More things that aren't parrots

The warm weather we've been having lately seems to have brought out the lizards.

I took all the photos below in one day (on Saturday) and in one small area of an urban park. I suspect we are walking past lizards all the time, but they are so well camoflaged that we hardly ever notice them.

I spotted this little guy first, because he ran out in front of me.



And once I knew what I was looking for, they turned out to be everywhere.





If only I'd realised at the time what a great juxtaposition the signpost next to this one made, I would have got the whole thing in the picture ("Please keep off the rocks").



Of course, like all wildlife in this city, the lizards are generously participating in some grad student's study. So a lot of them have cute little collars on.



This last one was my favourite, and I nearly didn't notice him at all.