This is a Banana Kiss. These little black and yellow birds are a lot prettier up close and you can always hear their cheerful song around you (sounds like a kiss, of course). This one visited our lanai daily to bathe in the puddle of fresh water that collected from an air conditioner's drainage hose on top of the railing outside our room. One afternoon we left our lanai's sliding glass doors open and a few of these birds entered our room, looking for table scraps I suppose. I remember birds on Big Island once doing the same thing.

 

This is an anole. We would see these tiny lizards all over the place. They're very timid and quite harmless, so don't worry about them. I thought it was cool to have them around actually.

This little guy was on our back porch. Some people mistakenly call these lizards chamaeleons because of their color-changing ability. The true chamaeleon is from Africa, but these anoles also can change their coloration, often making them blend in with the environment. Note how this one thinks he's right in there with the blue floor tile and totally invisible to us. Sorry fella. Not quite.

I found this pair of anoles on the seawall in front of our building. It was always a hoot to watch these little lizards scurrying about on those rocks. They pretty much had the run of the place.

This is not an anole. I call it a sand lizard but am not sure of the correct name. Adults can be quite a bit quite larger than the adult anoles but are just as shy, so don't be concerned about them either. They can often be found basking on the rocks along the path to the little boutique and Sunset Cafe. We also had one steal a grape off our beach towel where we picnicked on Happy Beach one day.

We didn't see many crabs out of water. This one was on the rocks along the peninsula that separated the two beaches at the GCBC. He leaped back into the sea as soon as I got close enough to snap this photo. Much more wildlife can be discovered in the water. Snorkeling might allow you to see corals, jellyfish, sea urchins, starfish, squid, snails, limpets, and a nice variety of colorful fish.