It's a Wild Life Sunday

You know, we are off duty today, so we gave mom purrmission to talk about local wildlife.

If you are a bird lover - sorry, Trout Town Tabbies! - this red hawk is for you.

We know the mom over at Army of Four LOVES her birdies.

This guy lives on or near our street. Last year I'm certain there was a hawk's nest in the big tree over our house. May still be there for all I know. The other day he was on a stop sign, I disturbed him as I drove by, so he relocated himself. Right across from my house. 

And now for the wildlife IN my house. Stop now if lizards squick you out.

I *think* he's an albino Gecko. Closest I can find on Google.

For some reason lizards like coming into my house. I saw him the other day in my laundry room, so I thought maybe he came in through the dryer vent that connects to the outside? I blocked off the door bottom so he couldn't escape but turns out, if he did come in through the vent, he didn't or couldn't exit that way.

By the way, that is dryer lint he's holding on to so fiercely.
I actually did try to remove it but he for sure wasn't letting go. 

I was able to scoop him up in a towel - this worked last time when my fierce huntress Leia carried her prize into the bedroom - and tossed him outside. And discovered that he is unable to use his back legs, either of them. Broken or fused or whatever, they just aren't moving. He's still fast enough though, and clearly he's been eating something. But I doubt he has a long life out there, in the wilds of my yard, with those legs. I *almost* kinda feel sorry for him, but he's on his own.

I really wish all life, aside from my cats, would stay OUTSIDE.

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