Wild-life photos

[BigManAquatics]

Wild critters of the zoo:

 

[BigManAquatics]

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

Good news, the exterminator was at work today and took care of this nest! The bad news: it was 1 of 4 nests....

 

[NearMeBettas]

Monitors have a bacteria in their saliva which is what kills someone if their bitten I believe.

Or will cause you a whole lota hurt.

 

[BigManAquatics]

I found some wildflowers at work yesterday.

 

[Demonskid]

This little rocket just flew itself into mom's doctor's office's metal roof. The little one is alright, took some time to regain its barings but eventually climbed up my arm and then flew off. A bit unsteady, but it stayed airborne.

 

[Coradee]

If you squint & look bottom right those two dots are swallows hoovering up insects from the lake in the early morning the other day.

 

[BigManAquatics]

What you guys got there?

 

[Ouse]

The wild fish in my granddad's garden:

 

[Leeman75]

One of my kids took this of a flower in our backyard.

 

[Ouse]

In Poole, Dorset today I went crabbing. The three crabs were caught in the net all at the same time and the three small fish were caught accidentally before I caught any crab. Two of the fish look like gobies and the third looks like some kind of free-swimming fish, though I don't know what exactly. The big fish that you see was the bait.

My dad caught two crabs and two fish. Therefore I won.

They were released back into the sea after I finished crabbing.

 

[NearMeBettas]

In Poole, Dorset today I went crabbing. The three crabs were caught in the net all at the same time and the three small fish were caught accidentally before I caught any crab. Two of the fish look like gobies and the third looks like some kind of free-swimming fish, though I don't know what exactly. The big fish that you see was the bait.

My dad caught two crabs and two fish. Therefore I won. B-)
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They were released back into the sea after I finished crabbing.

That's super cool!!

 

[Ouse]

Wish I could do it more often...

 

[DoubleDutch]

Today I withnessed 5 young barnowls get ringed for ID reasons.

Really great

 

[Ouse]

This is Upton Heath, a nature reserve in Dorset. Horses (not wild) freely roam around and I saw two on my walk. One rustled in the bushes and approached, almost like something out of a safari expedition. Cows also live here, but none were seen.

Upton Heath used to be all forest. The heathlands were created by a wildfire which decimated clusters of trees, however opened up a vast open heathland full of mammals, reptiles and insects. There's also an abandoned quarry, which reminds me of the Oleshky Sands in Ukraine, except with life. Nature doesn't get more beautiful does it?

 

[Delcos]

My “pet” golden orb weaver spider that lives outside my living room window. For reference his leg span is about 6”

 

[Demeter]

Not sure if I posted this one yet. Found this guy on my pillow, no clue how it got into the house!

 

[BigManAquatics]

Not sure if I posted this one yet. Found this guy on my pillow, no clue how it got into the house!
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Just now finally been seeing some at work the last couple of days. Usually i see babies everywhere, then the bigger ones. This year, only 2 spottings of bigger ones. Maybe cuz it been so dry?

 

[NearMeBettas]

Just now finally been seeing some at work the last couple of days. Usually i see babies everywhere, then the bigger ones. This year, only 2 spottings of bigger ones. Maybe cuz it been so dry?

Oh my gosh ya. I'm in MN and we are supposed to be in 'mild drought'... I say bull-foo lol!

 

[Kribensis27]

I have a gray tree frog that lives in my bedroom window and hunts moths and lacewings every night.
Ignore the dirty glass, he’s in a little corner that doesn’t get cleaned very often lol.

 

[Mark2002]

Taking photo of any bird requires patience. And these photos of Sparrows and Pigeons are taken by me with a long focus lens for the first time, and in today.

 

[Delcos]

Another pet spider I found today outside me guest room, a nice little funnel web

 

[Pescado_Verde]

Pecan thief!

 

[butterflybetta]

I haven’t posted on here in a while…

I couldn’t get a good picture, but here’s a baby possum!


And this is probably my favorite picture of a jumping spider I ever took

 

[DoubleDutch]

Sone birds, insects and a flying snail

 

[kallililly1973]

Sone birds, insects and a flying snail

Was he on your car windshield or house window? That’s hilarious!!

 

[BigManAquatics]

Sone birds, insects and a flying snail

Loving the birds of prey!!

What manner of sorcery is that snail practicing?

 

[DoubleDutch]

Loving the birds of prey!!

What manner of sorcery is that snail practicing?

A glass roof at my son's porch did the magic.

 

[StarGirl]

Anyone know what this Colorado beauty is?

 

[BigManAquatics]

Anyone know what this Colorado beauty is?
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That's gorgeous!

 

[StarGirl]

That's gorgeous!

IKR

 

[BigManAquatics]

IKR

Had a couple similar in pattern at work, just without the red and the yellow. Never fou d out what it was, either!

Edit: sent it to my sister. She mught ha e a clue, she big into moths and butterflies. Catches catepillars a lot to see what they hatch into.

Ok. She says it is a "great tiger moth"

 

[DoubleDutch]

Stoat, Red Kite and Raven in Sauerland Germany

 

[Woodentop]

Australian Sealions 1.5 km from my home.
Great fun but they can get a little frisky.
The locals paying me a visit. Get to snorkel with them all through the summer.

 

[Lucy]

Australian Sealions 1.5 km from my home.
Great fun but they can get a little frisky.
The locals paying me a visit. Get to snorkel with them all through the summer.

That's so cute! What size tank do I need?
Joking! Welcome to FishLore!

 

[A201]

Just a few odd ball pics. A Bull Frog enjoying my swimming pool.
A coyote snooping around in my front yard, and an Armadillo looking for trouble.

 

[Algonquin]

We have Swallowtail caterpillars in the dill plants in the garden every year. This year, the birds seemed to be picking them off - so we brought one caterpillar inside to help her out Here are some pics of the transformation!

 

[Mark2002]

A shorebird or something that looks so gloomy, and let me capture it.

 

[Pescado_Verde]

I haven’t posted on here in a while…

I couldn’t get a good picture, but here’s a baby possum!
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And this is probably my favorite picture of a jumping spider I ever took
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I'm really digging the composition of the possum pic. Doesn't hurt that he's adorable. Good stuff!

 

[BigManAquatics]

Katydid waiting for me at work this morning.

 

[Mark2002]

With my capture this dragonfly is like there is a pair of eyes in his face (Their real compound eyes), just like what dragonfly is portrayed in cartoon, etc.

 

[86 ssinit]

Saw this hut over the weekend

 

[Coradee]

Just enjoying a cuppa on what is probably the last really sunny day of our summer & this little fellow climbs up the wall right beside me ‘shudders’

 

[Kribensis27]

Found this newly molted dragonfly a while back. Normally, I wouldn’t have picked him up (they’re very fragile at this stage), but his wings were already dry, and his exoskeleton had nearly hardened.

 

[carsonsgjs]

Just enjoying a cuppa on what is probably the last really sunny day of our summer & this little fellow climbs up the wall right beside me ‘shudders’

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…And frightened miss coradee away.

 

[Coradee]

He did indeed, I finished my cuppa inside

 

[Lucy]

Cicada Party! Perched on my monitor at work. haha!



Some people are not amused at all!

 

[Coradee]

Omg that would freak me out!

 

[Lucy]

I thought this was a sprider, eight legs Now I think a beetle of some sort? 6 legs 2 antenea?

 

[Lucy]

Omg that would freak me out!

 

[Coradee]

Eww that one’s freaky