Resucued this lizard (one of two) from my folks' pool Sunday. I think it's a blue-bellied alligator lizard... but I may be recalling a name made up from childhood. I'm not sure what the lizards were doing in the pool, and it seemed odd that there were two of them; maybe they were fighting and pushed each other in; maybe it was sexy-lizard time and they got distracted. This one had been in the pool longer, I think, as it was near the bottom and not nearly as responsive as the first one I fished out, and which crawled up the skimmer net and onto my hand.
Earlier in the day, we had noticed this dragonfly. There are three types flying around their house: this one, one with a clear window in its wings, and a skinnier yellow banded one (I'm away from my dragonfly book, so I can't look up their names).
One nice thing about dragonflies--aside from eating a ton of mosquitoes--is that they'll stand still long enough for a photo, and this one obliged by alighting on a car antenna. It also perched on a bird feeder, but I wasn't able to get as close (and also the camera's auto-focus kept wanting to take pictures of the trees in the distance).
Earlier in the day, we had noticed this dragonfly. There are three types flying around their house: this one, one with a clear window in its wings, and a skinnier yellow banded one (I'm away from my dragonfly book, so I can't look up their names).
One nice thing about dragonflies--aside from eating a ton of mosquitoes--is that they'll stand still long enough for a photo, and this one obliged by alighting on a car antenna. It also perched on a bird feeder, but I wasn't able to get as close (and also the camera's auto-focus kept wanting to take pictures of the trees in the distance).
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