Dead lizard

Well after all my worries about birds disappearing... this impaled little lizard is a sure sign of a Shrike, a Loggerhead Shrike.

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i6220id.html

I happened to be out trying out gardening while carrying Grady in a sling. While I was out front I decided to check up on our Live Oaks. At first I thought this poor little guy was a broken twig. He/she is about 4 inches long, a tiny little lizard I have never seen before.

While I was checking him/her out we were approached by a white and orange kitten, a stray that resembles the one that lived on our porch briefly this last spring. Bluew sat down to invite it closer but it was too shy.