You need to kick back with Binocs, Beer, Telescope-on-a-Tripod and – lately – also a Camera to do your front porch birding justice. And I have just the chair for it on my porch – a Lazy Boy thingamiebob. Newish . .
Bought for me by my thoughtful, everloving wife when she realised I do a lot of sitting.
Now: An Argentine-African United Nations veterinarian writes a lovely blog he calls A Bush Snob Out Of Africa. In it he has a feature called Spot The Beast in which he shows a picture of a cryptic or camouflaged creature and invites you to find it. Then he zooms in to reveal an insect on bark, or a mantis, a leaf butterfly, or a moth, a frog, even a cheetah hidden in grass. I love it and I love spotting his ‘hidden’ beasts.
So now: Go back to the picture above and see if you can spot the hidden dragon or crouching dinosaur sharing my chair today. Only then scroll down:
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While I’m at it, I may as well mention some other lizards I have seen . .
A snake?
A snake?
A snake? About the size of an earthworm . .
Maybe Peters’ Thread Snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons – known to be found in the Durban area.
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Here’s my best birding spot in full operational mode:
The punch bag keeps me in superb condition. Sometimes I even swat it a few times.
Just out of picture on the right: my fridge. It used to be in the kitchen. What good was that?
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