Turtle! Not able to count its toes but I think it is a three-toed box turtle. www.texasturtles.org/three-toed-b...

The outfacing Critter Cam is back in operation. The possum chewed through two straps of duct tape, chewed through the silicone rain cover, removed the camera and tape from the brick and rolled / dragged it about 5 feet from the original location.

www.vfaes.org/post/a-life-... One of the only times I will cheer AI. This is what we should be using it for. This and detecting cancer/illnesses.

A feral kitty is concerned about the camera situation. Will he be blamed? Leaves the crime scene.

Possum leaves the scene of the crime.

Possum attacks the Critter Cam again.

South Texas game cam catches a raccoon riding a javelina (Dicotyles tajacu). The deer feeder corn attracts a lot of other species, but maybe we should worry about them all teaming up against us? (📷: Jeff Davis, TAMU-Kingsville alumni forum)

A very important announcement.

Some new little faces at the water pans last night.

We’re talking about why native plants matter and how to plant them in the city tonight at the Olde Richmond Civic Association meeting. Gave out zines and seeds and worksheets and it was cute! Nice things are still possible in this shitty timeline of ours.

Possum gets a drink. The raccoons prefer to wash their feet in the water pans further out so the water in the bowl next to the camera probably tastes better.

Is the Critter Hole available? Still nope.

Is the Critter Hole available? Nope.

Armadillo gets a bug

Thanks so much for coming!

Armadillo moons the critter cam.

Possum attempts to steal the camera again. Does not succeed. (I started duct-taping it to a brick after the last incident).

What’s happening in the yard? You know, regular stuff… Caterpillar’s taking selfies & Squirrel’s sitting on the porch gnawing a bone😄

Something about the camera attracts bugs (infrared light maybe?) so the armadillo often stops to do a little digging for a snack on its way to or from the Critter Hole. So far it hasn't buried the camera, but it is certainly capable of doing so.

I don't think this feral kitty will be able to handle either of the creatures that are likely to emerge from the Critter Hole.

The armadillo still controls the Critter Hole. A second armadillo has made a home under the shed. Possum stopped by, took a quick sniff of the hole, and moved on.

One of my customers had so much fun visiting the Map Center that he came back a few days later with a camera. He made this magnificent short documentary about my store, about me, and why I bother to do any of it at all. It's really lovely and I hope you watch it! youtu.be/Dj9uKpk3Idk?...

Armadillo is NOT sharing after doing all that work moving leaves into the Critter Hole.

Armadillo is making some improvements to the Critter Hole after retaking possession from the possums. He worked on this for several hours last night.

Armadillo has moved back into the Critter Hole

I don't know what it is. Scorpion maybe?

How many baby raccoons will fit in a lasagna pan full of water? 3 1/2? But there probably isn't any water left in there now.

A feral cat jumps up onto the deck.

A possum takes a shortcut over the camera.

I need to start charging rent. Armadillo family claims the Critter Hole.

An armadillo makes a run for the Critter Hole. Something is already in there.

Raccoon. Adjusts the camera angle.

Extreme Carolina wren closeup

Spider

They keep looking in the hole and leaving. I have no idea what is in there. I bought a camera on a cable attachment for my phone back when a possum stole the camera but a helpful armadillo dug the camera out to where I could recover it before I could try it out.

Definitely two armadillos this time.

There are a lot of raccoons around here but they don't go under the porch very often.

Not sure if the armadillo was chasing the possum or if something off camera was chasing both of them.

A restaurant called “Don’t fill up on that” where all we serve are the free bread courses from other restaurants. Cheddar Bay biscuits, chips and salsa, brown bread from Outback, breadsticks from the Olive Garden, and the servers are always all “now don’t fill up on this” and we all laugh and laugh

A feral cat waits for Jerry the Pack Rat to come home.

An armadillo stopped by to do some digging. No animals are currently living in the Critter Hole. Hopefully nothing has died in there.

Wowww! Look at Kilauea now 🤩

Jerry the Packrat stopping to give us a good look at him.

A new enemy on the scene for Jerry the Pack Rat. Jerry's many local enemies include snakes, foxes, owls, bobcats, and feral house cats. I marvel at his survival skills. There aren't many rules around here but snakes on the porch get the broom. I encouraged this Texas rat snake to move on.

The spider survived! I suspect the possum walked through the web and dragged the spider across the under porch and it's taken a couple days to walk back. My sympathies are now with the possum as I get a face full of web every time I walk down to the mail box.

Kilauea is spoiling us now 🤩 Stunning view of episode 18 of the ongoing eruption. Just wonderful 😍

Russia: A 116-year snowfall record was broken in Moscow and the surrounding region on May 1 and 2, with 43 mm falling in 36 hours, amounting to 70 percent of the monthly norm. Over 26,000 residents in the Moscow region have been left without power as heavy snow caused widespread disruption.

I'm pretty sure this possum just ate the spider and it's web in front of the Critter Cam. The spider has been making dozens of blurry videos of itself every night for weeks. R.I.P.

Jerry the Pack Rat heading out. He doesn't sleep in the Critter Hole. There is a ramp to the left of the camera that he can fit under where the other animals can't. Someday I'll have to replace the ramp and we'll find a hoard of stolen items and marbles from the bee waterers.