Fritz the lizard is back. At least it is a Fritz, maybe a new fellow. He has grown a bit since we have noticed him. I saw him on the wood pile the other day. Judie says he lives under the big green wooden storage box on the patio.
And he has an avowed enemy, the neighbors cat. Judie ran the cat off this morning, it was trying to get at something under the Green Box (Fritz maybe). At least Fritz knows a safe spot.
But the damned cat prowls all night so I am sure it will return to haunt Fritz. Maybe the toad (yes, we have a toad too that lives in and around the patio) will distract the cat. I do not mind missing the toad but do mind losing a Fritz. We prize them, they are superior cricket eaters.
We know we had a clutch of them in the back yard. We found the eggs in edge of the compost pile in a neat hole. I counted 8 eggs, so maybe we had a flock of them. I saw the eggs and hole, Judie discovered them and distracted mama (Fritzina) for a while. I cam out and looked at the "nest." She, Fritzina, later came back and covered over the hole. And a new Fritz showed up about a month later, think it was one of hers?
Who knows, but we seem to have the wildlife in our yard. And that's a good thing, right?
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