This handsome critter showed up this morning for the first time since going into hibernation. I managed to lure it in with mealworms, which it eventually took from my hand.

Desert iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis

The Zebra Tailed lizard in the yard earlier ate a ton of worms that I tossed, but wouldn't come close.

Still no sign of Harriet and Bill, my porch lizard friends from last fall. I'm really hoping to hang out with them again before I have to go north for the summer. It's hot enough now that they should all be coming out of hibernation.

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I haven't seen Bill and #HarrietTheLizard yet, but I assumed they would be hibernating by now. This little critter is living under Harriet's chair on the porch. I've just started making friends with it. It only took a few mealworms before it would take them from my hand.

It is likely not actually responding to me whistling yet, but that's how I train them. They learn pretty fast.

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The nearest mealworm store is over 100 miles away. I have two left, which I'm saving for Harriet The Lizard. Bill The Lizard here just got the other two. They're used to getting a handful, so he's sitting on me giving me this expectant look. I even went to the park today to look for grasshoppers, but with the weeks of dry heat there's not a bug to be found anywhere.

I think it might be time for another social visit to Tucson.
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Harriet The Lizard lets me sit in her chair sometimes.

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Bill The Lizard is completely whistle trained. With just a couple of whistles, he came running across the yard from the neighbor's wall to get his morning mealworms. Then when I ran out, he started climbing all over me.
Harriet The Lizard and I already had our morning coffee and mealworm time together.

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Harriet The Lizard hangs out on the chair arm first thing in the morning as the day warms up, then when it gets too hot she hides in the shade under the chair until the porch is in the shade again. At that point she climbs up and hangs out on the windowsill for a good portion of the day. I realized she was doing this pose because my old, rattly, aluminum frame windows are so air leaky that a tiny cool breeze flows out. Once I realized this, I cracked the window a little more for her.

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How could anyone not fall in love with that face?

I think I'm going to write a magical realist short story about a man who falls in love and marries a lizard. I haven't figured out how it ends yet, though 😂

TBH I won't know the actual sex of these lizards until spring, when mating season comes around and they change colors. If it turns out I have a crush on a boy lizard, does that make me gay?

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