The FuzzmopsFamily in Motion

On Saturday morning I had the house to myself. I sat reading the news at my desk. To my left came the sound of a thud; the only sound in the house. I turned to see a stunned little bird on it’s back on the living room floor. It’s eyes were open and it was not moving after flying into the window.

I walked into the kitchen to get some paper towels to pick up the bird with. I felt a pang of sadness thinking that the bird had met it’s untimely end. As I approached it and bent down to pick it up it flew away, landing on the high window ledge. Whew! It was alive!

Then I was faced with trying to get the bird out of the house without it pooping on everything in sight. In it’s panic, it flew into a mirror and fell down again. That time I was able to scoop it up and set it outside the window. He calmly hung around on the deck for about 5 minutes and flew away.

I don’t know what type of bird it was but it was pretty cute.

One of the best things about Maine is that we get to see so many animals throughout the day. From cute little chippies, to crafty red squirrels, to slithering snakes there is always something scurrying around in Gram’s yard.

The Little Red Squirrel

Polyphemus Silk Moth

Giant Spiders in the Boathouse

Chipmunk

Oh Hai - Garter Snake

While we were in Maine visiting Gram in July, we found a beautiful Polyphemus moth laying in the moss on the ground. It’s wings spanned about 4 inches and it was very docile. It did not attempt to fly away while we got a closer look at it. As we went on about our business of playing on the swing, the moth took it’s leave heading back out into the world.

Polyphemus Moth

• Wikipedia Polyphemus Moth