Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Exciting dog day

About 5:00pm I was standing near the door and saw a flash of gray...moving around in the yard.  Flash the wonder dog was laying on the ground asleep, and a little Tufted Titmouse hopped on him, tugged at some hair and flew off.  Flash sat up just about the time she flew.  Now I  know that birds gather hair to line nests, but that is the first time I've ever saw a bird take hair from a live animal.

At about 8:40pm Julie called, said a bug was on Petey's lip, and she couldn't get it off.  Knowing that Julie knows what ticks are, I wondered what kind of bug.  She brought him over, and it was a large bug that had attached itself to his lip and wouldn't turn loose.  I finally held him while she got a tissue and it came off.  I came away with a good scratch on my arm, lol, and Petey went to the food dish and snacked on food.

Two things I've never had happen and both in one evening.

2 comments:

Patty Patterson said...

Is Petey another dog? And was it a tick or just a bug? And it sounds like you had an interesting day.

NanaDiana said...

Weird!!!! I have never seen a bird do that either. How odd. So...did you figure out what kind of bug it was? That is kind of scary! I see you got some war wounds! xo Diana