Still in demand......

[Kobione]

Water, that is, in accessible spots for the birds and other wild life. Taken just a few minutes ago, one of our Shingelbacks hogged this water bowl for at least 10 minutes, and the thirsty birds were not impressed, but he needs water too:

Spreads his tongue to the max to get the best slurp:

 

At the time of taking these it was 37Cdeg, and we are heading for a 41C and a 43C for Saturday and Sunday - guess our main job will be to keep all the drinking spots full!

[Clicker]

I  don't know how you cope with that heat Dee... I certainly could not ...  great  insight into your  lives out there ...     I imagine  the wild life can depend on humans a lot at times when it comes to water ....

[Kobione]

Polly if we didn't live here and put this water out close to the house we would miss out on a lot of enjoyment in watching the birds, lizards and 'roos etc. There was no dam on our block before we had one done, so wild life would have had to rely on other water sources.

We even saw this the other day - not very good because taken from the house so a very long way off the dam, but we have never seen kangaroos deliberately paddling in the water before:

 

[kev7d]

Great to see these pics from your “backyard” Dee.   Really shows how hot things are.  

[VWGolf]

Lovely little creature - and what a great name for it.  Is it a lizard?  

[Kobione]

Thanks Kev - yes, we are in a bit of a 'hot spell' atm!

Thanks VW - yes, this is one of the lizards that we regularly see, known officially as Shinglebacks, but also called 'Stumpies' in this area because of the thick tails - just one of the few lizard species that we have around. This one is often seen in our shade house and is quite used to us moving around him - he just sits and watches!

[David61]

Take it easy in that heat, as I can remember it well from the 60s.

[FUJI]

It is just wonderful to see just what pops by your back door...it sure beats my two visiting moggy’s

 

FUJI

[Kobione]

On ‎1‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 07:43, David61 said:

Take it easy in that heat, as I can remember it well from the 60s.

We are a bit 'inactive' just now David - pretty well 'shut down' about 10.00am - too hot to do anything!!

On ‎1‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 08:08, FUJI said:

It is just wonderful to see just what pops by your back door...it sure beats my two visiting moggy’s

 

FUJI

Doesn't really matter what it is at the moment Fuji - anything and everything is desperate for water!