Comments on An American in St. Maarten: Bald Yard

Hi retriever, thanks for commenting! Hi gibber B-...

2011-10-26T17:36:04.492-04:00

Hi retriever, thanks for commenting!

Hi gibber B-) <<<<testing new emoticons

Hi Jess!! :)

2011-10-26T07:56:32.336-04:00

Hi Jess!! :)

Wonderfull fotos, greeting from Belgium

2011-10-11T16:13:23.478-04:00

Wonderfull fotos, greeting from Belgium

Hi Mark: Thanks for the expanded info :) I didn&...

2011-10-06T11:43:38.439-04:00

Hi Mark: Thanks for the expanded info :)

I didn't realize the ground lizards could not climb - there are lots of them in my yard (and occasionally in my house) and I have seen one or two eating other lizards before. It is always interesting to watch them.

They are cattle egrets, and the one with the orang...

2011-10-06T11:33:39.012-04:00

They are cattle egrets, and the one with the orangish areas is in its breeding plumage. I am pretty sure that cattle egrets mostly use large herbivores to increase their hunting success, for obvious reasons. I have also seen them congregating at the edge of a brushfire and following where workers are clearing the vegetation on the roadside. The dog has caught a ground lizard, which is the one most impacted by the mongoose because it can't climb trees to escape.