I loved seeing spotted eagle rays when diving! I really want to see manta rays. Hoping to make it back to Belize this summer.Quote:
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I loved seeing spotted eagle rays when diving! I really want to see manta rays. Hoping to make it back to Belize this summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluespark
Fledgling great gray owl I believehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...26314cd49d.jpg
Actually now that I look at papa maybe that's a great horned owl. Also found a bull moosehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2acbbac62d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e7f3db3535.jpg
Saw my first Idaho wolverine this weekend. I glassed him from about 150 yards for a couple minutes while he scoured the banks of a high mountain lake. Only had a point and shoot so this is the best zoom and crop I have. Also have some video of him cruising up a shale field.
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Barred owl, one of several in our neck o the woods.
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Very cool, thanks for posting.Quote:
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A neighbor watched one of these (or maybe a Great Horned) carry off her tiny yapper dog a couple of week ago...Quote:
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FIFY. (Sorry, I know it's a mega-enlargement. Great pic actually._Quote:
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saw this guy behind the house one day
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Nuclear goat family in the Uintas. More skittish than usual, couldn't get less than a few hundred feet from them...
Had an interesting encounter with a fox on the same hike. I was crossing a giant meadow as it was getting dark and the pikas and marmots were whistling up a storm, much more noise than they usually make for a hiker. Then I hear this really throaty bark/scream and spot what I initially thought was a coyote about 100 yards away. As I got closer I realized it was not the right shape and the sound was off for a coyote. I guess I disturbed a fox's dinner and he/she got really territorial, made a ruckus, ran back and forth like crazy and mock charged me a couple of times. No pics as it was too dark but the sound was really unexpected...
^ What could they possibly be doing up there? There's nothing to eat!
There's a fair bit of grass a bit lower on the ledges they spend a lot of time on. Scrawny pines too, they'll eat the bark and fresh growth. And they like to munch on lichen.Quote:
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I found a young one that had been separated from mom and was not looking too good. Definitely won't survive long. Thought about goat curry but...
apologies....there was quite a bit of back and forth in the IKON (i think) thread about why animals would be above the tree line.
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some whitetail stoke from yesterday
Missed that, sorry for the obvious explanation...Quote:
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A reminder that if you sit there and don't say anything people will think you're smart.Quote:
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November black bear cubs in a tree on a chukker hunt.
June ram about 75 yds from raft trip camp.
August group of five goats. Tough to see in the pic. About 250 yards from backpack camp around 10k.
These Cooper’s hawks have been hanging out in ours and neighbors’ backyards and alley. Not sure if they’re nesting or what. I’ve seen 3 together at once. Saw 2 go for a squirrel. Think it might be the parents and their offspring.
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Close friend near Tucson sees this almost every morning looking out her sliding glass door to her patio now:
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They ignore the barking of their golden retriever so the dog stopped barking
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Monogamous birds should be considered in pairs, I think. Their constant interactions with each other and team tactics usually take up most of their days.
Your Cooper's hawks [and their very close relative the sharp shinned hawk] are bird specialists, and are amazingly adroit on the wing. They won't pass up a squirrel or vole, but their favorite food is juncos and chicadees. Jet fighters preying on Cessnas, they're probably drawn by their prey being drawn to bird feeders.
They'll also wade into bushes and grass when their prey won't fly, and take them afoot, like Grendel. They have a foot adapted with thick pads so as not to impale themselves with their wicked sabre claws if they miss a grab.
Like eagles, the female of the pair will be 20-30% larger and heavier than the male. They'll both eat a couple songbirds a day, if someone doesn't shwackem first.
Double Crested Cormorant colony off Toronto's waterfront. This is North America's largest nesting spot for them and has ~14,000 pairs of em. Kind of a shitty shot - I wouldn't get any closer to them, I have to admit their numbers, sounds (and smell) were pretty intimidating.
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We had Coopers hawks nesting behind the house before the fire (the trees burned and were removed). It was great fun watching them fledge and learn to fly (and land.) The youngsters will try to get squirrels, but they are pretty bad at it, and the squirrels mostly laugh at them. Little birds on the other hand don't fare so well.
3 Osprey soaring together and chirping up a storm. Teaching the young one(s) to hunt? They all looked same size and color as best as I could tell.
I’ve been following this Instagram acct for a local photographer and it’s a good one to follow if you dig wildlife (particularly bears)
https://instagram.com/jackbaylesphot...d=piyvyincy5rl
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i got swamp donks
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curious cheeps
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mayflies
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honkers
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and t rex
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Nice. Where were you?
trex = dino treats dispensary dino co
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1st moose and honkers is bighole @ melrose MT
2nd browns park green river
sheeps yellowtail reservior mt
may flies @ work woods cross
im workin on the summer road trip tr in the fishing forum
one day at a time
cool I'll check it out thanks.
SUP'n at the lake Sunday when 399 and her cubs took a dip.
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Dinosaur, Colorado.Quote:
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Where the Stegosaurus Freeway joins Brontosaurus Boulevard.
The only stop sign intersection in town.
Boonies.
The COVID lockdown really brought out all the animals hiding the the woods around the neighborhood which is cool being in the city. Even with the lockdown over the animals seem content to be out and about.
This guy has kind of become a neighborhood mascot. The scrawniest fox but clearly not opposed to walking down the middle of the road, or as seen here, sunning himself on the soccer field at our son’s school.
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Given his daytime behavior and zero fear of humans I thought for sure he was rabid/sick, but he’s not aggressive and the neighborhood vet tells us that no, that’s just an urban fox. Anyway, it’s kinda nice seeing the guy every day doing something funny.
There's a good butcher shop just across the border in Jensen, UT.
Seems like a long way to go to butcher a fox. Plus, like I stated, we all like the little guy.
Was replying to Djongo's post, just too slow on the post button.
So much win on this page but damn there's some amazing shots on this on..
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Arizona bobcats? So awesome!
I'd watch the kitties nap while drinking my coffee every damn day...
awesome for sure. such handsome critters. look at those paws!