Neighborhood wildlife

by Ben Reilly Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:26 pm

Walking my dog, I (and he) have seen a lot of local critters recently. I decided to take a photo of this beaut, a Texas Spiny Lizard, the other day -- he blends in well with the bark of the tree, but they will quickly hide when they see someone coming -- they don't like posing for photos, so I circled it so it's easier to see. This one is nearly a foot long, we see them everywhere during the summer:

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Anybody else have local "wildlife" photos to share?

by eddie Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:14 am

No sadly.
But was just thinking as I looked out of my window, there are less cats here than at my old place.
No one seems to own a cat.

No cats = no shit in my garden cheers

Sorry. That's not quite what you were looking for is it? Neutral

by Ben Reilly Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:50 am

eddie wrote:No sadly.
But was just thinking as I looked out of my window, there are less cats here than at my old place.
No one seems to own a cat.

No cats = no shit in my garden

Sorry. That's not quite what you were looking for is it?

Yeah, no. Maybe some UK foxes, Australian cobraspiderdiles or whichever creatures Les has seen in Thailand Smile

Australians are known to freak out when they come to the U.S. and see squirrels:

"How comedic are squirrels?!" Hemsworth cries as one scampers past him at one point. "We don't have squirrels in Australia. The first time I saw a squirrel was at a meeting at Disney. I was like, 'What the fuck?!'" Later, while deep in thought explaining his Hunger Games character Gale, Hemsworth is again distracted by a squirrel. "Look! It's like a cartoon," he squeals. "You're not real!"

by eddie Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:15 am

They freak out at squirrels??? Shocked

by Guest Sun Aug 30, 2015 2:44 pm

Wood mouse on our bird table, so cute I love you

by Guest Sun Aug 30, 2015 2:46 pm

Moth in our garden, not so cute!

by Guest Sun Aug 30, 2015 2:52 pm

Hedgehog, found by Max in the garden. Fortunately survived the barking onslaught Neighborhood wildlife Dog10

by Guest Sun Aug 30, 2015 2:54 pm

Toads, well, erm you can see what they are doing............. Neighborhood wildlife Embarr10

by Guest Sun Aug 30, 2015 3:42 pm

wrestling??

by eddie Sun Aug 30, 2015 6:13 pm

Have you got some sort of reptile rodent house type thing in your garden FTL? Shocked

by Ben Reilly Sun Aug 30, 2015 6:27 pm

Those are awesome, FTL! At some of the parks around here we have various frogs and box turtles. We even had an alligator in one of our rivers recently, but it was thought to have been swept by flooding & normally wouldn't have gotten so close to a populated area.

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