Carla the Yamori (gecko)

This is a photo of Carla taken two years ago when we called her Carl, not knowing any better. This week Carl jr., the son of Carla, came out of hibernation and returned, briefly, to our kitchen window, an insect hunter's paradise on warm evenings. Each of the three (how many will there be this spring?) geckos that regularly use our window as hunting grounds has unique habits that make them easy to identify. Carla likes to hang upside down with her feet wide apart. Carl jr. swishes his long tail madly when he gets excited. Mr. X comes swooping across the window at high speed, more concerned with asserting territorial rights than catching bugs.