Fashion Lizard at Desert Harbor

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The perfect show lizard pose

We also came across a couple of Collared Lizards while on our hike in the canyon at Desert Harbor Retreat (see earlier posts, starting with Off The Grid for the full series on Desert Harbor Retreat). The first we lizard saw was shy and wary of us, but the second lizard was a real show lizard who made a reptilian fashion statement by moving from one rock to another striking poses, then striking the perfect show lizard pose on a weathered log. I simply followed her around capturing her poses and cute expressions.

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Looking good

 

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Fashionable spots and collar
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This is the shy lizard, not too sure about the guy with the camera
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Keeping on weary eye on the paparazzi
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Ha! You can’t get to me under this tree (notice the change in color to better blend in with the darker soil under the tree)
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What are you doing on that side of the sticks?

 

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The sultry look
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Sketching the lizard

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¡Hasta la vista! Thanks for the photo session!

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Sandias, lizard, flowers (SLF). Laurie saw a baby lizard in the leaves under the bonsai stand on the deck. It was really cute and like most young folks these days, seemed to love being photographed as it moved out closer to my macro lens and hammed it up a bit.  There was an alert for a missing child in Corrales this afternoon which had the Chanel 7 chopper circling around above us. I drove out to see if there was any action around the fire station, but nothing much was going on, so I drove north and got nice light on the Sandias. There was an alert on our phone when I got back that they found the missing child. Laurie planted a bunch of different flowers that started coming up in July, but the hail storms beat them down to the ground. They finally recovered and we now have a garden full of cosmos and other flowers. The birds and the bees are very happy.

 

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