Come take a walk with me

Last couple of weeks, there has been a load of activity of the animal kind around our house. I have no idea what most of them are. Maybe you can help me identify some of them.

This bird came a few times and would always land on this post. Maybe she (?) was looking for a place to build a nest. Is it a pigeon?

These were seen in the paddy field in front of our house. Anyone care to identify them for me?

This I know is a crane.

"Hello! How do you do? How come your wings have black in them? Where can I get mine done like that?"

My helper told me this one is called 'Pan Kukula.' Wonder what the English name is...

And this fellow was HUGE. You can't see the tail. It was loooooooooooooong.

This lizard was white when she was on our garden wall. Thn she came to the ground to lay her eggs and changed her colours to black and green. She dug a hole and started laying her eggs. When I got closer, she puffed up her whatdoyoucallems (those thingys in her face) to scare me off. After she laid her eggs she closed up the hole and was never seen again!

A pretty dragonfly (is it a dragonfly?)

Most our mornings were like this last week. The whole world was covered in mist. H1would go out running and shouting, 'The clouds have come down...the clouds have come down!'