capsicum-fanatic's Identifications

I have the worst picture ever taken of a bald eagle on my camera now. This is to mark the location. It must live here.

Seen from the car circling the marsh with another bird

the worst picture ever taken has now been added from my camera.

very quickly scampered off under the dried leaves before I could get a picture. I've seen these before, but they're usually too fast to get a picture.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149768438

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142401407

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118115619

If you're unaware, drawings are permitted as observations, so please do not incorrectly mark down the data quality as "no evidence of organism" or incorrect date or anything like that.

Drawings are allowed as per the official guidelines, and there's even a whole project dedicated to collecting them: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/nature-drawing-and-journaling

This drawing is not very detailed because I did not have the opportunity to sit there drawing it while it held perfectly still for me like a master painter doing a portrait. I drew this one my phone within a minute of it rustling the leaves, drawing my gaze, and running off again before I had time to get my camera out of my pocket.

I drew the important details of the distinctive color markings and noted the very small size, much smaller than any of the other skinks in this area, including juveniles. This was smaller than my finger.

It would be dishonest of me to draw more detail onto this by just looking at pictures of this species, so please don't ask me to.

Dead juvenile on the other side of the road divider, couldn't get a picture since I'm in a car. Might not be there when we get back.

Update: It was indeed gone the next time we went there. There's a lot of turkey and black vultures that live in this area, so it's likely they carried it off somewhere.