Wildlife on Fuerteventura

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Cute baby gecko popped out of a friend's jumper today! It was about 1.5 inches long and didn't want to leave 

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Today in my compost bin:

Several of these large black beetles and at least 6 big geckoes.



 

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Spotted in Corralejo today. Nice to get a pic with grass as the background - I normally see them on arid ground around Tindaya where their markings don't show up as well.

  

Seeing the rear view I'll be thinking of it as a zebra bird now!

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Shrek the shrike is getting bolder! He sits on top of a wall near my dog's water bowl now 

 

I've seen him catching a number of large insects on the wing recently but not something I can catch on my phone camera.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Any ideas what this is? Some kind of wasp perhaps?

 

[Tardis]

Any ideas what this is? Some kind of wasp perhaps?

 

It's a Potter Wasp.  Here is one trying t make a nest in clothes airer/dryer

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

and the next starter for 10:

can anyone ID this?



and walking my dog at teatime I came across a Houbara, it crossed the track very casually in front of us and carried on its' way across the field. No pic, phone was buried in pocket because of a shower.
thought it was a fly at first sight but it moved more like a spider.

[Maggie76]

I use the app inaturalist (as opposed to inaturist 😃) that so far helped me Id every flora and fauna I have ever come across. You upload a photo with a location, it makes suggestions what it could be, and other members confirm your observation. Found out about it at a Cambridge uni lecture, the app is being used for scientific studies for helping monitor species and count numbers mapping distribution. So it's a win win for everyone.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

thanks Maggie, I'll give it a try. I use a similar one, PlantNet, all the time.

The houbara was back today, obligingly crossing the lane in front of me when I had my phone in hand.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

The egrets were posing again in La Oliva this morning: