I took Daisy out late the other night for her evening constitutional, and when I was preparing to come back in the house, I glanced at our potted pineapple plant and saw what I initially took to be a blemish or rust spot of some kind. On closer inspection, I discovered that it was just Larry, the official lizard of Paco Enterprises, using one of the leaves as a hammock.
Larry and his fellows (anole lizards) can be seen all over the place down here, and perform a signal service eating flies and other insects.
Rather like the geckos that appear around my house in summer. I'm always happy to see them, even just one or two every year, because it means the neighbourhood cats haven't eaten them all.
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I enjoy seeing them, too. When we lived in Miami, there were loads of them. One of 'em ran up my leg one time, rather freaked me out.
ReplyDeleteThat's as freaky as the mouse that ran up Richard's leg as he was sitting at his desk. Poor thing was trying to escape the cats.
DeleteLizard or mouse is better than a scorpion. In our early days here in South Texas, I had one crawl up my foot. Surprisingly, I maintained calm control and called Richard. He came and dispatched scorpion.
We have Geckos and other lizards. I delight in all of them. One of my. favorites visits the window in the evening to feast on moths, etc that are drawn to the light. He's picky, choosing only certain ones.
ReplyDeleteThe funniest was a rather large brown lizard who fell off an outside wall of our home. He gave it the "old college try", but was outside his league. Hope it survived.
I've been seeing and hearing Lyre Birds lately (mating season). Ace said he couldn't believe how they mimic sounds, but it's all true.
ReplyDeleteAlso saw a Tawny Frogmouth which hopped into a tree and disguised itself as a tree branch, as they do. The trick is they remain absolutely still while stretched out like a mottled stick.
We're cleaning up a cave in the bush as a refuge, meet around a camp fire.
Mockingbirds are good at mimicking. I heard one do a car alarm. Their song may be beautiful, but becomes obnoxious to the point of committing avian homicide. Of course, it's exacerbated by the nightly hour that he chooses to serenade.
DeleteOh, your birds just mock, but ours are total liars (lyres) Deborah. :-)
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