The Native Floridians in the above titled blog are not, in fact, humans. I am speaking of the wildlife we are surrounded by in my part of the sunshine state.  Summer, by it's nature, being a time of plenty for the animals, has brought them out in full force in my little corner of the world.

   In the last month alone we've encountered (in our immediate yard and treeline) a coyote, 4 armadilloes doing their best to destroy our lawn, a rabbit, a possum, too many squirrels and birds to count and no less than 3 snakes. The first snake was a King snake, the second a venomous Cotton Mouth Moccasin and yesterday a big Black Racer.  They are harmless and eat mice and insects so we don't bother them. 

  There's a large, very vocal and very bossy mockingbird who lives nearby and imagine my surprise to see her "chasing" and "scolding" the snake as he made his way across my driveway yesterday,  into the fenced portion of my yard.  I'm not sure what he was doing to alarm her, mayebe she had babies nearby.  It was almost comical though.  He was much larger than her and seemed to be minding his own business. She lit on him with her feet and seemed to be trying to scratch him.  He scurried under a nearby stump for protection. This amused me and wanted to share while it was fresh in my memory.

In the Winter we have Black Bear and lots of Deer too. I count myself blessed to share the habitat with my fellow Floridians.  ♥

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