Thirsty Anoles Jumping to Foliage after Water Spraying
Charles Leeper from San Antonio writes:
There appears to be a high population of green anoles on our property. While watering some plants, I sometimes spray a large patch of common ivy. What I’ve noticed is green anoles leaping from the above tree limbs onto the ivy leaves in order to drink the water I’ve just sprayed on them. At first, I heard thuds on the ivy and didn’t know what it was, but then I started watching the tree limbs and saw anoles climbing to the edge and leaping off – probably from a height of ten feet. I only notice them jumping from the trees after I’ve watered. I imagine this is typical behavior after a rain, and my water-spraying replicates such an event? I’m sure this is well-documented behavior, but in the case that it isn’t or is unique to a ground covered in a soft landing pad like ivy, I thought I would share it.
Nonetheless, I enjoy observing them and wanted to let you know there is a solid population here!
Charles kindly agreed to take video of some of the action. Thanks, Charles! And here’s his commentary on th videos (two more below):
I captured some footage of the anoles leaping off the trees. The first two videos (the one at the top of the page and the second one below) document them jumping from a branch of only about 4 to 5 feet, and the third one (the first one below) is from a height of perhaps 9 feet (it’s a bit tough to see, but this one shows a very young anole on the center branch – what a dive it takes!). I have seen many more than this (and from heights of probably 15 to maybe 20 feet), but only managed to record these occurrences.
I have not observed them much while it’s raining (a rarity down here in the summer!), but I would imagine they don’t partake in this jumping during or following a rain because either they don’t have to drink from the ivy as the raindrops hit the trees, or they’re already on the ground and not perched/basking in the trees during a storm.
The following is just conjecture, but possibly they smell, hear, or see the water hitting the ivy, and it’s not sprinkling the trees, so they’re drawn down for a drink. As for why they leap off as opposed to crawling down the tree, which does sometimes happen, perhaps they’ve learned the ivy is a soft landing pad and it’s just less energy-intensive to jump, or they’re avoiding bigger green anoles that may be near the base or brown anoles. Although, I’m not sure there are many brown anoles here as I don’t think I have seen them, but I certainly could be wrong.
And here’s a lizard drinking post-spraying:
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