David's frog

First off--to all the brothers--I need to know if this is a poisonous frog?? If it is we're not keeping it, if it isn't...I'll think about keeping it...maybe... David spotted him while we were in the flower section at Lowes this morning. I told him if he wanted to take it home, he would have to catch it by himself (I wasn't going to touch it). So he crawled under the flower tables and chased it around for a while (it was freezing outside so the frog was kind of slower), trying to get it out in the open. He would touch it to get it to hop, but he was too scared to pick it up. In the meantime, I ran over with the other kids and grabbed a small flower pot. David finally chased it out into the walkway and luckily I got it to hop right into my pot (that's my way of catching stuff). I had to buy the pot but not the frog...the nice clerk said we could keep it. I think we were entertaining all the old people that were there, luckily I didn't see anybody I knew. Oh, and calling all Clark dads and cousins...I need you to train David on the art of reptile catching because I can't.

kinda lame...

(My camera stinks!) But it was exciting for the Gibbens girls!

We found this whip-tale stuck in our garage. It was half dead so I was able to catch it (they're so dang fast!) "It's not dead, ITS ALIVE!" (we should figure out who all has the true Clark thumb.)

Slimy Salamanders

I found two slimy salamanders under a board the other day while I was running. They are actually called Slimy Salamanders because they "exude a slimy substance that is difficult to remove from the hands". They can get as long as 8 inches. I let them go in our front yard under our pine straw bed.

Gotta love random wildlife!

This thing just wandered into our yard yesterday. Crazy!

Actually our long time neighbor Royal has 5 of these. The biggest is seen here, his name is Scampy. He brought him by yesterday and the kids (and I) just loved it. The HOA will love him too, cause he cleared our front yard of weeds in about 20 minutes. Thanks Scampy!!!

Arizona Big Game and Dusty

My brother David and I spent about 3 days in the Galleros Mtns last November for our deer hunt, but don't worry, the only shooting we did was video. Just thought I would share, it was alot of fun to find them and watch.

MULE DEER
We ran into this group the night before and then saw them again when we went back out the next morning. About 5 doe and a yearling.



COUE'S WHITE TAIL DEER
We took a nap under a tree and when we woke up we found this doe and her yearling across the ravine.



ELK
Here's a huge bull elk my brother found last weekend while helping a freind scout for an upcoming hunt.



Dusty
And.... just for fun, here is my brother and I doing some training for Dusty.

Orb it!

I went out in the back yard yesterday and found a web that spanned about 10 feet out from the playhouse and decided that I may need to get the BlackFlag out. I found this Orb Spider under the kids slide. I guess they have the same kind of poison as a black widow, but a lot less potent. So it would not be too bad to get stung and they are not very aggressive.

Night Hike II

Last night after the rain, we went out to see all the wildlife. It was a little cool after the rain, so there were not a lot of snakes, but there were quite a few toads.

We found this little sidewinder pretty early on in the evening.

This guy looked like a little snake crossing the road when we drove by it on the road.

I forgot to eat before I left, fortunately the desert was able to provide some good eatin'!