Starting to see cottontail and Jack Rabbits more frequently in the area.
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Kokopelli
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posted August 07, 2023 05:59 PM
Haven't really been out in the brush much lately. Wife has had some health issues making me head nurse, cook & housekeeper.
I do seem to see more cottontails around the property lately.
And quail; quail numbers seem to be up.
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posted August 08, 2023 04:32 AM
KoKo sorry about your wife.
We've been getting passing rain storms.Had a great rain and lightning show last night. Love it.
Garden and lawn is loving it.
Canning green beans and dill pickles today. After this it's just salsa making. It'll be waiting on tomatoes to ripen so will be able to get out more.
Neighbor passed away in March. So the kids are cleaning moving some old equipment and mowing weeds. I now have all their bunnies. It has been a running battle with them keeping them out of the garden. So far they are liking the Armenian cucumbers vines and once in a while will nibble on a cucs that gets too close to the edge.
Going to be rabbit dinners once we get cold. Also fighting robins in my choke cherries. I finally got them scared off and picking the ripe ones as they come on. Chasing deer out too. They've been eating the tops off of my berry bushes. What a summer.
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Kokopelli
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posted August 08, 2023 07:01 AM
We've got the wife on the road to recovery, or as I tell her, semi fully restored.
Had a neuroma on her neck; surgery to remove.
Arthritis in her ankle, bone on bone; surgery to fuse.
And lastly (I hope) Diversaticulo3sus (sp?) in her colon. More surgery.
We also got some rain, thunder & lightening last night. Love sitting on the patio with a Fireball Martini watching the light show. The humidity that follows though, not so much.
If I'm not mistaken these nocturnal toads are the ones the hippies lick to get high ???
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posted August 08, 2023 08:30 AM
I wonder what the first guy to lick toads head was high on at the time.
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Leonard
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posted August 08, 2023 09:25 AM
We went to a disco type of night club at a Club Med down in manzanilla, years ago. Walking into the place, I noticed this brightly painted ceramic toad door stop. When we walked out a couple hours later, I noticed that the toad was where I might trip over it and attempted to slide it back to the corner when it lunged and started biting my ankle! No, I just made it up, BUT the thing did extend its legs and exhibit signs of, like coming to life, as it were. It sure as hell was alive! Locals said it came around at night to catch moths buzzing around the, what the hell do you call those flashing light thingamabobs? Anyway, this thing was big enough to be mistaken for a cookie jar!
Good hunting. El Bee 🐝
Edit: Strobe?
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Kokopelli
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posted August 09, 2023 08:13 AM
Hey Tedo;
Have you been hearing the 'peepers' that usually give a chorus in the evenings after a rain ????
Nothing up this way so far.
I wanted to ask this yesterday but I got an image of Leonard at a Disco in a John Travolta suit busting moves on the dance floor and I think that it may have damaged some of my brain cells.
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posted August 09, 2023 09:40 AM
Yes indeed that is an image that gives my remaining brain cell the Montezuma's revenge, and toss my beloved disco ball down range for some target practice.
I've ran into those Mormon Crickets crossing the hiway by the kajillions and it was like speeding around on black ice. Kinda scary on some of the mtn. passes where I used to live.
The Mormons erected a statue of a seagull because those birds swooped in and had a feast on them crickets when the Mormons first settled in the Salt Lake area ans saved their crops. A very big deal back in pioneer days.
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Leonard
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posted August 09, 2023 10:37 AM
We all have heard the tale. But, a Mormon Cricket? They look like a giant ant with yellow and brown stripes, or something like that?
I HAVE seen thousands upon thousands of grasshoppers down south and not too surprisingly, the coyote hunting was lousy and all the coyote scat was 100% grasshoppers, similar to when they are eating Mesquite beans. Just soapy slimy suds and "chunks" of beans, (not the beans, the casing) hardly digested, at all.
Then there are those so called Mexican Generals. Five inch black and green giant grasshoppers. I had one fly at me and hit me square between the eyes one time. I instinctively swatted at it and there went my glasses! I looked all over for them, imagine black wire and where I finally found them, not on the ground but hanging about chest height from a creosote bush! I was about to give up, too. But, just imagine getting smacked between the eyes by a half pound grasshopper? Okay, not actually a half pound, but it was plenty big, like getting smacked by a Weiner; no shit!
Hood hunting. El Bee
PS I don't appreciate the wisecracks about my Disco Days!
PPS that's a joke! I've never been in a real Disco Hall in my life, let's just say that was a bad choice of words, it was A FUCKING NIGHTCLUB! OK?
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NVWalt
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posted August 09, 2023 12:39 PM
I hope it didn't have one of those rainbow flags out front LOL.
Now that is sick ol Walter boy.
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Kokopelli
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posted August 10, 2023 07:29 AM
What's that ???? Wait until your annoying neighbor goes to work and sneak over and plant a Rainbow Flag in the middle of his lawn ??? That's just mean.
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NVWalt
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posted August 10, 2023 11:19 AM
I do have one neighbor that is a die hard Demonrat and we don't say much after I told him he was nothing but a fucking communist along with that whole batch of stupid dims in office. He doesn't say much to any of the neighbors here as none of them care to deal with someone that suffers Trump Derangement syndrome. The flag just might be a fun one to pull off. Just got to wear a disguise to find and buy a rainbow flag...Not very common here in the hills of Tennessee.
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posted August 11, 2023 09:34 AM
NVWalt, I was gonna say, when I was in your area all I saw was Trump signs, well bigfoot stuff too. Didn't believe liberals were allowed in that area.
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Leonard
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posted August 11, 2023 09:47 AM
Ummm? Too much effort!
The guy across the street is crusty enough, just about anything will set him off. That was then, now he's in bad shape, uses one of those walkers that he pushes in front with every step. He's about 5 years younger than me, my brother is 6 years younger, also a Viet Nam vet.
But, so he's a Viet Nam Vet, which normally would get respect, but he was, whatever his MOS, he was a a cook, in a basecamp, Da Nang, or whatever? If he had a rifle, he probably kept it in his footlocker, while he ran his potato peeler, and made trays of pineapple pie and other yummy deserts.
Anyway, all my respect vanished one day out in the street when he erupted on Trump. Carbon copy Liberal talking points! And I have known him for many years, never suspected. Shocker! They live amongst us.
I don't even look his way, these days, as he walkers to the car, the passenger side. I drove with him a couple years ago, never again, I was happy to arrive safely, barely. In the parking structure, he crashed into the gate and broke it! I said; why'd you do that? He threw his hands in the air and said: I FUCKED UP!
This is where you start to tread softly, knowing that you are dealing with a nutjob.
I suppose I'll have to attend his funeral one of these days, due to being a neighbor for 48 years, presently. Not looking forward to that.
Sorry for the rant
Good hunting. El Bee
edit: I actually know when Paul, the above described nutjob lost his dream. They bought some acreage in northern California called CALIFORNIA PINES. They would go up there regularly, improving and developing the property. One day, he found out that some crook had come in there and harvested every fucking tree on the property and there were many along with all of his neighbors property. They never caught the asshole and he, (Paul) never even went back, it just broke his heart. Then his father died, who had been helping him fix up and improve the property, his Shangri-La.
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Kokopelli
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posted August 11, 2023 10:11 AM
Yeah, getting old sucks at times. Right now I have a torn / detached retina in my right eye. Upcoming deer season is in serious question. Dr. said it was either using a jackhammer, riding a Mt. Bike too fast on an uneven road or old age.
I'm blaming it on a visual of Leonard break dancing in that John Travolta suit.
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posted August 13, 2023 05:34 PM
I SWEAR, I've never Disco'ed in my life! Never owned a John Travolta Disco suit, either!
You know who was in to Ballroom Dancing?
Rich Higgins, believe it or not!
I'm not a dancer. Any type. Don't dance, include me out!
Good hunting. El Bee
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Kokopelli
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posted June 29, 2024 09:44 AM
Well ........... it's been a while but the toads are back. Was out in the back yard the other night and "What's that damn fool dog got in her mouth, now ???" Thought that it was a small cottontail at first but it was a toad. Hosed her mouth out with the waterhose and pumped some Benadryl down her. Kept her hosed down 'cause she was panting & over-heated.
Naturally, the vet was closed for the night.
For about four hours she was higher than a kite but then came out of it. She's since been fine and back to her usual goofy self.
Now I have to go on 'Toad Watch' before I let her out at night. I've pulled two more out of the goldfish pond.
I wonder if coyotes mess with those things ??? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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posted June 29, 2024 11:14 AM
I think the toads that are left over after the rain are lost or sidetracked because they really want to burrow into the sand and sleep it off.
If you transport them to the nearest sandy wash, they will be most grateful.
And, how is Cindy? Did she have the surgery? I hope she's much better! Take good care of her! You wouldn't want to lose her. I am speaking from experience. I'm completely lost without my soul mate.
I had to go to a dermatologist who did the usual with the squirt gun and took samples to send to the lab. Took a dime size chunk out of my head and another from the side of my face. The guy said (he is Viet Namese) that us fair skinned northern European types catch a lot of skin cancer.
So, they called me yesterday with the results. It's cancerous and I need to go back for treatment. This getting old ain't for sissies!
Good hunting. El Bee
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Kokopelli
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posted June 29, 2024 12:55 PM
She's doing well. Still having some issues with her neck but like you said ...... Growing old ain't for sissies.
Our Monsoon Season hasn't even got off to a good start, yet.
Keep on top of that skin cancer ......... nothing to mess around with.
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posted June 29, 2024 06:11 PM
Been having nice monsoon here most every week. The Dam in Mankato finally burst and any road with a creek crossing under it is flooded not to mention 1000 of acres of crops. I blame it on global realignment. Toads see them every year off and on nothing get excited about. Also saw two dead coyote pups that got run over by a bridge due to river flooding.
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Kokopelli
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posted June 29, 2024 08:35 PM
Pretty sure that these toads are different than the Minni-Soda toads.
Ours are the ones that the hippies used to lick to get high. Really, really bad idea.
Pulled the third one out of the patio pond tonight. I've got a trail out to the sand wash behind my house relocating these things. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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posted June 30, 2024 08:47 AM
I've seen both toad types. By habit, they are as alike as a jackrabbit and a coyote. However, they look quite alike, shape and size. I have not tried licking either, so I can't say which are more toxic or hallucinogenic. They are rather harmless and eat bugs so leave them alone.
That giant toad down in tropical Mexico was big enough to eat sparrow size mosquitoes. Made a hell of a door stop.
I belong to The West End Gun Club. The county of San Bernardino is or used to be at one time, the largest county in the United States, The geography "Map wise" is kinda like a rectangle with a little wart on the lower left corner. This is what us locals call the WEST END and it's where Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside County all come together in the vicinity of Chino. The (west end) of San Bernardino is just about the only residential part of the county, the rest is a whole lot of Mojave desert.
Where was I? O yeah! Up at the range, which are located in the San Gabriel Mountains, we have the cutest little miniature TOADS you ever saw! They are approximately an inch long, total. And as there is a dry creek that runs right across, half way to the 100 yard rifle range, we must cross it to pull targets. I assume this is the relationship between Mini-toads and a (mostly) dry creek bed? By far the smallest toads I have ever seen, and they aren't babies, the babies are REALLY small!
That's all I got
Good hunting. El Bee
edit: yes, there is a bridge the club constructed across the creek, we seldom ever had to wade the creek, and when it is full, we aren't there ....BECAUSE, we are unable to cross the much bigger Lydell Creek to get to the range which is a mile up the other side within the boundaries of the SB National Forest.
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