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Solly Mack

(90,779 posts)
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 02:41 AM Feb 2012

A few shots around the yard

I woke up to this...


Not a great shot but you get the idea.


The sun came out for a little while.

My backyard is next to a protected wood. The wood is protected because of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker. Very hard to get a picture of....but I'm trying. I walked near the woodline, just out my back gate. Too wet and slippery to stay out for long. Lot of flooding around the area today.

You can sit on my deck and see robins, woodpeckers, owls, turkey vultures, hawks, cardinals, bluejays, vireo...all kinds, really. As well as deer & armadillos, opossums & raccoons, skunks & occassionally a nutria. Fortunately, the feral hogs prefer a deeper woods.




















and the first adult anole of the season (at/on my house)








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A few shots around the yard (Original Post) Solly Mack Feb 2012 OP
These are beautiful! Thank you... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2012 #1
Thanks, CaliforniaPeggy Solly Mack Feb 2012 #2
K&R... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2012 #3
Thanks for the pics. nt OnyxCollie Feb 2012 #4
What fabulous pix! K&R! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2012 #5
I. Love! These! Thank you, Solly Mack! patrice Feb 2012 #6
VERY nice! GardeningGal Feb 2012 #7
Southwest Louisiana. Solly Mack Feb 2012 #9
Thank you for the pictures Irishonly Feb 2012 #8
What incredible beauty.... You are so lucky to have so many midnight Feb 2012 #10
how big is that anole thing? Skittles Feb 2012 #11
I think they're beautiful too. Solly Mack Feb 2012 #12

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,678 posts)
1. These are beautiful! Thank you...
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 02:47 AM
Feb 2012

I especially like the butterflies with their gorgeous and iridescent wings!

The anole is wonderful too...I love your first pic showing him peek around the corner.

The birds on the ground are nearly invisible unless you look right at them!

Thank you for sharing your beautiful world.

Rhiannon12866

(205,820 posts)
5. What fabulous pix! K&R!
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 06:07 AM
Feb 2012

I love the detail, down to the face on the little lizard. These are simply stunning! Thanks so much for sharing!

GardeningGal

(2,211 posts)
7. VERY nice!
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 11:01 AM
Feb 2012

What part of the country do you live in? I'm guessing the south somewhere since here in Denver we have a bunch of snow.

Solly Mack

(90,779 posts)
12. I think they're beautiful too.
Mon Feb 6, 2012, 10:23 AM
Feb 2012

About 6 inches with the tail. He'll get a little bigger. (if a bird doesn't get him)

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