Friday, February 19, 2010

Up Close & Personal With The Local Fauna

One thing I love about living in Bacchus Marsh is the fauna and bird life.  We have possums, which are a pest I know and they scare the bejesus out of me with their gutteral sounds in the middle of the night, and Ive seen kangaroos near our house, but one thing I love is seeing lizards in our yard.  The other day I saw Cleo stalking something and found this little fella, who I rescued from becoming her afternoon tea


He doesnt have a tail because he either dropped it or it was bitten off, I showed it to Paige who grabbed at it but I drew my hand away before she could hurt him.  I had to quickly take these pics before he scurried away.  I used to see a lot of them, but this one is the first one I saw this year.  We have had Blue Tongue lizards in the past.  Rob actually found a baby once and it bit him, had to laugh.  Rob just had this baby lizard hanging off his finger.  I once arrived home to find a Blue Tongue lizard laying in my driveway, attacked, probably by one of the dogs.  I took him to the vet but there was nothing they could do for him, poor bugger.

I love having cats and dogs but hate the fact that they hunt!  Although I havent seen Panda bringing anything home in a while its Cleo that has brought the mice and birds home, I mean, I  know she wants to give me presents but really? A mouse? Er, I think not Cleo!

2 comments:

Janna said...

Eeek! You are very brave to handle that little lizard. I'm a certifiable chickenshit and could never do that, lol. The only insect I don't mind holding are tiny ladybugs. They're harmless little things and so cute! Also, whenever we find one in the house we always say it's my Dad visiting ;o)

Enjoy your local fauna, Miss D!
xoxo

Jude said...

I don't think I could handle something like that either, LOL! I understand what you mean about cats and dogs Danni, unfortunately for you and I that's the way of life though. Like Sista Janna said, enjoy your fauna!