Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Category Archives: Reptiles I’m going to attempt to present these pictures as I saw them so you can get a feel for how I went on this little field trip today. I’m walking down the trail to the Wildflower field and noticed this large, green Spider. On closer inspection I could see this Spider was eating some type… I’ve got an interesting picture for y’all. In the early summer we had lots of little Lizards (Anoles). Now it seems as most of those Lizards have grown up and become big and fat. Check out these photos of a Lizard stalking some prey. Hmm, possible dinner? Guess this wasp won’t become dinner tonight. Here’s a cute little baby Alligator. It was in a cage inside the nature center. Although we didn’t see many birds at Armand Bayou, we did see quite a few Turtles (Red Eared Sliders) and Giant Swallowtail Butterflies. If you click on this picture and view it full size, you’ll see there’s a little Blue Dragonfly on one of the plants growing out of the pond. I didn’t notice that… This is one of the adults roaming around the garden. We also have lots of baby Lizards roaming around.  Taking pictures of birds is exhausting, at least if you’re standing on white sand, it’s 100 degrees outside, and you’ve been waiting forever for an Egret to catch a fish. Fortunately for me, there were some less active creatures who were more than happy to have their picture taken. This Turtle needs a manicure This is crazy. I found another damn Broad Banded Water Snake in the pond today. It wasn’t the same one as two days ago as this one was a little bit smaller, but had a much bigger attitude! Once again I was cleaning leaves from the pond and suddenly noticed this head poking out of… Let’s review the essential tools for Butterfly Gardening: Butterfly Net – Check Long Tweezers (for squishing bad bugs) – Check Digital Camera – Check Snake Tongs – Huh??? That’s right snake tongs. I see a few snakes in the backyard from time to time and since they scare me and I don’t particularly want to… So I just so happened to get my new “toy” today. It’s a snake tong. First some history. I don’t particularly care for snakes. Sure, I can look at them and say “what a beauty” (to quote Steve Irwin), but they scare me. Since I have a pond, lots of vegetation, tons of frogs, and…  Another early morning visitor. This was a very small lizard hunting for food on the Parsley. There was an equally small lizard close by this one but he scampered away before I could get a picture.  Check out this little guy. He was actually in the Butterfly Enclosure and I have no idea how he got in there. I say “he” but “he” could be a “she” for all I can tell. He/she was no bigger than my little finger, if that big. We released him in the garden to munch… |
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