Wild-life photos

[Thunder_o_b]

A water strider. These little ones are not easy to photograph.

 

[Thunder_o_b]

A little sister hard at work.
And a great blue. A wood louse and mushroom.
These little ones are crustaceans. There are several types of them. As I understand it some role up and others do not.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Filled my hat, coul have filled a five gallon bucket easily. So dinner is gonna be a nice oyster mushroom risotto.

Edit: It filled my dehydrator with enough left for dinner.



Yesterday was a ground pork and mushroom stir fry with green onions. The rest all fit into one bag one dried Might go back today, prepared this time lol Normally I bring my kit with me, but I deal with a lot of anxiety so I just went to the river with a plan to walk and bring home a nice (reasonably sized lol) rock for Alex.


But, this is just how things go lol Had I brought my kit and had bags and baskets and a backpack, I would have found nothing lol This is why I cargo pants, hat and if it comes down to it I have used layers of clothing as bags lol

It's not uncommon for me to leave the house just me and come home with a tree on my back and pockets full of smaller plants lol
the rivers here can be very crowded during salmon season. Even where I was is a Frisbee golf course which people do (and were) use. But, I tend to exist off trail. I only see people when I come climbing up out of the moss and ferns from nowhere lol I tend to get a lot of weird looks lol

I love getting off the trail and down onto the river banks. Dig through the rocks, always keeping my ears and eyes upriver as flash floods can happen. It's really hard to find better peace than sitting on a large rock in the sun in the middle of a roaring river. I don't mind getting my feet wet and muddy to get out as far as I safely can.


Water levels were pretty high, water was rushing downriver and the White River certainly showed its name off today. Just a milky white color caused by clay deposits upriver IIRC.

 

[Thunder_o_b]

This is an old shot. I really do not remember where it was taken.

 

[Rose of Sharon]

A male and female house finch, a couple of goldfinches wearing their winter garb, a group of cardinals feeding on the ground, and finally, a skunk that you can't see very well. Guess I'm gonna have to stop feeding the ground feeders, which is a shame. Can't keep attracting all kinds of wildlife.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Hiked at one of our Islands (Texel one Wadden Islands). Was able to take a picture of three new birds of my Bird bucketlist.
The birds. The black / white one is a Golden Eye. A duck I've NEVER seen before

 

[Rose of Sharon]

It's a Finch fight!!!!!

Feisty little guys! I've only seen one yellow one in person every. For me they are rare so I was very happy about that.

We don't get to see them in their spring and summer colors, sadly. They stop by for a month or two wearing their winter colors, and then suddenly one day they are just gone. I would love to see one of the males in that beautiful yellow and black they sport in breeding season.

The bird on the far right in the first pic is a Pine Sisken. They travel together with the goldfinches.

 

[DoubleDutch]

In The Netherlands we say Geese

 

[qldmick]

Just came across one of my old vids,

 

[DoubleDutch]

Some birds, some mammals

 

[Rose of Sharon]

This little guy stopped by between storms. Looks like a little puff ball...

He is a titmouse; I think he is very young, too. You would not believe the noise that these little birds make! FishDin, that's a really good pic! I usually can't get close enough to get a really clear shot like that!

 

[FishDin]

Tufted Titmouse, I think? here is one that I rescued after it hit my car window. It sat there for 1/2 hour before it flew away. Seemed dazed but good.

He is a titmouse; I think he is very young, too. You would not believe the noise that these little birds make! FishDin, that's a really good pic! I usually can't get close enough to get a really clear shot like that!

Same here. I was able to get this close because it was dazed. Before I put it on this piece of firewood it was in my hand for a few minutes. It couldn't stand at first.

 

[86 ssinit]

Some turkeys crossed the road.some alpacas my puppies and some beach pictures

 

[Rose of Sharon]

This beautiful boy (red bellied woodpecker) was just hanging on for a while. They are usually very skittish so it was surprising to see him stay so long.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Freshwater oysters. The cost was too deep

 

[A201]

Just before sunrise this morning, two doe & two fawns were grazing along my driveway.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Mason bee at work

 

[Rose of Sharon]

A frog and a snake in a standoff!

 

[chromedome52]

A frog and a snake in a standoff!

Actually, it's a toad. I can't figure out what kind of snake, though!

 

[Rose of Sharon]

what kinda snake?

I'm not sure yet. I am trying to match the pic next to those listed in our state. They staid like that for over 5 minutes, just looking at each other. My hubby broke their staring contest up with a broom, and each went on it's separate way...

Edit: Ok, from looking at my pics close up and comparing it to the list of snakes here, it looks like a Louisiana Pine Snake. I was just too chicken to get closer for a better pic!!!

 

[fishywoo]

Found this growing on the edge of some woods today.
I'm probably wrong, only ever seen white wild ones, but is this a type of Crocus?

 

[DoubleDutch]

And of story : The fish escaped woohahahaha

 

[Thunder_o_b]

I may have posted this story a few years ago, not sure.

Sunhawk and I were out with our cameras when I saw a damsel fly caught in an abandoned spider web. If the web was occupied I would not have intervened. But I could not see letting the little one die a slow death for no reason. So I took the time to free it from the web uninjured.

Once freed the little one climbed on to me and would not leave. So for the rest of the time we were at the pond it stayed with us. I finally gently moved it to a plant and asked it to be more careful in the future.

You can see a strand of spider web on its face.

 

[86 ssinit]

Looks like he’s doing his best angry birds impersonation.

 

[Thunder_o_b]

Portrait of a butterfly.

 

[Rose of Sharon]

I am scared of spiders. Anybody know what this is? This is close up....it's really tiny, lol!

 

[86 ssinit]

Nice day yesterday. Turtles taking in the sun

 

[Thunder_o_b]

I am scared of spiders. Anybody know what this is? This is close up....it's really tiny, lol!

I believe you have a type of orb weaver here.

 

[Lakefish]

Went for a walk in the woods this morning to look at swamp lanterns, but ended up spending most of the time watching shrimp and newts paddling around. Not sure what kind of shrimp they are, and the newts wouldn't let me take their pictures. So a bonus sleepy, beautiful garter snake instead.

 

[Lucy]

Nice day yesterday. Turtles taking in the sun

One of my favorite sights to see. It always makes me smile,

Went for a walk in the woods this morning to look at swamp lanterns, but ended up spending most of the time watching shrimp and newts paddling around. Not sure what kind of shrimp they are, and the newts wouldn't let me take their pictures. So a bonus sleepy, beautiful garter snake instead.

I looked at the picture first & total missed the snake!

 

[Lakefish]

Lol I didn't see it at first either, nearly stepped on it. Just lucky that I didn't, it was quite sluggish.

Here is a little taste of the sound of the spring frog chorus :

 

[fishywoo]

Lol I didn't see it at first either, nearly stepped on it. Just lucky that I didn't, it was quite sluggish.

Here is a little taste of the sound of the spring frog chorus :

Ha! I just did the same thing. Love yours!

 

[86 ssinit]

First day riding the bike and the wildlife was out.a great horned owl nesting.a bald eagle nesting. Sorry iPhone pics. Will go back tomorrow with the Nikon. Both are in this pick.went back aging to the owl and it was up.you can see the baby.a pretty big frog. And then I got home and Finn found this guy in my yard’s

 

[DoubleDutch]

Some Dutch birdies again

 

[Rose of Sharon]

Parent fox and his/her little one

I was thinking mom, but was not sure. She crossed the road and went through the neighbor's hedges, and left the little tyke on our front lawn. After a few minutes the kit realized that she was gone, and followed after her. The baby was so cute, sitting down like a little puppy!

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Mom. You wouldn't see Dad alone with a kit lol Much like wolves and bears. Dad will come around and check in while roaming his territory and visiting his other families. They're still involved, but Mom knows he's a sneaky fox lol

Not many foxes, we get coyote instead lol They're still cute. It's funny when people freak out over them. Wife tried calling me in the other day because a coyote was spotted a couple blocks away. I went for a walk to find it instead lol "There's a coyote on the loose" Well, yeah. It's a coyote lol

 

[86 ssinit]

A few years back we had a family of foxes living behind my in-laws house. I discovered them walking the dogs. Both male and female came out of the den to look us over. Was out there on the weekends and seen the pair alway together. Usually one in the den and one close outside. They did start to recognizing us. As the summer went on the kits would come out to see my dogs. Never close enough for problems but they always came to see them. Both parents always around.
Got to say if you’re not seeing foxes it probably cause the coyotes ate them. Coyotes are no joke. Especially in an urban area. They will eat all the wild life and your pets if left out. They hunt in packs and aren’t afraid of us. Apex predators that will eat deer.
Got out today and got a few good pics

lol continuing with invasive species. Here we have Canadian geese. Thousands now live year round here. Swans we’ve got at least a hundred on the three small lakes within 2 miles of me. Bald eagles. In 20 they had 1 confirmed pair breeding on the island. Now they’re saying 30 pairs. The pair by me arrived around sept last year. This is their second hatch. The owls are here for the second year now. Not sure if they move on after the babies leave the nest. Will watch and see this year. Ospreys are now everywhere. I mean everywhere! Had one hovering over the neighborhood sump the other day. Here’s some pics of one catching a catfish.

 

[Fishfur]

The geese are not Canadian - though that’s common to hear. Don’t mean to be picky but it kind of drives me nuts to hear them called Canadian- sorry ‘bout that.
They are Canada geese - Branta canadensis mostly, some on the northwest coast are a subspecies- B.canadensis occidentalis - the dusky Canada goose.

I have a sort of love/hate relationship with them because they are beautiful birds but also extremely obnoxious in nesting season and so freaking messy year round.
We have substantial non-migrating resident populations here all over the place and one gets tired of having to watch out for goose poop!

 

[Rose of Sharon]

Little red bellied woodpecker chick
The babies are really starting to show themselves

 

[86 ssinit]

Yes I just can’t keep away .

 

[Fishladyforlife]

Little red bellied woodpecker chick
The babies are really starting to show themselves

I think that is a juvenile flicker, but I could be wrong. It has the red head and spotted back of an adult. They are so common here in Colorado.

 

[FishDin]

Little red bellied woodpecker chick
The babies are really starting to show themselves

Nice! Yes, it's a Red Bellied Woodpecker. They are expanding their range north and have started appearing up here in Maine in recent years. Saw some last year, but none yet this year. I've had them in my yard as well as Flickers and Pileated Woodpekers.

 

[86 ssinit]

Some birds of preys pics from the weekend.

 

[Rose of Sharon]

A lizard and a red eared slider from the yard
Another lizard, a squirrel that begs for food, and a neighborhood doggie
A dove couple, a photo bombing cardinal, and an itty bitty hummingbird

 

[Leeman75]

Saw this frog at the pond while my kids were fishing. He was a big guy!

 

[86 ssinit]

We’ve got turtles! Sometimes your not even looking for them and you end up getting pictures of them.different types too!!

 

[BPSabelhaus]

So I captured this guy in a mealworm cup and decided to give it a dubia roach baby and see what happens overnight.
That was a week ago lol Completely forgot about it. Went to grab a smaller bowl to entice Alex to eat greens with wax worms I found it lol

Uhhhh it's a little bigger now lol Gave it two more roaches. I'll release it later after showing the wife who thought it was outside lol

 

[86 ssinit]

Todays photo!

 

[KingOscar]

We had turtles in our backyard seasonal wetlands by this time every year except this one. (see my avatar) It just hasn't remained flooded long enough. I watched a female dig out an egg pit in our backyard a few years back. Here's a video of a baby we found on our patio in 2021.

 

[Rose of Sharon]

Todays photo!View attachment 903199

Great pic! Wow!!