Paphos Life

As there were so nice comments from my first post animal pics 2017, here some more...

I did not know that Chameleons change their skin, but this is the case...


Giant grasshopper


I built some simple nesting boxes and I never thought that the shy Wheatear would use it, but it did... comes every year now


Lizards get a extra treat in Winter: Honey, and they love it


Spider got a wasp...


and bees collecting pollen from Rosmarin


Coin snake, ca 1 m , hiding place is my fire wood..


and a huge 2 m black snake has a very special home ( I love them in my property as they chase away poisonous snakes and kill rats as well)


how she manage to go into that small space, God knows...


what was in the skimmer of my pool: quite a large scorpion, nearly touched it by accident!


and finally bee eater, which is extremely shy and disappearing as soon as you come closer than 20 m, this one is young as I was told from an bird expert on PL.


the one with the nice colours is a parent


Max

Fabulous .......nature is so special we all should take much more interest.........great photography again Max

Great pics, keep em coming.

I added two more pics from bee eaters, as I forgot in the first place.. Was only possible with the larger zoom on my new camera though.

Max

Woop woop, just wonderful! I love those pictures Max. I will be doing some of those ideas too, like nesting boxes and a little lid of honey for the lizard. What a nice man you are, thank you again for sharing, it brightens my day (and I suspect a lot of others as well)

Thanks for the bee eaters. One of my favourite birds.

Bograt wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2017 7:22 pm Woop woop, just wonderful! I love those pictures Max. I will be doing some of those ideas too, like nesting boxes and a little lid of honey for the lizard.

Bog rat, I just copied the nesting boxes I saw in a pet shop in Paphos (Markona, near fire station) You can save your time if you buy a professional one in the shop. OK they look nicer than my product, but I wanted more than five... ( a piece of old drain pipe, 2 lids, special glue, tools for the holes)

Max

cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2017 10:12 am

Bograt wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2017 7:22 pm Woop woop, just wonderful! I love those pictures Max. I will be doing some of those ideas too, like nesting boxes and a little lid of honey for the lizard.

Bog rat, I just copied the nesting boxes I saw in a pet shop in Paphos (Markona, near fire station) You can save your time if you buy a professional one in the shop. OK they look nicer than my product, but I wanted more than five... ( a piece of old drain pipe, 2 lids, special glue, tools for the holes)

Max

Thank you Max. I may try one from a shop, to see if the birds like it, and if successful then try a few DIY ones.

In the UK, it is advised to have the nesting boxes facing north, so that the baby birds do not get too hot. I am quite sure that advice will hold true for Cyprus, somehow.

Max, thank you so much for your wonderful pics ...........my son and family in Oz send their thanks also, they frequently ask me if you have posted recently.
And please have all our best wishes for a very Happy New Year.

Here's a useful link for you, Bograt:

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... a-bird-box

AL

I love your animal photos Max, they always make me smile when you post them and nice to see the best ones again.

They're super pics, the chameleon one at the top in particularly is amazing, it is so sharp and detailed.

Thanks for posting them Max,

Ams

PaphosAL wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2018 3:15 am Here's a useful link for you, Bograt:

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... a-bird-box

AL

That was a very helpful link, Al. Lots of information there that I did not know. Thank you very much.