Iguana

Three ft. iguana 5ft. away

I was looking for the 4ft alligator that hangs out near the edge of a small lake in a public park but, when I stopped to see if I could take its picture I noticed a 3ft. iguana on the tree branch about 3ft. from my hand. As I tried to ease out my camera to take a picture it, and a second one, got another 2ft. or so away from me. They are rather skitish. Their population has grown out of control in the park next to the botanical gardens. They eat up the flowers off the plants. The gator was in a bad position for a decent photo so, no pic.

I took a couple selfpics but, I don’t like them because my neck was crooked in a strange way while I was sitting on a fallen Aussie pine tree. We need to remove them all but it won’t happen. They are, however, being removed and replaced with native species. I took some picture of mangroves because they are a magic tree. More about the mangroves when I post some of the images.