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| Baby bobtail attempting to camouflage itself - see why they're so hard to spot? |
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| Up close and personal with the baby bobtail |
A baby bobtail lizard wandered lazily past the back door two days ago. What did the children do? They called me over to come see the baby. Not because they were particularly interested, new life is par for the course for them. They don't see the delight in sighting a baby of a species so recently under threat. Only a few years ago the population of bobtails in the hills was nearly decimated because of a virus. But for B1 and B2 it's no big deal, we've had a breeding pair on our property since before we moved in.
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| Magpie preparing for take-off |
For me though, it was sheer delight and a sign that my garden is providing precisely the right kind of environment for breeding to occur. That's exciting on so many levels. My garden has become not only my retreat and haven, but that of other creatures too. We have nests galore filled with eggs of
Red Wattle Birds, Black Cockatoos, White Cockatoos and
Galahs are no strangers, Magpies, Twenty-eight Parrots and Bronze-wing Pigeons abound. We even have interlopers -
Kookaburras and
Rainbow Lorikeets stop by to eat mice or fruit. But there is something truly charming about having a garden that encourages bobtails and motorbike frogs to breed. And my heart is always glad at seeing them.
