We have a new baby sand hill crane currently being introduced to us by his parents and he looks teenage size. He pretends to be really brave and wanders off by himself and suddenly realises his parents aren't near and rushes back to them. I went to go out of the net screen door to get the hose for the pool and all three of them 'rushed' me as they thought I had food for them but feeding them is illegal. He has a white head crown (rather than his parents' red ones) but a red beak. Unfortunately, his legs are much longer than his neck and body combined so when he tries to peck at the grass to eat, he practically does a 'beak' stand!
We were also watching a large bird (sorry, couldn't tell you what it was but it looked like an eagle - no binoculars!) yesterday swooping and doing mini dives over the rear lake. Eventually he went for it but missed his fish but he was soon back again and this time managed to get quite a large one which he carried off triumphantly in his talons.
Today we've spotted our usual anhinga diving and sitting on the edge of the rear lake with his wings held out to dry off before flying off again.
This year we seem to have loads of geckos darting around in the front garden (yard) going about their business.
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