First at my parent's house, the boys found the remnants of a small gopher snake (Pituophos melanoleucus). I will spare you the gory details but there was enough to identify this creature.
Then when we got home and we were out in the yard, they found a Gilbert's skink (Eumeces gilberti). I couldn't bear to even take photos but I am going to record the nature find here on our blog. After we got a good look at the skink, a Scrub jay came and snatched the skink and flew away. This is the same scrub jay that has a nest of babies outside my daughter's window in the oleander bush. We were able to see three baby birds in the nest today. It was a circle of life sort of day around here.
Here is the nest.
Here is the best I could get of the babies in the nest. (Try to click the image to make it larger.)
All in all, a good day for nature study and just the way I like it....just taking it as it comes to us as we go about our day.
Barb-Harmony Art Mom