Another Visitor

A Red-lipped Herald snake visited this morning. It was enjoying the wet weather I suppose – we had a real downpour last night and this morning. So it was probly out hunting frogs.  This was a little one, about 300mm long, I guess.

A couple days later an even smaller one made its way under the door.  Played dead when he saw me. He also got shipped out to the garden.

Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia The story goes that its presence was first mentioned in the Eastern Cape Herald Newspaper, hence the name.

– hawk moth ? –

This poor fella fluttered in and died. A Forest Brown, maybe?

And an offshore visitor: A juvenile Brown Booby flying and floating just behind the backline. Seen from the deck off my upstairs bedroom three days in a row. A ‘lifer’ for me!

– pic by Harold Moses on flickr –

~~oo0oo~~