Critters We Live With

For quite a while now, early in the evening and again as the sun rises, Michael and I heard this very loud chirping sound.  We guessed it was some type of bird but were unable to spy it.  The other evening we were sitting in the living room watching TV when the loud chirping sound came again.  It seemed very close.  I looked over to the wall and there was some type of reptile singing his song! We have since discovered they are called House Geckos and are a brownish color and they often chirrup their disapproval or whatever!

The next critter on my list is a strange little rodent.  These little guys are pretty shy but when you are out and about early in the morning you find them grazing on the lawn or hopping down the road.  They are definitely  a rodent but about the size of a rabbit, and the likeness increased when we saw them hop off, we were intrigued.  After a little investigation we found  they are called Roatan Rabbits.

Then there are the leaf cutter ants....huge trails of ants each with a little leaf on their back...we step over them.

I'll skip tarantulas....haven't seen one but my neighbor has....yikes!  There are also boa constrictors but we haven't encountered any, thank you very much!

On the porch, there are anoles which are pretty green lizards with blue heads, larger then the green chameleons we see in Florida.  They are cool, and puff out their throats to show off.

My favorite critters are the hummingbirds.  They are always out and about, and have gotten so used to us they  fly right up to your head.  We can get inches away from them.  They come in the rain, when the wind is blowing, its the most amazing show.

But at twilight if you forget to bring in the hummingbird feeder, we are visited by fruit bats which can drain the sugar water in one night! We have to remember to close the front door...it doesn't have a screen and we don't  want any strange visitors!

There are iguanas but we have only seen them as road kill...sorry!
.....and then there are the monkey lala's

........got to order that drink soon!