Wild-life photos

[Mark2002]

Posting fish in fish forum

 

[BigManAquatics]

Was dumbstruck this morning. Beautiful ring-neck rooster was strutting across the gravel road on my way to work. Didn't even think to take a picture.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Dutch Birdlife
Godwit, Lapwing, shelducks, geese, Heron
Search for the Phaesant

Search for the Phaesant

 

[Pescado_Verde]

Eyelash viper (not in the wild).

 

[Delcos]

A Broadhead Skink I caught in the backyard, a shorebird I saw at Tybee Island, and the slug I tried to get my wife to let me keep as a pet (it was a firm no)

 

[Leeman75]

A Broadhead Skink I caught in the backyard, a shorebird I saw at Tybee Island, and the slug I tried to get my wife to let me keep as a pet (it was a firm no)

That's the biggest slug I've ever seen!!

 

[Pescado_Verde]

Nice skink!

"Wild" flower life. Well, maybe not, I shot it at the zoo.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Birdies

 

[Crimson_687]

MEEP MEEP!
(Accelleratii Incredibus)

eating an unlucky green anole, swallowed whole

 

[Ouse]

This Sunday I went to my local woodland: Houghton Hall Park. This is a 42 acre park with woodlands, fields, play features and a cafe. A diverse variety of insects, birds and long-eared bats live here.

Here is the East Woodland:

Here is the West Woodland:

Here is the most impressive tree:

Here is a view from a bench:

And here is the biggest animal we saw there!:

On the same day I went to a pond in the town of Wixams near Bedford. In the pond there are carps, ducks, geese and swans that interact with people. The carps follow people around the pond and are used to receiving food from them, same as the birds. Here are some photos:





The last photo is pretty interesting. A carp was about to snag a chick, but the mother swan pecked it until it swam away.

 

[Algonquin]

Looks like Spiderwort I have one with pale blue flowers in my garden.

 

[Kribensis27]

What is it called?

Yes, it's spiderwort, in the genus Tradescantia. There is a huge number of species. Mine was wild collected here in MN, and looks almost identical to that.

 

[Demeter]

Was walking around the yard and found a box turtle. This one looks to be an old female, she’s got nicks here and there on her shell, hardly a tail to speak of and missing toes. She’s been through a lot it seems.

Also had a garter and little brown snake hanging around, I didn’t take any photos. They did however eat some worms I dropped nearby for them. Might upload some videos of that later.

 

[Algonquin]

What beautiful patterns!!

 

[Pescado_Verde]

Yep, that shell is a work of art.

Zoo snek.

 

[Jerome O'Neil]

Took this yesterday at the Irish National Stud and Gardens. Not "wild" so much as "Living the fat swan life." Phone photo. Had to leave the SLR at home this trip.

 

[NotSoAggressiveAquatics]

Does this count as wild life?

 

[LeahsTank]

Had a little “Show-off” come by for a visit today.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Dutch wildlife

 

[Shambhalaubie]

One of my girlfriend's sent me this shot.

 

[Catappa]

That's the biggest slug I've ever seen!!

That's fairly average for the sort we have in abundance here. I can't stand them and call them "living turds", lol. There is one large type that has a bright orange/red underside and stripes. I suspect it may be toxic to birds, etc. That kind is attractive. But slugs... no!

And when I say "in abundance", I mean it. Besides being in the garden, after the rain, the sidewalks are full of them.

 

[Nessaf]

One of our “neighbors.”

This was taken by a coworker of my husband’s. Colorado Springs has quite a lot of urban deer.
Seagulls and whales in Monterey.

 

[qldmick]

This lovely wallaby came nice and close whilst I was fishing today,

 

[Motherlovebetta]

These were in my backyard and on my neighbors house! Hide the cat! (Don’t worry he’s indoor only but I terrified my 4 year old)

 

[BigManAquatics]

Can't get close to the birds this morning, the redwing blackbirds must have a nest in the area, running everyone off! Including me!

 

[DoubleDutch]

Some pics

 

[Algonquin]

Some Monarch caterpillars in my garden on the milkweed this morning!

 

[peachsonas]

here’s a possum that fell very gracefully out of the bush behind him. (he tried to climb up the stairs to say hi to us)

 

[Shambhalaubie]

Super cute little bunny.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Not sure if a fly or a pteradactyl....

 

[Sofiafish17]

A berry tree/bush in my yard must be perfect for eating right now.

4 squirrels eating berries at the same time this morning.

These berries aren’t edible to humans so they can have all they want lol. Since birds can’t taste spices but mammals can, we got hot spicy pepper bird seed for our feeder. Every once in a while I would see a squirrel take some, and I guess they built up a tolerance. I guess they started to like spicy food and just took the whole food block off my feeder and dragged it away! Little stinkers.
I don’t use that feeder anymore, I have a clear window one on my second story bedroom window so that feeder is safe.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Must be big bug week at work.



Different week, same game: fly or alien invader?



Was doing stuff outside at work and scratched my beard when i went back inside. This beetle popped off my beard.


Watched a fox acting pretty playful before i left for work. Seem very unconcerned i was talking with a neighbor barely 25-30 feet from it.

 

[Algonquin]

Was doing stuff outside at work and scratched my beard when i went back inside. This beetle popped off my beard.

Looks like a Japanese Beetle... harmless to you and your beard, but can be a real pest in the garden. Apparently, they have plenty of predators in Japan, but not many here. This one was in my garden, I seem to find more every year. :/

 

[Coradee]

Little ladybird on my tomato plant, haven’t seen many this year & not seen this colour before

 

[Coradee]

Haven't seen many this year, but have seen that color often. Maybe more in the States than over there?

They’re supposed to be common here but we see more red than yellow ones.

We think a fox is trying to set up home in my daughter & son in laws garden.

 

[Nessaf]

Little ladybird on my tomato plant, haven’t seen many this year & not seen this colour before
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Hate to tell you this, but those green ones aren’t ladybirds, but are usually a type of cucumber beetle which will damage plants.

 

[Coradee]

Hi, it was bright yellow not green, the pic doesn’t show it too clearly & on looking it up looks like a 14 spot ladybird thankfully & there’s no damage on any of the plants

 

[Nessaf]

Hi, it was bright yellow not green, the pic doesn’t show it too clearly & on looking it up looks like a 14 spot ladybird thankfully & there’s no damage on any of the plants

Oh good! Yellow is fine, just not chartreuse green.

 

[kallililly1973]

Couple praying mantis around my yard. Not sure if they are the same one. Top pic is about the size of 3 blades of grass and the one on the screen was considerably bigger a couple weeks later.

 

[BigManAquatics]

They’re smart. Figured you were a big pushover and no threat.

That's cuz it wasn't human. I like the animal neighbors! The stray cats haven't figured that out yet, though....otherwise i am sure my wife would adopt them all!

 

[Nessaf]

This was Monday’s fishing trip. They were delicious.

 

[Ouse]

Here are some lichens on my window ledge. Lichens are made up of several organisms such as fungi and algae, which share a symbiotic relationship in order to survive. Lichens occur worldwide and are most common in tundra biomes, where they outnumber plants. Despite this, there are lichens on my window ledge in weather that'll be 30⁰C later.

If you can guess where I live judging by the configuration of lichens, please, don't stalk me:

I also spotted the most wild of all animals in my back garden:

 

[FeederGuppies]

Baby house sparrow(s).

 

[DoubleDutch]

Done Dutch Mircrolife

 

[Pescado_Verde]

Most bluejays I see are at first and last light. Not conducive to taking pictures at all. This one showed himself during the day but still had to hide a bit.

 

[Pescado_Verde]

He came back! Yay! Hoping he gets to be a regular.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Birdlife
Grey Heron + Frog

 

[BigManAquatics]

Nice little nest of NOT FUN on my window at work.

 

[NBettas83]

Nice little nest of NOT FUN on my window at work.

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I wish you the highest quantity of courage in your coming hopefully-valiant toil with those beasts.

 

[DoubleDutch]

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