These long empty stretches keep happening, and probably will, since there are plenty of other things going on here that need my attention, so the posts get neglected. Plus, those same things keep me from finding new images or topics. So, we’ll have just a couple of sideline pics gathered here and there just to prove I’m not dead. But also consider, I could be resorting to AI to generate
Tag: Anolis carolinensis
To beat twenty-three
Last night I took The Girlfriend out to the side of the driveway (livin’ large, you know it!) because the previous evening I’d found that the overgrown spot was loaded with newborn Carolina anoles (Anolis carolinensis) all sleeping on the tall weeds there. Not quite as many there last night, seven as opposed to the eight that I’d seen the night before, but it was still
Some other night
I don’t know, I think this was three nights ago, I just didn’t post it then. But while doing something else in the yard, I went past a dog fennel plant that was starting to get a little tall and found this:
Now, “a little tall” is relative to the surrounding grasses, which weren’t topping 20cm, but this was a bit less than a meter in height, and far
Night of 1,000 lizards
Well, okay, not quite that many – more like half a dozen.
For the past couple of nights I’ve noticed that the three small transplanted Japanese maples out back each have their own bebby Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis) living thereon, mostly visible when they’re sleeping draped across the leaves. One we’ve
Doesn’t seem farfetched
Among other things, I was out tonight specifically looking for this – I’m just not sure if I found it or not, but I think I did.
Ever since I missed the anole egg hatching (see previous post,) I’ve been checking the environs to see if I can find the newborn – mostly at night, because it’s very likely that the hatchling will stretch out on a leaf someplace to snooze,
Estate Find (or miss) XXIIX
Very little photography this week, and virtually nothing new either. I have been monitoring the various turtle nests, but no activity yet, and two of them show some less-than-promising signs – we’ll see what happens, or fails to. And I made another attempt to catch the
Suddenly, autumn
Not really, but last night the temperature dropped more than it had in weeks, coupled with high humidity, and dew formed with a vengeance, which we also hadn’t seen in weeks – it doesn’t often hit the dewpoint overnight in summer here. And so, there were a couple of subjects to be found because of this.
The Girlfriend and I had seen this eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica)
Sure, why not?
I’ve said before that I had my own method of determining the first day of spring, as befits a nature photographer that concentrates more than a little on reptiles and amphibians: the first appearance of a treefrog species. This does make the event somewhat variable, but so what? It certainly fits a lot better than the traditional dates for these things, such as the first day
Estate Find XXV
Not a stunning one this week, but hopefully, one that will produce a follow-up sometime in the near future. I was digging in some soft mulch alongside the back steps and unearthed this:
Definitely an egg, almost certainly of a Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis) – I’ve seen the eggs of ground
Reclaimed
A few weeks back, we installed a new light fixture by the front walk, mounted to a 4×4 post. Going to the local Lowes Home Improvement store to get a cap for it was utterly pointless, despite the fact that they listed 15 of them in stock – the store has repeatedly proven to be grossly incompetent, and unfortunately it’s the only place for such materials within 30 kilometers. This