An Unusual Visitor

Each morning, Double D opens all the plantation shutters in the house to let the light in. On the morning of October 16, he opened the blinds facing the street and became all tongue-tied as he tried to alert me that we had a unique visitor in our front yard. I ran to the window and this is what I saw strutting around.

Across our yard he marched as though on a mission.

Hmmm....this patch of landscaping might yield a suitable snack....

Bingo! A green anole is a good start.

Down the hatch!

On to the next neighbor.

The poor anoles and other critters are innocently going about their morning
and suddenly a big yellow beak ruins their lives.

We see great egrets by water all the time; along ditches, creeks, rivers, etc. I've never seen one land in our neighborhood and go foraging in the bushes.

On an unrelated note: adios, iGoogle! I will miss you, but I won't miss the daily warning message that you'll be shutting the doors. I guess now I'll use the Chrome apps page or have 62 tabs open all the time. Sigh.

Thank you, Madge!