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I don’t think I AM any of those things really — just observant and curious about life around me, but I know you want to get to the details, don’t you?? It’s really YOU who are the perverts.
As I often am, I was looking out my “office” (read the spare bedroom that I use as a combination bird room and office — two things that don’t always compliment one another — that’s another post) window which is where I get most of my photos of birds and other wildlife from when I noticed what I have always CALLED a chameleon but which is really a green anole or Carolina anole on the railing of my porch. It’s not uncommon for me to see one there — after all, the porch has shade and sun and is visited by flying insects which the anoles eat.
It’s almost always a male I see - bright green and flashing his red dewlap and doing this odd little up and down bounce with the front of his body. In the back of my mind, I knew this was signalling for a female, but had never seen a female on the porch, just a male.
Today was different. Today there was a female on the porch.
It’s breeding season for the anoles — actually from my research, it’s the middle of their breeding season which starts in April and ends in September, so I guess you could say they’re at the peak right now.
She approached him rather tentatively.
I noticed that she was brown to his bright green, but then I also noticed that he was changing colors to match her. She did this odd little hump up in the middle of her body and a couple of head bounces. He raised up on his front legs as tall as he could go and displayed his dewlap to the fullest extent as if to say “aren’t I the handsomest guy you’ve ever clapped your pretty green eyes on???
I thought “AHA! Now I’m gonna see some lizard sex!!”
They approached one another as if they were going to touch, but never did. She did another humpy movement with her body and turned around. He did some more posturing.
She took a few steps away and arched her neck which I construed as a “come hither” movement.
Evidently he wasn’t in the mood for foreplay because he humped up and pooped on the porch rail!
She left.
I guess in anole talk she told him he was a dickhead or something and he told her what he thought of that in a rather graphic manner. She said “screw you” and went looking for a guy with class.
Of course I photographed the entire sequence — including the poop scene — yeah I know — that alone labels me as a sick pervert – which you can see at Travelin’ Show
Please excuse me - I have to go clean lizard shit off my porch rail..
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June 29th, 2008 at 9:54 am
LOL! I am still laughing ! I must admit, I too find this kind of stuff interesting. In my case, my desk faces my front porch, and I love to watch the birds play on the railings.
June 29th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Great story(I had a chuckle out of it) and cute pictures!!!
June 29th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Ha! That is hilarious!
June 29th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Now that’s what I call a real life tale. Very nice story. I love the title for the article. Seeing that title in the reader caught my eye immediately, I had to come and see what it was all about.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Nicole — it’s a laugh a minute around here between the wildlife, dogs and cage birds (who aren’t all that often IN a cage).
Ellen — I wish I could tell a story like Monkey does. He would have milked this one for all it was worth!
Rachel — thanks! I was really surprised to see the behavior and totally disappointed that there was no lizard sex.
Sailor — Yeah — finally got something right for SEO It will be interesting seeing my stats over the next few weeks for keywords “peeping tom”, “pervert” and “voyeur”.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Margaret, we have a large backyard garden, which the birds love, so I am lucky enough to have all sorts of nesting birds in the spring………bluejays, robins, a type of hawk, purple martins, and various other birds. But, my fav’s are the mourning doves. They are here every year, and I absolutely love to watch them parade around the yard like ducks……..the babies follow the parents.
Nature is the best show, isn’t it?!
June 30th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Nicole — yes! I love watching my birds! While I have a purple martin house, it was never used until this year when some Blue Grosbeaks nested in it. That’s got some ornithologist from PA all excited and I had to send photos of the birds and nests etc. I have House Finches and Carolina Wrens, Blue Jays, Mourning Dove, Quail, brown headed cowbirds, goldfinches and sparrows that frequent my feeders. Oh — and of course the hummingbirds.
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June 30th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
I could get you some videos of lizard sex if you really wanted. You perv.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:27 am
Coming from the firestorm forum, and you bet the title caught my eye. Didn’t realize it was you Margaret until I got here (sort of breathed a sigh of relief LOL if you could see my inbox!). This is a great “tail” LOL!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:28 am
Oh VANGE! I’m SO JEALOUS! I really wanted to see lizard sex — I’ve never seen any and just feel like my education is lacking, you know?
Diane — HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Gotcha! Yes, I probably have a similar inbox if you want to know the truth. I think I hang around the bat cave too much. That’s another place I don’t post much but do a lot of reading and head shaking if you know what I mean…..
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July 1st, 2008 at 9:06 am
Is it wrong that I giggle at this too? Here is IL, we don’t see too many lizards. I do have a snake though — we call him Fred. However, I haven’t seen his mate. Ever.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:29 am
Lisa — a looooooonnnnnnng time ago, I had an Iguana named Fred. I was in college and my roommate couldn’t stand him. She rushed a sorority just so she could move out. No one wanted to share the room with me and Fred, so we had a private room (unheard of!) for my freshman year. Alas, poor Fred didn’t make it through the winter, but enough damage was done. I was forever labeled the weird geek (only “geek” wasn’t a word yet — yes it was that long ago!). I’m so happy that he’s reincarnated in a snake. I think that would suit old Fred.
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July 4th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I was so looking forward to lizard sex…now I feel cheated and will probably have to resort to buying Boon’s Farm for Rachel.
Next time I come back there had better be some kinda vertebrate sex going on here or you’re all in a heap of trouble.