Thirsty Anole at Harbour Club Villas

Posted on September 27, 2015 by marta

It’s time for relaxing and ending the day with a beer.

Pretty much every evening we head on up our hill and sit and enjoy the view over Harbour Club Marina. On this particular evening, I set my beer on the wall beside the bench and to my amazement a little anole lizard cautiously approached. He evidently was thirsty and started to lap up the beads of moisture that had formed on my Corona. What a photo op and my camera captured this cute event.

Lapping up the beads of moisture

Anole lizards are interesting to watch and they do move fast.

Just another little drink before I go!

Evening Stroll at Harbour Club Villas

Posted on March 25, 2015 by marta

Zenaida Dove perches on the back stone wall by the pool area at Harbour Club Villas

A beautiful, still and calm evening for a stroll around Harbour Club’s grounds and down to the Marina. An over abundance of opportunities as I wander around taking photos of the flowering plants, animals and sunset views. Here’s a selection and I hope you enjoy seeing them.

The pool at Harbour Club Villas in the late afternoon. Look at the flowering desert rose.

A perfect bridal bouquet of orange island honeysuckle favoured by the hummingbirds.

Pesky woodpecker that’s drilling holes in our coconut palms…….he’s a yellow bellied sapsucker.

Cankyberry, a species of nightshade found on our islands with its sharp prickles.

This little anole lizard was perched high on my frangipani licking I don’t know what off the budding flowers.

A bright yellow spiny orb weaver. Quite pretty really even though I don’t really like spiders.

Neighbours out for an evening sail coming in to the Marina at dusk.

This little anole was curious and posed for the camera.

The sunset glow of golden colours is so amazing looking towards Five Cays from Harbour Club Villas and Marina

Aqua TCI divers boat gently rides out the evening in the Marina, ready and waiting for another great dive day in the waters of Provo.

All this in a casual evening stroll around Harbour Club Villas and Marina. Love the peaceful quiet as the sun sets over our islands.

Marta

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

Anole Lizard

Posted on May 8, 2012 by marta

Hmm.......looks pretty good to a thirsty little anole lizard

A beautiful evening and time for cocktail hour overlooking the marina at Harbour Club Villas. An uninvited guest came to have a look but he’s been here before and I took photos of him then. He just loves to lick the moisture off the beer bottle. I’m thinking I will have to send these off to the Corona people as I think it would make a cute ad!

He wasn't afraid of me although he knew I was there.

Time for a nice cold beer, one with lots of moisture beads for this little guy to lick.

It's been so dry of late and I'm sure he enjoyed the drink.

Look at that stretch!

Hope everyone enjoyed these photos……I had fun taking them and just watching this little guy coming back time and time again to have a few licks of the beer bottle.

Marta

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

Frogs and Lizards

Posted on June 14, 2011 by marta

An anole lizard takes a closer look at Barry's forehead

Hanging laundry out back can be hazardous as Barry found out the other day………..an anole lizard took a flying leap and landed on his forehead. Not quite sure what the little fella was looking for!! Of course he came looking for me to get some photos. I mean how often does something like this happen?

More exploration of Barry's head

And for our entertainment today at Harbour Club Villas……….well, there’s a bit of a story here. We’ve been getting lots of rain and hearing frogs. So Barry decided to become a frog whisperer and call or croak to them. The frogs have been croaking back!!! The other night we heard a frog right outside our bedroom window somewhere in the bush. It was quiet for about 45 mins and Barry asked me if I wanted him to call the frog. Of course I said yes, he did and, THE FROG ANSWERED HIM BACK. I haven’t laughed so much in a while as we went through this excercise quite a few times and each time the frog answered. Soooooo, this morning, Barry is in the shower when he calls me to bring the camera.

This morning a frog dropped by while Barry was having a shower

Barry must have charmed her last night with his croaking so she decided to come through the “whirly bird” fan above the shower to find her “handsome prince” What a surprise she received and Barry too. He thought it was a crab initially and then it jumped almost landing on him. More photos of course and then Mike came up to lend a hand in the capture and release.

Mike tries to capture and release the little frog

This little frog was really fast and a great jumper

Frog whisperer Barry's photo.........great shot and angle!!

I just love the frog's legs.........suction cups for holding onto slippery wet shower stall tiles

Ready to be let go in the bush....look at the suction cup like ends on its feet!

Ready to hop away from this nerve racking experience!!

Marta

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

Anole Cocktail Hour

Posted on March 28, 2011 by marta

A sunset drink with our friendly little Anole Lizard

We went up on the hill overlooking our Marina at Harbour Club Villas for sunset cocktails and were joined by our friendly little Anole Lizard. He’s joined us before but I only managed to get one photo. Well this time he decided to stay a while and enjoyed licking the beads of moisture off my Corona beer.

A good close up of his little tongue licking the bottle.

He wasn't the least bit afraid as he sampled the cold beads of sweat on the bottle

He was pretty thirsty but it gave me a chance to get some good photos.

It was fun just sitting watching him as the sun started to set……….a great way to end a busy day!

Cheers!

Marta

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

Kestrel

Posted on October 17, 2009 by marta

I managed to get some photos of an American Kestrel as it perched on a palm frond behind one of our villas.

It was so great to see what I thought was a hawk behind one of our villas at Harbour Club today. I ran back to our villa and grabbed my camera. On looking it up, I found out that American Kestrels are also known as Sparrow Hawks but they are not true hawks but are a member of the Falcon family of birds. They resemble the Peregrine Falcon which is a distant cousin.

I'm not sure if this one is a female or a male Kestrel

These birds are a common sight here in the Turks and Caicos Islands and are year round breeding residents. There was two of them and I’m now thinking that the one above was the female and one below is the male.

If this is the male Kestrel, he didn't stick around for me to get a better photo.

I’m sure these birds are attracted by our large population of lizards here at the villas and this makes for good hunting grounds.

Marta

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

Anoles or Lizards

Posted on September 10, 2009 by marta

Lots of lizards or Anoles at Harbour Club Villas

I’m constantly tripping over these lizards and they are so interesting to watch. Anoles found in the Turks and Caicos Islands are from a group called Anolis Scriptus and there is quite a variety of them. The Turks and Caicos Islands are home to four species of lizards in addition to iguanas: one species each of anole, gecko, skink and curly-tail lizard.

These two anoles were having a heated discussion as to which one of them should leave the tree branch

Male anoles are very territorial and will often engage a rival with threatening displays. They open their mouths to show off their bright colours. Anoles are tree dwellers and are highly agressive.

This one looked like he was posing as he cocked his head to the side and looked at the camera with one eye.

Handsome anole lizard in our gardens at Harbour Club Villas

In future posts, I will add photos of our curly-tail lizard. Some of these guys found on the grounds of Harbour Club are getting quite large.

Marta

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

Curly Tailed Lizard

Posted on January 25, 2009 by marta

A Curly Tailed Lizard eyes me from his perch on top of an old anchor

This Curly Tailed Lizard is only found in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Although it is fairly common in the islands, this particular species is found nowhere else in the world.

This little Turks and Caicos Curly Tailed Lizard species is only found here.

It is identified by yellow and black stripes along his back and is the second largest lizard after the Rock Iguana. Each major island has a Curly Tailed lizard that has slightly different colouration and or patterns. Leiocephalus psammodromusa is its proper name and it is a ground dweller.

Keep your eyes open for these lizards on your next trip to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Marta

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

Turk’s Head Cactus

Posted on January 20, 2009 by marta

This Turk's Head Cactus with both flowers and pink fruit grows wild in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The Turk’s Head Cactus is one of the national emblems of the Turks and Caicos Islands where it loves the dry climate and thrives in exposed areas. It is named after the distinctive reddish cap that sits on top of the green cactus and looks like a Turkish fez (cap).

Turk's Head Cactus blooms throughout the year in the Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turk’s Head Cactus produces small spikey looking pink flowers and as they die, they form the fruit which grows inside the white spongey cap. The rosey pink fruit contains the seeds and are much loved by our lizards and birds, iguanas too. The locals also will eat them as they apparently are sweet and juicy. I haven’t tasted one yet but will do so one of these days.

: Turk’s Head Cactus with pretty pink flowers

I’ve had some success in growing Turk’s Head Cactus and have lots started

at Harbour Club Villas. They take forever to grow though!!!!

Cheers,

Marta

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

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