Wild-life photos

[Dave125g]

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We all love animals, so I figured I'd start this.
Here's what I think is a Turkey Vulture.


apparently he doesn't like the paparazzi.
Please post pictures of wild critters from your neck of the woods.

Mod edit: please keep comments to a minimum so the lovely photos don’t get lost in pages of chat, thanks.

 

[Aquaphobia]

Nice shots! The fact that the head hasn't turned red indicates that this is a juvenile. Big flocks used to gather in the field behind the house I grew up in

 

[Dave125g]

Wow a juvenile. You mean this guy is gonna get bigger? He hangs out waiting for the bear to make a mess out of the garbage. Then cleans up after him.

Mabee I don't know birds, I just know it's a vulture. Around here Turkey Vultures are common.

 

[Aquaphobia]

Maybe, but more likely it's considered a juvenile until reaching sexual maturity. It might bulk out a little though

You're a bit north of the range of American Black Vultures, though it could have been blown off course and got lost

Yep, and the northernmost tip of their range might touch the southern tip of NY state.

 

[CowBoYReX]

I thinks it's just an American black vulture. Dave75g what animal would you like to see, within reason lol, I may have some. I love wildlife photography
Turkey vultures have huge nostrils and slightly convex beaks above the nostril, while blacks have small nostrils and slightly concave beaks. But one thing is for sure, it is a vulture lol

 

[Bhatti]

nice thread Dave75g
here is pictures of Bulbul (family Pycnonotidae) and its babies which hatched in a flowering vine in our house.

 

[Aquaphobia]

Here are some of my recent wildlife shots:

The young Black Tail Deer buck who frequents the yard and likes to hang out under the porch:


A paper wasp nest (What? It's wildlife!) in a tree branch about 6 feet from the ground and maybe 10 from the ocean:

 

[Dave125g]

Here's our local garbage picker. Not a very good shot, but I didn't want to get that close.
Keep them coming. I'm loving it.

 

[Bhatti]

here is picture I managed to get of a monitor lizard(bengal monitor I think)

(bottom right of gate)
and after few days I found it almost dead. I believe it was living in our deserted plot, but regularly visited neighbourhood, so someone tried to kill him

these are thought to be poisonous, don't know for sure.

here's a frog poped up in our house during monson season. It was pretty big one. We don't get to see this size commonly.

I caught this baby laughing dove from trees in house. Its parents were not attending him. So I handfed him for few days and let it go when it was able to fly.

and here is baby of "don't know english name"(black sparrow in urdu). Search google and closest resemblance is to black robin(but it belongs to newzealand )


I live in city, so we don't get any big wild life here

 

[Fgrefee]

Thought you might like to see this little guy who lives in the hedges on my aunt and uncle's property in France.

 

[Spinydogfish]

Juvie yellow crowned night heron, I believe. On my Nanas pool

 

[Bhatti]

here's a water snake(in middle along bank). Its by far my first and only water snake(infact any adult wild snake). Saw him on fishing tour on a river.

it was pretty shiny green but picture....

 

[Fish FL]

how about this bad boy

 

[CowBoYReX]

 

[Aquaphobia]

Well, this doesn't quite measure up to poking a stick at a crocodile (alligator?) but this is a picture of the shell of a computer monitor, probably debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan, absolutely covered in millions of tiny baby mussels. I found it washed up on the shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca:



There are more and better pictures but for some reason I can't upload them. Fishlore says the file size is too large but as I've never changed my resolution I don't know why these would be the only ones to be rejected???

 

[Spinydogfish]

There's the guy. Keep in mind, by nearly stepping on it, I mean my foot was going down as it was about to lunge so my grandfather pushed me backwards.

Feisty thing. Bit grandpa's walking stick and left venom traces.

I believe he was close to molting


Then there's the wild, allusive.....

 

[The Crayfish King]

Lol I've got a whole lot of kooky stories I could tell, but despite being the bane of woodland trespassers, Bella is quite domestic, and that's not quite what this thread is about, lol.


So in the spirit of the thread, here's some wildlife from the huge pond by my dad's yard: The thing that looks like a big rock is actually a turtle:

 

[The Crayfish King]

Oh my lord is that a baby cray fish?

It's so little-

Yeah, they sure are little. They usually hide among the shoreline rocks, but this year the water level has been fairly low, so not as many hiding spots were available by the shore. I'm sure that there are plenty of hiding place further from shore though. Last year, if you poked the rocks with a stick, dozens of them would come out of the woodwork. I've also got a picture of them swarming a little piece of hamburger I gave them (after running under tap water for about five minutes to remove as much excess grease as I could) and eventually a few adults came to spoil their fun

 

[CowBoYReX]

Glad you're still alive man hahaha !!!! We are stuck with the wildlife that is the most "soft" there is. Slip over a non poisoness frog is the biggest risk I think hahaha.

Oops.mist some posts. Was reffering to CowBoYReX

Most dangerous animals overhere are cattle

Those are pretty sweet looking cows, though, and thanks I'm glad to be alive lol. The joys of being born and raised in the country in Florida. When I was in the Marines some of my buddies were like, "there's a country part in Florida?" That's partly how the CowBoY part started.

Here's two to start the morning
Siren lacertina (greater siren)

Hellgrammite

 

[Plecomaker]

Wehad a snake and toad in the house a couple weeks ago. I let the dog out and he came in with both of them and dropped them on the ground. They were both alive and freaked out! I caught them by stopping up exit points with a hockey stick at 3am!

you can't make this stuff up.

pic of guilty party

 

[Dave125g]

Here's a cute one

Here's 1 that's not so cute

 

[CowBoYReX]

Yes sand hill crane got that shot in Florida

They are an awesome bird, and I'm sure you know endangered

Some pictures I got at the barn today.

I think I have a pic of that butterfly species, I'll check

Nope similar though

 

[Dave125g]

These are probably the most wild animals I've ever had to deal with.lol my kids last Halloween.

 

[Bhatti]

I am feeling so jealous of people who are posting wildlife pics(not to mention they got plenty of it where they live)
I am almost out of pics so please consider it as wildlife photo.(any animal from wild is, wild, captivity doesn't un-wild it )


Borrowed this fellla for pics from a snake charmer

 

[Aquaphobia]

OK, I'll include some deer pictures

See? Not wild


A tidepool sculpin. Still can't believe I caught one! They're fast and very well camouflaged.


Gooseneck barnacles:


Periwinkles and anemones!

 

[toeknee]

Mom moose and it's youngin in Vail, CO. This moose has calves almost every other summer and they always hang out in town. One calf ran inside an open door into a hotel lobby last year!

 

[Bhatti]

here's a spider to start you all nice people day

I am not good at taking pics

Platylover, CowBoYReX
I see red tailed, black white striped skink sometimes in my house. its famous as "saanp kI khala"(snake aunt) here and considered venumous. so from childhood until few days ago, I was afraid of it.
it has beautiful color. usually I see gray colored crab spider here, but it was found in a forest resort.

I looked in about difference b/w poisonous vs non-p. they say there could be exceptions, alot. like about eyes, cobra and mamba have round pupils but both are extremely deadly. But I think as to make first general assumption (keeping exception in mind) one can say points you metioned are valid to some extant.

 

[CowBoYReX]

Ooh... What type of spiders are those? They look awesome, I love spiders...

Mine are both types of jumping wolf spiders, I think Bhatti's are what we call crab spiders, what do you call them?

Platylover, CowBoYReX
I see red tailed, black white striped skink sometimes in my house. its famous as "saanp kI khala"(snake aunt) here and considered venumous. so from childhood until few days ago, I was afraid of it.

yeah it has beautiful color. usually I see gray colored crab spider here, but it was found in a forest resort.

Not sure the exact species you are talking about, but if it is a skink it is not poisonous. There aren't any poisonous skinks

Just looked I think it's the match stick skink

 

[Fish FL]

I like them and atlas moths, I don't know why I haven't any luna moth pics. I do think I lost quite a few photos when my pc crashed not long ago :'(

That's sad mabey you could use some sort of recovery software like recuva.

Anyway that's abig bummer.



Least killis

Plus new gravel

 

[Drummindot]

Could be a female moth. They're not the ones searching for a mate so they don't need the extra surface area for detecting pheromones

Humm... I thought all moths had fuzzy antennae?!? She definitely has moth-like eyes and abdomen tho...

 

[Dave125g]

Here's a "wild-life photo" looks like Rex

Looks like Santa Kitty

This little girl was on her way to lay some eggs

 

[Bhatti]

Honey bee enjoying Pumpkin's flower



these kids thought their mom has returned with lunch

 

[Dave125g]

Definitely black like crocodile Dundee

Here's a view from my bedroom, where all the critters come out to play.

 

[chromedome52]

Your "not a moth or butterfly" could be some species of skipper. They have characteristics of both, and tend to be brown. There was an endangered species just north of where I live, caused an entire highway project to be shut down because it was going to go through a meadow where they lived.

 

[Bhatti]

freshwater crab in waterfall's pool

 

[CowBoYReX]

Nice video Fish FL what is that divider made from?

 

[Fish FL]

Nice video Fish FL what is that divider made from?

The divider is made from two plastic knitting meshes that are 69 cents teid together and silloconed in place with javamoss in the middle.
I recommend a slightly larger hole than I used.

Wanna see a live video?

I can put it on YouTube just pm me if you wanna see what they are doing right now.

I can put it on YouTube just pm me if you wanna see what they are doing right now.

By that I mean live steam

Ok I take that as a no lets get back on topic the sorry if I got of topic.

 

[The Crayfish King]

Here's a pair of mallard ducks that I saw at my dad's house, one of them is albino.

 

[Lucy]

Great thread and great pictures everyone!
I'll play

Praying Mantis hanging around the house


Not wild but cute anyway.
Donkey


Young Ground Hog


I don't have many pictures on my computer.
Here are a couple I posted these on the forum several years ago.


Racoon


If you squint you might see the turtle across the river.

 

[Aquaphobia]

Oh! I know! I took a couple of pictures the other day when I was in town that struck me as funny. Not of the actual wildlife but of their "traces"



Yes, that is evidence of genuine west coast gulls

Yeah, it's why it's illegal to feed bears here. Did anyone see that video of the idiot feeding rice cakes to a black bear? He was in big trouble for that. Can't remember if they ever found out who it was...

Here it is. That fine wasn't nearly high enough if you ask me!
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/...eding-bear-near-tofino-sparks-probe-1.2896145

 

[Dave125g]

Here's a couple y'all might appreciate

 

[The Crayfish King]

Here's a tiger swallowtail butterfly I saw recently.

 

[Spinydogfish]

Mama mourning dove in our carport (it's kinda hard to see, but the baby is huddled up against her. Third time this year she's come

 

[Lucy]

**Just a quick copyright reminder.
Please do not post pictures that you do not own.

Thank you!

 

[Drummindot]

http://www.wildflorida.tv/alligator/didyouknow.html
Here's a link that explains the process. She only helps them out of the nest. She may hang around a bit after they've hatched to protect them but usually they fend for themselves.

 

[The Crayfish King]

Speaking of bears... Not technically wild, but still bears I saw in a Czech castle moat I saw 2 years ago. I was there again this summer, but couldn't see the bears.

 

[Spinydogfish]

((More to come))

 

[Spinydogfish]

Really like the kookaburra, most of the pics are great!

He loved keeping an eye on everyone. Next to him separated by some fencing was a small toucan relative.

My mom was disappointed at how silent he was though

The baby snow leopard was born on may 5th. You can only see one in the picture, right next to its mothers head

 

[Aquaphobia]

Haven't been out much last couple of days, at least not in places where I could see wildlife. In lieu of pictures appropriate to this thread please accept this adorable shot of Chilibeans, sacked out in front of his pal, Rizzo:

 

[Lucy]

There sure are a lot of alligators where you live! No spontaneous lake swimming for you.

Here are few from a vacation a couple of years back.

Mongoose


Heron? Maybe an Egret.






Fishies!


CowBoYReX. Just RikkI TikkI Tavi.lol My heart can't handle the real stuff.
Those are great signs.

Thanks Dave75g.