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To my eye it looks like there are claw marks on the lowest two tracks in this photo. I agree on your most recent photo there do not appear to be visible claw marks and the lowest track looks more like a cat to me. It's hard to tell with all the surface hoar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpinord
FTR to the right is a ski pole plant mark.Quote:
Originally Posted by John_B
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this is dope- not the crashing through the window, but a 30 yo eagle.
wonder if this is the same eagle we all frequently see sitting atop the power poles on the way to the village?
https://buckrail.com/bald-eagle-cras...ckson-bedroom/
JACKSON, Wyo. — An aging bald eagle is on the mend after crashing through a double-paned window at a residence in Jackson yesterday.
Teton Raptor Center responded to the incident after Reed Moulton called Game and Fish to say an eagle had just crash-landed into his bedroom. It was so loud, Moulton said he thought a tree had fallen on his house. Initially, the eagle looked dead, but after a few minutes it stood up and perched on his fly-tying desk.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department referred the case to the Teton Raptor Center. TRC Rehabilitation Director Meghan Warren arrived and captured the bird. It was still alert enough that it fought back, sending shards of glass flying. As the eagle was taken outside to the car, another eagle, presumably its mate, called overhead.
The rehabilitation team at Teton Raptor Center evaluated the injured eagle and found trauma and lacerations to both feet, both wings, and a minor abrasion on the right eye. The eagle was also exhibiting signs of a concussion. Following examination, the eagle was treated with anti-inflammatory medication, subcutaneous fluids, and placed in TRC’s oxygen chamber to recuperate. A blood sample was tested and ruled out lead toxicity.
While looking over the raptor, Warren noticed something else: a USGS leg band with a number on it. Anne Hare, a TRC Ambassador, noted the number and reported it to TRC’s Research Director, Bryan Bedrosian, who submitted the number to the USGS Bird Banding Lab. At first, Bedrosian received an error message stating the number was either incorrect or that the eagle was unusually old.
The eagle turned out to, indeed, be 30 years old. Banded in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in the spring of 1989, this makes it one of the oldest eagles documented in the wild, but not the oldest the Raptor Center has ever seen.
In 2016, TRC admitted another ancient eagle that was injured by electrocution on an electrical pole in Jackson. That eagle was 34 years old and the oldest bald eagle ever documented west of the Mississippi River. The oldest eagle ever documented in the U.S. was a bald eagle of at least 38 years that was struck by a vehicle in New York City.
The average lifespan for a Bald Eagle is approximately 20 years in the wild.
I started having to wear glasses at 30...just saying.
Speaking of bird strikes, this little fellow flew into the wall of a glass house of a friend of mine in The Netherlands. No comment about age or nearsightedness.
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Alpinord, are there foxes in the area? I've never experienced a feline digging like that; cats will scrape surface litter to cover a kill but unless the ground is very soft, they aren't known for digging into the earth proper. Both coyotes and foxes have no qualms rooting out a gopher, however.
There are rare fox sightings and I was wondering that too. Looking at these animal track images, I haven't seen fox tracks. Coyotes are out all of the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by BCMtnHound
Earlier this week, after more snow there were more tracks back to the hole. They are smaller than our dog's and coyote tracks and looked like bob cat tracks (no obvious claw marks) as shown below. During the 1 mile loop around the field, I crossed what looked to be the same tracks at least 20 times, along with some coyote tracks. Directly across the field, there were a bunch together like either there were more than one animal or it hung out for a while.
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We took a bored as shit drive into GTNP. Saw this badger.
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He certainly hadn’t missed any meals.
Not sure if this will show up but mom and dad looking out for five new goslings. They just had a dip and started napping. Did not realize mature geese use their neck so much when swimming.
https://i.imgur.com/duIPQqf.jpg?1
No pics, too sad. Saw a yearling black bear lying in the ditch on a gravel ride. He popped his head up and made some noise, but didn’t budge. He looked mangy and was covered in leaves and dirt. Really pitiful little guy.
I called the wildlife center and DGIF. DGIF lady said yearling mange cases are up and that they’d send somebody out to see if he could be helped or needed to be “dispatched”. I asked for an update but haven’t heard back.
Been doing a lot of hiking lately in the wilderness areas surrounding Phoenix
lots of rattlers, here is a healthy Arizona Black Rattlesnake
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even a half strength moon provides enough light to navigate trails on treeless terrain. but you run the risk (a pretty high risk at that) of stepping on these guys
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these guys were hanging out in this small notch about 6ft up an overhung cliff above a mostly dried up creek bed. didn’t know they were such proficient climbers
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unfortunately I’ve come across more dead rattlers than live ones, people are stupid assholes
Yeah, I don't understand killing rattlesnakes. Any snake for that matter..
Baby fox season.
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If you have dogs, snakes are a problem. I am not a fan of snakes (thinking Indian Jones)Quote:
Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain
Snake aversion training.Quote:
Originally Posted by liv2ski
Bit far off, but spotted a few elk in the Desatoya Range, NV few weeks ago.
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Find the coyote
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That's cool. Took me a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyCarter
Thrill seeker, trying to get warm on the bike path
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She turned me into a NEWT
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(no touch!)
right now along the river there is a group of foxes screaming and it's echoing across the valley. So freaky. Sounds like a woman being murdered.
https://youtu.be/qANZH9SaV5c
Spit or swallow?
From tonite's ride
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Five goslings in this pic. imgur no longer allows embedding so have to click through to see the pic.
https://imgur.com/EoSFkAY
I don't know if suburban life counts as wildlife, but my wife caught a picture of this guy two streets over. Then I saw him, or a relative two days later walking across the bottom of our year with a rabbit in his mouth. Lived here 27 years and have never seen a gray fix before. Lots of other suburban wildlife, but never a fox. Probably has so.ething to do with the fire, but that was 2 1/2 years ago.
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Rarely see this guy during the daytime.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...45828c72a8.jpg
Unhappy elephant seal molting
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eating the may be a problem, but touching them is fineQuote:
Originally Posted by Norseman
Did not realize seals molt.Quote:
Originally Posted by refried
once a year, they find a quiet beach and hide for a week while their outer layer of skin sheds, I've heard they're miserable and get flu like symptoms too. this one was on the beach next to the house, it was there for about a week. My gf had someone come down to check on it and it was fine. They told us not to tell anyone about it and leave it alone, we did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazderati
Urban turkey--hen and 3 chicks
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what is that^^^?
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Psychedelic turkey in Tikal a few years ago
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Spotted eagle ray in Hol Chan channel a few years ago
Came across this chunky little guy while out walking the dogs this evening.
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"the fuck you lookin at"
Alligator lizardQuote:
Originally Posted by wendigo