Re: OT: Look what we found

What a great sighting
:)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Colleen Modra
Sent: Dec 20, 2005 12:13 AM
To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com, dlrobin@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iris-photos] OT: Look what we found

Found this fellow in our garden the other night. It's shell was the size of a dinner plate, which means it's a well-aged Long-Necked Tortoise, as they grow very slowly. Have no idea how long it's been around but as our garden has only been established for 7-8 years I can only assume that at some point he has wandered up from a very large dam about half a kilometer away. It's wonderful that such delightful creatures lives in our garden.
We also checked out the SA frog web site. Of the 9 types of frogs that live in the Adelaide Hills area, we have heard 8 of them and full choral quantities. Plently of tortoise food.
We are surprised, that with the number of frogs we have, 5 ponds and plenty of cover, how few snakes we see. Only 4 sightings in 9 years.
 
 
Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills AUST
zone 8/9
 
colleen@impressiveirises.com.au
 

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