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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,042

    Gosh Pat, your native animals are so different from ours. Is that a porcupine? I suppose we have hedgehogs. And here in SW France we have little grey lizards that sun themselves on the stone walls.

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    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    Hi Lizzie. The porcupine is officially called an echidna. They are very shy and they crouch down when you get near them.  They eat ants, which of course we are happy with. (Nippy things).

    Have you a photo of your lizards?

    S. E. NSW
  • Villaverde123Villaverde123 Posts: 196

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    Here are Mitch and Mollie, our German Shepherds.  Both rescue dogs and not related.  Mollie sadly died a couple of years ago but Mitch is still following me around the garden. 

  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    Blimey Pat. Talk about a touch of the exotic! And great quality pictures too. 

    Hard to believe that those two cuties aren't related Vv. They're so alike. My mum bred shepherds back in the day and although she's had border collies since then, she'll freely admit that, as far as looks go, shepherds are her favourite.

  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    They don't seem exotic to me, p pauper!image Just the usual visitors here. There are more, but I don't want to overload you all. I will put one photo of visitors which I think are lovely.

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    These are owl-faced finches. Photo from bedroom window with iPad, so not brilliant.

    S. E. NSW
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    I had an Aussie ski instructor once and he said you guys call it like it is. He was talking, at the time, about The Snowy mountains!

    Those are in fact owl faced finches! They couldn't be called anything else! image

  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    We live near the Snowy Mountains -about 1 hour drive along winding roads. We are currently reaping the delightful winds off the snow fields image, and are expecting minus 5 I think tomorrow morning.

    I'm going to risk being growled at by the next photo, because many Forkers have seen this one before.

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    this is  from our front veranda.

    S. E. NSW
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    Now that photo does not say Australia to me. Those poor boys look as if they're in Edinburgh Zoo!!!

  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    I'd better let you all get back to your pets. I didn't mean to take over the thread,image

    S. E. NSW
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    Cat and dog. ?

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