Lizards and Others

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	There are Lizards everywhere - this is an Iguana about 9" long plus tail. They seemed to particularly like to try to be invisible out on the Golf course at Mullet Bay which we drove past almost every day. Usually all you see is a head poking up out in the grass. We got close to this one then he took off running ... look at him go! Oh yeah, usually a few Egrets out there also.
	The smaller ones are just simple lizards or geckos or something. This fellow had long fingers, great markings and was about 4" long.
	Up on top of Fort Louis at Marigot we found these 2 guys. The first seems quite prehistoric, scaly, about 5" long plus tail. The second one is certainly less prehistoric, smoother skinned, smaller, with a very flexible back.
	One day we decided we'd actually go looking for Iguanas, so I brought the long lens. There he is, head sticking up out on the Golf course. We gradually got closer and closer, taking lots of pictures as we went, expecting him to race off any moment, but he didn't. Isn't he a scaly wonder? Great markings, scary looking spines on the back, a huge long striped tail. We saw ones of quite different colours and it seems they are somewhat chameleon-like. He was about 15" long in the body and the tail was at least that long. The locals say they catch them to make soup out of. He seemed fearless. We got to within about 3 feet and still he didn't move, or even bat an eye. I threw a little stick at him and even that didn't make him budge. The last shot is another one that was in the same area, but it climbed the tree when it saw us coming. Might be a male / female pair, who knows?
	Scoobie was the "house cat" at the Mont Vernon Plantation. He's a very friendly fellow, likes to catch lizards!
	The Mont Vernon Plantation also had some peacocks and peahens and chicks running around the property.