Critters and Such

Hi All,
I thought you all might enjoy some of the critters we have seen on some of our adventures and around our house. You may have seen some of these pictures on other blogs.

Lizard on our screen door. And Todd I don't know what kind. :) :)



Dazed female ruby throated or black chinned hummingbird.



A frog that looks like a toad. I did know the name but forgot. Sorry Todd. :) :)



I believe this is a spiny lizard.



Unhappy bat.



Wild horses that have been walking by our house the last 10 days. There is one kind of loner and then three that like to hang out. They are less then a stones throw away from our back yard.





One of the locusts that completely destroyed our tomato and pepper plants. We could use poison but we are looking for other options.



A few days ago Janice and I were driving to the BLM office at 2:30 am to do willow flycatcher surveys. About a half mile from the house we saw this big boy or girl.



Here are a few pictures of the one we saw this morning after we got done running. Just hanging out on the wall of our house. Yes, it is a tarantula.







On Saturday I neglected Janice and Pico and headed up to the Haulapia Mountains. I was put into contact with a climbing club called the Leaping Lizards. This guy named Tim has put most or all the routes up in the Haulapias. Here is Tim on our first repel of the day. You can see what is called the front porch about 100 feet below him.



Here is Matt and Tim gearing up for the first repel and climb.



This is Matt getting his rope ready for the next repel from the front porch.



From the top we repelled about 180 feet down to the front porch and then another 170 feet down. Then you have to do a class 3/4 scramble back to the front porch.



Then it is a 5.9+ climb back to the top. Here is Matt belaying Tim.



We then packed up our stuff and headed to another part of the mountain. Here we did a 100 foot repel down to a place called the sidewalk. Here is Tim walking from one set of anchors to another on the side walk.



Here is me belaying Tim on his stroll. It is about a 100 foot drop off the edge to the left.



Here is me coming down the sidewalk.



It was then another 100 foot repel and a hike out. What a fun day.
I do want to respectfully apologize to Janice and Pico for being neglectful. :) :) :)

I hope this message finds everyone doing well.

Peace and Love,
Geoff