Animal Adventures

Yesterday Nathan caught a "whip tail lizard" in the playroom! AnneMarie told me what kind of lizard it was, I'm not sure about that. We put it in our old fish tank. It's the one in the front with the blue tail, the one in the back is a toy. The kids gave it a live spider, a dead cricket, and some berries to eat. It mostly seemed interested in getting out, although it couldn't climb the smooth sides of the tank. We intended to keep it overnight and let it go in the morning. We told the kids that we did not know how to take care of a wild lizard and it would be healthier for the lizard to live outside. AnneMarie got worried about it in the night and let it go sometime after bedtime. We heard the front door open and close and she had put the lizard outside. Jack was quite upset!

This morning, we opened the blinds to look out into the backyard and saw this falcon eating. It was cool to see such a big bird so close! I had seen a falcon soaring around the neighborhood last week, maybe this was the same one. We watched it for a long time, it was very intent on it's meal. Based on what was left behind, I believe it was eating a young dove.