Animals in your garden

[zigs]

Had a nest of Shrews in my caravan back in the summer, the babies were crawling all over me

 

[roadrunner]

@Larisa I also have those hawk moths and they do look like hummingbirds at first glance. They also have very cool looking eye-shine at night when you point a flashlight at them.

That looks like a nighttime shot, which is when I see them in my garden, they are attracted to the 4o'clock plants which have flowers that are very fragrant.

 

[Larisa]

I hope Larisa's bunny does not get a knot in his ears!!!

Well I do not know.....

I also have those hawk moths and they do look like hummingbirds at first glance. They also have very cool looking eye-shine at night when you point a flashlight at them.

Interesting idea with a flashlight! It is necessary to see it. Just evening I walk in the garden without a flashlight. Because there are lights on the solar battery. But the most important thing - I like to watch the fireflies in the grass. They are many and they are lit in green.

 

[Dinu]

This is an adult Calotes.

This is a Skink. Very common in my garden. It lays eggs in the soil and buries them. The young ones will have red legs and a red tail... so far elusive to capture on camera.

 

[roadrunner]

This is a legless lizard (or glass lizard) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_lizard

They look like snakes, but people that study these things, swear it's a lizard. Who am I to say otherwise...

This was in my largest patch of Spiderwort plants, so it was tough to get a pic of its entire body. They love deep mulch and stay in there most of the day, but it rained a lot last night and much of today, so he was out and about, drying out.

 

[Dinu]

Hadn't known about a 'legless lizard'! Amazing.

 

[vette-kid]

A few from the other day

 

[granjera]

An ordinary critter, but I'm sure his/her mama thinks he/she is exceptional. At least he/she isn't camera shy.

 

[roadrunner]

In the last two days, while spraying water over the garden, a honeybee landed on my hand. It just sat there and seemed to just be resting. I wish I could have gotten a picture

 

[roadrunner]

Ahh, spring is in the air...

 

[trashcancarla]

This turkey shows up nearly every evening to eat the bird seed that I scatter. As long as she stays away from the tomatoes she's welcome.

away

 

[roadrunner]

I get a lot of birds in my garden, but they can be very difficult to get a pic of since they move so quickly and my garden is like a thick jungle; however, this one was not moving much at all and seemed to love eating the seeds in my spiderwort patch.

Anyone know the species?

 

[Beth_B]

That's a house finch. (Probably, there are many subspecies. Definitely a finch though.)
They love seeds, I hang thistle socks year around and get quite a variety of finches.

 

[Sheal]

I'm cheating here, not my garden but my son's in Ohio. He'd started work on his vegetable patch today and unearthed six Leverets, luckily they survived his spade unscathed. He's had a scout on the internet to see how to look after them in case the mother abandons them, but has anyone here any experience and advice on Hare's please?

 

[MaryMary]

@Sheal, my dad ran over a nest with the lawn mower when I was a girl. All but one died. He brought me the survivor. I bottle-fed it with cow's milk, and it survived. If I remember correctly, I used a baby bottle, and heated the milk slightly, just like you would a human baby.

I think "Peter" was a little older, though.

I remember you saying that your son lives in Columbus, and there is a wildlife rescue/refuge there, should it come to it.