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    Default The Zoo in my backyard

    Tonight, after 5 o'clock, we saw ..

    4 does (one is ear tagged and collared)
    3 bucks
    Great Horned Owl (hanging around couple of weeks in and around house)
    Western Screech Owl (has been here since February and had a family here for awhile)
    Bobcat (was inside fenced area drinking out of hot tub)
    5 hummingbirds
    3 coyotes
    2 Roadrunners
    3 Kestrel hawks
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    Nighthawks
    Dead mouse in pool
    Quail families
    Desert wrens
    Woodpeckers
    Tons of Doves
    Bunnies
    Lizards - too many to count but 4-5 different kinds including horned toad kind
    Tons of other birds I haven't identified

    But, no snakes for couple of months (think the owls, roadrunners and hawk help with that)

    Anyway, love where I live. I'm sure I would see more if it wasn't so hot and I could be outside more. We see most of these animals as they come up to watering stations we have around perimeter of property.
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    20200808_152406.jpgHere's one of the lizards

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    Quote Originally Posted by SassyLady View Post
    20200808_152406.jpgHere's one of the lizards

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    I'm getting better with the lizards, but not snakes!


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    Quote Originally Posted by SassyLady View Post
    Tonight, after 5 o'clock, we saw ..

    4 does (one is ear tagged and collared)
    3 bucks
    Great Horned Owl (hanging around couple of weeks in and around house)
    Western Screech Owl (has been here since February and had a family here for awhile)
    Bobcat (was inside fenced area drinking out of hot tub)
    5 hummingbirds
    3 coyotes
    2 Roadrunners
    3 Kestrel hawks
    Bats
    Nighthawks
    Dead mouse in pool
    Quail families
    Desert wrens
    Woodpeckers
    Tons of Doves
    Bunnies
    Lizards - too many to count but 4-5 different kinds including horned toad kind
    Tons of other birds I haven't identified

    But, no snakes for couple of months (think the owls, roadrunners and hawk help with that)

    Anyway, love where I live. I'm sure I would see more if it wasn't so hot and I could be outside more. We see most of these animals as they come up to watering stations we have around perimeter of property.
    Other than the heat my thirteen year old son would love it there. He loves Nature as did I as a youth.
    I remember living in Texas in Houston 1979 for about 6 months.
    I actually moved away(back to my hometown) because of the HEAT and the crowds, as Houston during the oil boom had
    about 35,000 people a month moving there. I hate winter and love hot weather but when it is too hot too long I abhor.
    Your zoo seems to be loaded with semi- harmless creatures.
    I am sure you enjoy it and are glad some visitors are taking care of the snakes! --Tyr
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    Wow, Sassy, other than the dead mouse in the pool, it sounds amazing!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Abbey View Post
    Wow, Sassy, other than the dead mouse in the pool, it sounds amazing!
    Dead mouse goes over fence as a snack for coyotes. Nothing goes to waste here.

    After I posted last night saw a tarantula by fence.
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    What kind of lizard is that? Looks pretty cool! Looks like some sort of skink, but I don't know them all that well, just those I've owned as pets.

    But no tarantula, and when I see one of those large hairy bastards near my fence, the house is up for sale by the end of the day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    What kind of lizard is that? Looks pretty cool! Looks like some sort of skink, but I don't know them all that well, just those I've owned as pets.

    But no tarantula, and when I see one of those large hairy bastards near my fence, the house is up for sale by the end of the day.
    It's a desert spiny lizard.
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    Great pic, Sassy. Love how you caught him looking right at you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Abbey View Post
    Great pic, Sassy. Love how you caught him looking right at you.
    I wish that was my photo! Sadly, I can't get close enough to get a photo like this one. All my photos are taken with my phone so not best quality.

    But it looks just like the ones at my place.
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