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My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
Whole PHOTO SERIES about my garden on my blog: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/post/western-green-lizard-lacer...
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
AUDIO (if you want to hear the sounds of my garden in the early morning): www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfoCTqdAVCE
ABOUT THIS PHOTO:
Partly out of fear to bore the Flickr community with too many lizard photos, I thought it would make for a nice change - yet in keeping with the main theme of my gallery - to give interested nature and reptile fans the opportunity to get a sense of the lacerta bilineata habitat where I photographed all the animals on this page.
So this is the second of a (as yet planned) series of pictures (if people like them there will be more) that will show you where all the reptile "action" took place: my garden in the beautiful community of Monteggio in the Malcantone region of the Ticino, Switzerland.
The pictures were taken over a period of over a decade, so there were obviously some changes in the garden during that time, but If you focus on the palm tree - which has grown considerably over the years but is visible in all the photos I plan to upload - you get a sense of the geography of the place.
In summer, which is when this photo was taken, the micro-climate in this particular area of the Ticino can be almost tropical in the sense that it's hot and very humid with frequent thunderstorms and heavy rain, and I often refer to my garden (half-)jokingly as my "little Swiss rainforest". I guess you can see how animals - particularly lacerta bilineata and other lizards - would feel at home in this "tropical paradise" of mine :-)
Apparently - as I learned in the comments here on Flickr - the occurrence of this particular lizard species is a very good indicator that an ecosystem is intact, and my family and I always took great care not to interfere too much in our garden and let nature roam as free as possible.
In return, over the years we were rewarded for this "calculated inaction" with a wide variety of species of plants, insects, lizards and snakes visiting - or by now residing permanently in - our little nature refuge, some of which I managed to capture on camera.
As mentioned before, if people like these photos or are interested in other flora and fauna from my private jungle, I'll upload one every once in a while between lizards, so let me know in the comments if you're interested in seeing more of these or if I should stick to just reptiles ;-)
As always, thank you so much for your interest and feedback, stay safe - and have a great week everyone!
Lacerta
Two seas come together here; the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic. It simmers and foams. The rocks stand rugged in the surf and remind the skippers of countless ship disasters. The land is wild and beautiful. Hyrax scurry over the rocks and whales come in to make love.
(I rest my eyes on your geography")
* esse é o encontro do rio Paraíba com o mar. em janeiro, época de (muitas) chuvas até o MAR ficou barrento.
* rainy season (january). on where the river meets the sea water color changed! is an amazing moment.
I was quite excited when I spotted this Kingbird land in this blooming tree while I was enjoying a round of golf in Virginia. I had my camera ready since I knew I would be seeing lots of birds along the fairways. This was a case of being at the right place at the right time. I got several shots and even a flight shot as it left the tree but this one seemed to have the right pose. I love spring for the opportunity to get shots like this!
Organisateur de nombreux concours photo, le National Geographic a créé l’an dernier un nouveau format, baptisé Pictures of the Year, qui met en avant les plus belles photos de l’année de la faune et de la flore à travers le monde.
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Organizer of numerous photo competitions, National Geographic created last year a new format, dubbed Pictures of the Year, which highlights the best photos of the year of fauna and flora around the world.
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. All rights reserved. © Massimo Battesini
Occhiocotto femmina nel fitto della macchia mediterranea
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Sicilia
E' presente nell’Italia settentrionale e centrale, vive ai margini di boschi, boscaglie e radure dove staziona preferibilmente su arbusti spinosi
It is hard to fail at getting great images at one of the world's natural wonders, Crater Lake in Oregon. More can be learned here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crater_Lake