Iguanas, Lightning, Rain, and Fuego!

Lizard high in Big Tree.

Big Tree as in Big Tree Area. This tree is Grand Central Station -- one of the big males and at least 5 smaller lizards sleep in this tree. They wake up in the tree, they bask, they fight in the tree, they make a fair racket coming down the tree. 

Orange-Black-Red

That's the iguana formerly known as Unmarked Big Tree Male. He had fun with me for a few days, eating fruit leading to the trap, turning around, and giving a good assertion bob: "Take that, stupid trap and the human you rode in on!"  But today he walked right over to the trap in a different area, and strode right on in. He was not amused.

Other iguanas can do everything but go inside the trap -- but not for lack of trying. 

Late afternoon  big thunderstorm rolled in -- and a lightning strike started a field on fire just on the other side of the road. While it poured, the smoke filled the area. Through it all W-O-G sat on her end-of-day stump, no particular concerns.

Tomorrow, a break from catching iguanas and a full day of observations of group behavior. I'll park near the Big Tree and see who interacts with whom, and what happens.