Our critters






No this critter was not in our yard.
The storm is pretty well over and he was washed up on the beach.... at least this part.


















It is amazing the amount of wildlife/critters of all kinds we have seen in our yard.

This little fella, an Agouti, was in the back yard. He is a rodent and was sitting up like a squirrel eating. By the time I realized what it was I barely got a picture.... and felt lucky to get this.


The last three days we have an an incredible amount of rain.
As soon as it gets dark those little frogs get busy.
The amount of racket they make is incredible, Daryl did a great job of keeping us entertained with his lip-synching.




This is a blue land crab, guess those critters like the rainy season.
They only have one big claw, and are a good size, about 6 inches across the shell.
We have holes around the house and the shed out back.
They dig the holes and dive right in.... full or water or not.
Hard to get a picture as they are quite shy and with any noise or light, they are gone.
And of course I have such a light step!!!


This morning we had a purple crab!!










Not sure if a gecko is a bug or just eats them....
The one directly above was dive bombing around my head....
By the time his picture was taken he was a little bit flat...(




We had a little humming bird come sit on the clothesline during the rain.... let us get within two feet of him so he must have been exhausted.
Not sure you can tell from the second picture but he is about the size of a clothes peg.




And then there are chickens....lots of chickens. Daryl calls them our guard chickens.

The rooster is totally screwed up... doesn't crow in the morning, but every afternoon around four he starts up!




Then we have a cat who hangs around, affectionately known as Goo, and Doris the pup who has been loaned to the lady who lives upstairs.








Tons more critters but that is enough for now.




Cheers
Ruth

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