What's Buzzing or Flying near You Today..?? Mark 2..!!

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  1. strongylodon

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    Great pics Kedi, Brown Anole again, I think the Ibis are juevenile White Ibis and the Toad is possibly a Southern Toad due to the ridges betwee the eyes.
    Not sure of the Butterfly.:)
     
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    Thanks Strongy and Peri. I did wonder if the Ibis could be young ones but wasn't sure.


    I rescued this little fella from the pool cage and he thanked me by trying to take a bite out of my hand for his lunch!


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    He still kept hold and chewed away when I opened my hand -

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    He finally gave up and just sat there -

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    Brown Anloes must be very common around where you are. At least they haven't got fangs.:D
     
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    The garden is swarming with them, Strongy.

    I love watching them scampering around, or making the most amazing leaps up, down and across (you have to see it to believe it!), or just sunning themselves.

    Ah, but they do have fangs! This one hadn't grown his yet, or, at least, I only felt him chomping down without any nipping. Both Mr K and I know from experience that the big ones have tiny teeth and they don't hesitate to use them. While rescuing big ones out of the pool cage, both of us have been bitten. It doesn't hurt, feels just like pin pricks and they don't let go easily.
     
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    Today I finally managed to get a picture of the huge butterfly that visits our garden every day. Sorry it is not a good pic, but the beauty didn't sit still long enough to get a better one.



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      :) That is an awesome butterfly Kedi.............


      Just a common grey from me......What a climber.

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      Thanks roders.

      I like squirrels, be they red or grey, and there are plenty of the grey ones over here in Florida. Must admit, that they can get to be a bother in some gardens though. We've had no problem, TG.

      Love yours and is it climbing down a wall?
       
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      Lovely photos, everyone :gnthb:.

      Kedi, that baby dinosaur looks cute :hehe:

      Our pheasants are back in the garden now that they have harvested the fields and they will probably be here most of the day from now until late spring.

      This young male has white stripes on his head which we have never seen before on any of his relatives.


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      This is a shot of his brother and father. His mother and six sisters normally turn up for breakfast earlier than they do.


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      Lovely shots, shiney, and how nice to be able to see the pheasants in the garden all the time.

      We used to get them in our garden on the rare occasion, but now that a neighbour has had the house built up and it towers over our garden, that is probably the last we have seen of them. :(
       
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      kedi fab pics i love the butterfly one gorgeous colours
      roders great pic of the squirrel well done
      shiney just beautiful photos of the pheasants lovely colours
      all well done great pics
       
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      Kandy Will be glad to see the sun again soon.....

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      Love the grey squirrel Roders and Shiney your male pheasant looks quiet regal with his crown of stripes:thumb::D
       
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      My colour may be slightly off here, a little on the light side, but what is this please?

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      Painted Lady:thumb:, Vicky. Migratory, most have left here.
       
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      Flying overhead here today, flocks of hundreds and hundreds of mixed of Fieldfares and Redwings on their way to Portland Bill or France(?) Never seen so many.
       
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