The Nest . . .

Judie was back at the compost pile, heard a noise of something scrambling around. She look about and discovered a hole about two and half inches around and about the same depth. And in the hole were about 7 or so white eggs about three eights of an inch long, and a bit narrow length wise.

We speculated it was either a snake or a lizard that had laid the eggs. A while later, Judie was again in the area and say Frizinna at the nest. So we now know there were lizard eggs.

Judie went back later, and the hole had been filled in. We do not know how long the incubation period is, but perhaps two weeks or so.

We are gonna have a lizard explosion. I do not think we have enough bugs to support that kind of population, but who knows, it may be just right.

I have seen lizards at other locations in the yard. One in the front yard, another resides in the hose roll up cabinet by the mound flower bed in back. Still, again saw one on a wood pile in Curtiss and Terry's back yard area adjacent to us. That could have been Fritzinna but I did not get a good look, heard a noise and look over to see a tail disappearing in the wood pile.

We know the Walker's have not done to much in their back yard and the "girls" directly behind us are notorious for not cutting their grass. So those are good areas for bug hunting and thus lizard population.

I have even seen Fritzinna in the garage. And yes, there are a few crickets in there. Or should I say, there were a few crickets in there. She probably cleaned them out.

We have not seen a lizard on the back patio for a while. Our little wood stack is no longer a lizard residence. I believe she cleaned out all the crickets and moved on. Gotta eat, you know.

She tolerated us and was not near as friendly as last year's Fritz was. He was brazen, sunned himself on the chaise lounge, and on wood pile, and hunted all over the place. Saw him on the sofa looking down for bugs. He was a character but I suspect he moved on too.