Theme of the week for 8/16....wildlife

ronf_gw

14 years ago

Mom and babies.

A red tail hawk.

a fawn tucked away in a flower bed.

{{!gwi}}

A woodchuck hiding in the hostas.

You have no doubt heard of snow geese. These are the much more elusive snow ducks.

Ron

Comments (28)

carol_in_california
14 years ago
Taken near Lake Tahoe, CA.....very near where the lake trout were spawning.

Taken on The Road to The Sun, Glacier National Park, MT.
rcnaylor
14 years ago
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bigack
14 years ago
Oh my gosh, these are just wonderful, I love the geese in the sunset. This is the only one I could find right now, we were at a state park, the deer are very tame, it was the highlight of my weekend, could of had a 300. fine if they caught me feeding her banana!
joan_mn
14 years ago
Wonderful shots!!
crunchpa
14 years ago
Nice stuff! Thanks.
ronf_gw
Original Author
14 years ago
Living in Minnesota, I never see armadillos. What a bizzare looking creature. A face only a mother could love. Thanks for sharing.

Ron
mcmann
14 years ago
Ron- You were able to capture the notoriously shy snow duck with your camera. I can't understand why the Wily Winter
Armadillo of the Great North has managed to elude you - they should be easy to track in all that snow you get!
carol_in_california
14 years ago
Elephant seals near Piedras Blancas, CA
alisande
14 years ago
Wow--who knew so many of you walk on the wild side!! Great pictures, everyone. I'm so glad I don't have to groom that ram......

This one's a little blurry. But I was probably a little shaky.
crunchpa
14 years ago
{{!gwi}}

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ronf_gw
Original Author
14 years ago
Wily Winter Armadillo? They probably den up with all those Snow Snakes we have around here.

One more.

Ron
cheekymonkey77
14 years ago
Does this little guy count?
solstice98
14 years ago
crunchpa
14 years ago
Yes it counts cheeky, thats an offcial entry...
Why do alligators always look hungry? Nice pics solstice.
cherbo
14 years ago
Gosh it's been forever since I visited here. Can I still play?
Here is a moose in Rocky Mt. Nat. Park

{{!gwi}}
crunchpa
14 years ago
Ohh....the 1st moose pic.........VERY NICE.
gor-gor
14 years ago
Sandhill Crane

Wood Stork

Sleepy Squirrel

Alligator

Tough to choose just a few!

Fuji 8000
carol_in_california
14 years ago
Taken at Avila Beach, CA.
Konrad___far_north
14 years ago
Love'm all!

Ron, love your fawn....I had a couple of Whitetail's.

RC...Lovely Turkey's...it does look dry....must be Texas,....Texas Longhorn?

The Armadillo looks cool...kind of prehistoric.

Carol, these Elephant seals look enormous...lot's of blubber, great shot!

Alisande, great shots of many species!...Yea..I don't doubt on that bear.

Crunchpa...great shot of that Raccoon!

Cheekymonkey..great, have never seen one with this color.

Solstice....Great Egret & snowy Egret, not sure if I'm right....great crock.

Cherbo, love that moose!...we have them around here wild, always on the move and hard to get a shot at!

Gor-gor...love that wood Stork...now I know why they call it like this, the head looks like carved out of wood...LOL

White Tail Fawn the other day in my orchard.

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Cedar Waxwing Family..

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Konrad
solstice98
14 years ago
Beautiful pictures, everyone!
crunchpa
14 years ago
WOW! Those are nice konrad....Cedar Waxwings are cool birds.
alisande
14 years ago
What a sweet face, Konrad!! (The deer, not yours.) :-)

And those are wonderful shots of the Waxwings.

I didn't take this pic--wish I could say I've been this close to a whale. It was taken this week by a friend on a whale watching trip. Couldn't resist posting it here, considering the theme. I love it.
pfmastin
14 years ago
I'm very late to the party. :) I am so glad to be a part of this forum and get to see all these wonderful photographs. Thank you!

Here are some photos of some "not so wild"life.
ronf_gw
Original Author
14 years ago
pfmastin, what is that last one you posted? A bird version of Medusa?
That grasshopper is so cool.

Thank you all for the fantastic pictures this week.

Ron
pfmastin
14 years ago
Isn't it a great character, ronf? Unfortunately, I don't know what it is. The last two bird photos were taken at the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park in Scotland Neck, NC. I looked on the website but didn't have any luck identifying the bird with the hairdo and I didn't label it at the time.
carol_in_california
14 years ago
Taken in late October....Yosemite Valley. Hope she lasted thru the winter.
solstice98
14 years ago
I think the strange black feathered bird with the crest is a curassow.

Kate
solstice98
14 years ago
I should have added that the bird identification is courtesy of MaNature, our bird/snake/critter ID expert on the Florida Gardening forum. She's our 'go to' person for these questions and she always gets it!
Thanks Marcia!

Kate