One lazy Lizard

This one truly stopped me in my track and I had to do a double take.  It's the first time I had seen a Monitor Lizard just by the running path.  It's pretty lucky that it's not 'hunting' time which happened most afternoons as I had seen someone with dogs on the hunt for these creatures.
This was an adult and had curled its tail round the other side of the tree that I was unable to fit it in one frame.

Anyway it did look pretty harmless snoozing away, or so I thought.

 As I approached nearer for a closer look, I was shocked to see it popped open an eye although it hardly moved, must be in a real comfort zone.
Needless to say, this being one of my favourite spots to look out for birds has turned out to be a forbidden area for any birds to forage or perch, at least for the time being.