Chapter 8: Watching Other Wildlife

I was busy collecting nuts today at the edge of the woods and I saw some of my neighbors scurrying about. Being nosy, I watched them for a while.

I saw a rabbit hopping in and out of the bushes. I don't know what she was doing, but probably finding food for even more babies. Those rabbits never seem to stop producing more babies!

I saw a red-breasted robin pulling a worm out of the ground. I'm not a big fan of the earthworm snack. A little too salty for me.

I saw a lot of ladybugs flitting about and landing on plants. I like to try to count their spots. Call me crazy.

And I saw a lot of crickets and grasshoppers hopping through the grass and plants. Then something really exciting happened. A little corn snake came out of nowhere and snatched up a cricket. Whoosh! Just like that. Those snakes are so lazy most of the time, just lying around on warm rocks. It sure can surprise you when they actually move somewhere.

Have you ever watched a turtle cross a road? It takes a long time! They are slow critters, aren't they? Especially compared to high-energy me!

But frogs, they are fun! Up on those skinny legs! Down, and up again — jump, jump, jump. They sure can jump far — and they eat tons of little insects.