We had an unexpected visitor at the front door of Burnbrae this week. He moved back into the garden by the time I got my camera.
It is a blue tongued lizard. I hoped he would show his beautiful blue tongue for the photo but didn't want to antagonise him. He has obviously been in a fight of some sort because he has lost his tail.
We have one or more of these lizards in our garden but we don't see them out and about very often so it was lovely to find one still there.
When we had our large garden, these would regularly make my heart stop, thinking for an instant that they were a snake. So lovely he made a visit.
ReplyDeleteFortunately we don’t see many snakes in the garden.
DeleteOh, poor fella! We once stopped when we found one in the middle of the road and tried to push him into the bush. Weee, that blue tongue, was he angry!
ReplyDeleteThey certainly are a bit fearsome when angry.
DeleteI like blue tongues but don't see them at all in my suburban garden.
ReplyDeleteWe don’t see them very often either. They like to hide.
DeleteHe looks formidable.
ReplyDeleteEven more so when he sticks his tongue out.
DeleteWe have blue tongue lizards, mostly babies at the moment. They always give me a shock when I see them sitting on the path.
ReplyDeleteSo yours show themselves more often. That is nice.
DeleteHe's a beauty Joan Elizabeth. I think we have one, maybe two who appear now and then. Once sitting right at the front door.. I wasn't going to invite him in 😀
ReplyDeleteMy husband called out to say we had a visitor at the front door but he too was discouraging the visitor’s entry.
DeleteI'm not a fan of reptiles but can appreciate this one. That tongue must be quite a sight.
ReplyDeleteI love the skinks that are always scurrying around the pond. The blue toungue is apparently a large skink. A shame I didn’t get his tongue.
DeleteWhat a visitor! I would have been a tad nervous getting too close.
ReplyDeleteThey don’t let you get too close. Perhaps I should have gone closer so he could have shown me his tongue but I was respecting his privacy.
Delete