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Tucson is a strange place. If you plant it, they will come. I live right in mid-town and even with all the traffic, you can create an oasis for your desert friends. You just have to look carefully as with everything in life....and you'll find it.
I'm definitely a plant guy, but I love all the wildlife that comes with a plant. I've heard Portland is similiar to Tucson in that there is wildlife and parks spread throughout the city. Sometimes I wonder how the wildlife gets here. Once when we were coming home at night, I heard some strange scratching and behind our shed, I found a skunk!! It was very random and of course, the skunk disappeared after a few days. It scratched my Eucalyptus, but other than that it moved on to other places. We have hawks, hummingbirds, 3 types of butterflies that live on the property(so far), many lizards and geckos, bats, dragonflies, several species of birds.....and the more I plant, the more they come...and that's a side benefit of creating a garden oasis:)
I am loving this camera. It has allowed me to do some incredible photo work....I cannot wait for those big moments while I'm travelling this year. Until my next post.....happy gardening!
That's a beauty. There was a monitor lizard here 4 months ago. You may be shocked to hear this. Some people eat them.
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Wildlife knows a good neighborhood when it finds one.
ReplyDeleteOur creatures tend to be more feathered and furry. Friday night, we had a opposum.
Spiny Desert Lizard? I had one living under my compost box last year. I haven't seen it recently though. Love them!
ReplyDeleteThat lizard looks pre-historic; I’m with you on attracting wildlife. Is part of the joy in gardening
ReplyDeleteI too live in a city and wildlife seems to find its way to the tiny garden. A possum, garter snakes, turtles, a raccoon, hawks, woodpeckers and of course the common visitors like rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks. Lucky, never a skunk like you had. I would not mind that lizard though, They are kinda neat.
ReplyDeleteYou will get no comment from this Phoenician about Tucson being a strange place. :-) LOL. I am loving your camera, too!
ReplyDeleteFor me, this looks scarry... ;-)
ReplyDeleteThis is a big guy. Could he be an iguana? I know nothing about lizards (although I have tons of geckos) but I think I'd like big ones better than those little guys that scoot around so fast that they make me nervous! What kind of camera do you have?
ReplyDeleteBest purchase this year....it's the Canon IS20:)
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