A little rescue.
This baby dwarf gecko was about to go into the drain of our kitchen basin.
So, we eased him into my wife's rescue bucket and I took a few shots before we released him in our garden.
I will also show you an Olive Thrush bird in here and then end the post with a squirrel.
Our car was at an auto body shop for repair, and we were stranded at home. Now I am claustrophobic which simply means that I cannot sit between 4 walls of a house for a long time. That's why I am a child of the open skies. I have no fear of heights, but don't ask me to enter anywhere underground.
So, today I will show you some sights in our garden, and that's where I spend most of the time when we are at home.
Come and look at the wildlife.
He was the size of the first part of my wife's index finger About 2,5 cm.
Did you know that an olive thrush (Turdus olivaceus) likes to eat avocado?
I caught him in an avocado eating shot. A clever bird, as he waits for the squirrels to eat their share, and when they leave he pops in.
Here below was some funny business.
The youngster was trying to eat an avocado pip.
Yep, he struggled to eat the pip, for a time, but he had no luck, and after a time he dropped it :)
Only the olive thrush was an adult in this show, as the gecko was a newborn, and the squirrel was also very young. The squirrel is now in an investigative stage to test what he can and cannot eat. As a baby, the mom led the baby squirrels here into the garden, and she showed them that they could eat the flesh of avocados, but she didn't show them that they cannot eat the skin, or the pip of the fruit.
So, yeah, one can always find things in a garden here, and we also have two lizard skinks in residence, but they didn't show up on this day. Then we also have the laughing doves, that still bring their youngster every day to come and eat the crushed nuts that the missus lays out for them in our garage entrance. I also have a photo somewhere that shows how an Ibis hadedah scratches around for worms in our flowerpots. Not to mention all the other wild birds and even toads that visit us. A veritable zoo that we have here, with a difference, as all wildlife is free to come and go.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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It's a paradise where you truly live.
I'm glad they rescued this little lizard, by the way.
Regarding your claustrophobia, I hope you manage it well in the future. Sending you hugs of light!
Paradise indeed methinks. Yeah, the little lizard deserved to live.
The claustrophobia doesn't bother me, as I am used to it.
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I don't know what I would have done with the baby gecko if I had captured it. They mess up everywhere.
And that shot of the squirrel eating avocado pip is cool. I always spot squirrels around my yard but capturing them is difficult. They're damn fast. Lol.
Ah, no we love the little geckos.
Lol, the squirrel tried to eat it, but it was too big and hard for his teeth to get a grip on the pip. Find a spot in your yard and put a handful of nuts down every day The squirrels will find it and then you can get them easy on camera when they come to eat :)
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Thank you and glad that you liked the post. :)
I once had live geckos come out of a drain. Not sure how they got there.
Geckos can get in anywhere, but the little newborn can die in that pipe.
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That was a natural entertainment in your garden @papilloncharity. The squirrel and that bird for sure made your day brighter. I'm envious of the idea you meet those animals in your home like a Disney setting. They sure love your place to trust it for meals. The gecko was a baby one, almost looking like a strip of paper. But fortunate enough it landed on your sink and good hands. And we share the same phobia papillon, I am also claustrophobic. I learned that I am when I was just a kid who never wanted to play hide and seek in the house. Always making me almost faint.
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Thank you, and it is a first time for us to have such a small garden. We have moved 9 times now, and each house where we stayed had fairly large gardens. But we discovered that a small garden is much better to control, and we can now easier make sure that the wildlife that visit the garden is safe and secure. The animals know that they are safe here, and it's becoming a small zoo, with no cages :)
What can I say about your claustrophobia issue, as I cannot say that I am happy that you also have the same condition. All that I can say is that it is a manageable condition that one can control by never entering into spaces that are a trigger for the condition. So, I am sorry, but I know that you can also manage it. One day I will tell you why my condition started, also as a child.
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