![]() ![]() I watched for a while, and waited, until finally…it moved! It wasn’t moving much, no doubt terrified after being confronted by a gang of godzilla-like hens, and one large king-kong like hominid. I secured the hens in the coop, and turned my attention back to this worm-like creature to see if it was even alive. Fortunately I had a little grain with me, the chicken equivalent to chocolate or cheesecake, and I managed to successfully divert her attention just long enough to scoop up this as yet unidentified tasty morsel, and set it outside the run door. Of course, the light from my headlamp immediately drew the hen’s attention toward this small creature, upside down in the run (which is important, I’ll come back to that in a moment), and one hen suddenly charged toward it. As I looked at this ‘worm’ more closely, I realized it had legs, they were tiny, but definitely legs! Hmmm…that ruled out the worm theory. I was wearing my headlamp as there is no light in the run at night. I presumed this was another unfortunate victim that had erroneously wandered into the hen house, and chickens are by nature rather curious creatures. I entered the chicken run where the hens were still milling about, and noticed what I thought was a small dead worm on the ground by the run door. It was just dark, and I went to lock our hens up for the night. I wasn’t intending on posting another fauna piece so soon, but a few nights ago I met someone new on the property. ![]() California Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus) ![]()
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