Backyard Aviary

We looked out our window and saw this:

We got very excited and went outside to a picture. It was so big! At least for a bird. I looked it up and found out it is a Turkey Vulture, which is actually somewhat common in the South. I don’t think I have ever seen one though. We are always fascinated by any kind of creature we find in our backyard.

Last week we saw a very big lizard chasing after a smaller lizard doing what we assume was some kind of mating ritual. He was displaying his red dewlap ( I found out later it was called that), which is this flap under his jaw. Here is an example of what it looks like:

I love almost all of God’s creation. Sorry, I just can’t bring myself to love some of them, like snake and spiders (picture me shivering just mentioning those names). But, so much of nature is just fascinating.