Phil

If you live near a wooded area, a stream, or a park, you're likely to come across the occasional creature that doesn't belong in the middle of your lawn. Such was the case with Phil.

He was sitting on the driveway, and my dad picked him up as he got home from work. I'm not sure how he noticed, because it was almost pitch black, but naturally we welcomed Phil (for a few minutes) with open arms. A little too open, actually. He did not turn into a prince.

Here he is not being kissed.

We have also found turtles, salamanders, snakes, crayfish (in our stream) and once even an injured chipmunk, who we tried to save but couldn't. I have yet to discover a newly fledged robin, which everyone always finds at some point, right?

In either case, I'd love to hear your stories about interactions with wildlife that you've had, so leave a comment if you want to tell us about one of your encounters.

Comments

[Faith]

Hey, there! I can vouch for the robin thing, because my family and I actually did save a baby robin about...1? 2 years ago? I don't know, but we did. We've also cared for baby bunnies whose nest my cousin disturbed. The mom ran away, so we took them in. Fun, huh?

[Celia]

Ooo! We have so many animals that we helped. I can't tell the whole story for each one, but I'll say what they are:

-Bucky (House sparrow, fed him after his mother dissapeared for a while)
-Jeremy(Rainbow trout, healed a wound on his head)
-Unnamed gosling(Goose, had no mother, and with some difficulty, got him in to another nest)
-Junior(Eastern cottontail, found him drowning with a puncture wound in his leg, put antibiotics on it)
-Comet(European Starling, wing injured by our dog,who was only playing. I don't care if it was invasive. I wasn't going to leave it there in the snow.)

@Faith-Baby rabbits. Cutest. Things. On the planet. Ours were domesticated. We just attract rabbits! WE were the ones who found Junior, and WE found poor Wallace abandoned on the side of the Interstate. He's safe with our other two rabbits,June and Fritsy. So yes, quite fun. ;)

With most affection,

Celia 8p

P.S. Phil is so cute!