Wildlife

[Buster Highmen]

I coax the little ones like this guy. He or she is a beautiful red with these cool black and white ear markers. It lounges regularly on the deck.

The big ones, not so much.

[DeathVan]

Here are a few from my time in the field this season









A bunch more here in the TR

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/303551-TR-Bent-Rods-and-Bears

[Buster Highmen]

^^^^ Amazing shot with the deer and owl.
We've got a bunch of owls, but they sure don't stay put when they know they've been seen.

[DeathVan]

Thanks
That's Bubo (the clockwork owl from Clash of the Titans), he's an 8 inch Northern Pygmy Owl
He hung out for about a week and you could get really close to him

[BmillsSkier]

Cool thread.

I've got this guy hanging out on a branch over the pond out back and had no clue what it is. Turns out there's a lot of websites that make it really easy to identify birds. Never seen one like this before and thought it was a cross between a woodpecker and a blue jay that was plucking fingerling bass out of the water with ease.



Apparently it's a Belted Kingfisher.

[wooley12]

Local elk herd. They come out and pose at the end of almost every day.

[Flyoverland Captive]

An oldie (2006-ish), but a goodie: Caught a moose taking an evening swim across Lake of the Woods near Kenora.

[snoqpass]

[old goat]

sandhill cranes are far from rare in CA but I've never seen one before at Donner Lake

[yeahman]

Boo!

[FussyDutchman]

Cool thread.

I've got this guy hanging out on a branch over the pond out back and had no clue what it is. Turns out there's a lot of websites that make it really easy to identify birds. Never seen one like this before and thought it was a cross between a woodpecker and a blue jay that was plucking fingerling bass out of the water with ease.



Apparently it's a Belted Kingfisher.

Awesome shot! In my book, one of the coolest birds in nature along with the Peregrine and Golden Eagle. Grew up on the Delaware River and had several local Kingfishers that used amaze me with the size fish they could catch/fly off with.

[JimmyCarter]

Ran into a cougar this afternoon...

[jono]

I think this guy was sort of showing off.
Nice thread!

[capulin overdrive]

Bear in neighbors yard, wagon is his dog food bowl. Cat on power line in my pasture.

[2bjenny]

I usually see a lot of wildlife when out walking the dogs. Stumbled on a nest of owlets last summer on the desert. Not so cute but kind of cool.