THAT... is a big boy right there! Could ask for a better "first moose" experience.
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THAT... is a big boy right there! Could ask for a better "first moose" experience.
this morning out back visitor.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e22402c3_c.jpgIMG_0193 by Tim Richard, on Flickr
He's lining up nicely on your range.Quote:
Originally Posted by TRnCO
Nifty
Cicadas are cool. I see and hear them here a lot.
One flew into my window the other day and got me in the face while I was driving. I thought some kid threw something at me.
The dog thinks they are large popcorn bites. Drives Mrs bo crazy trying to keep her from eating them.
I can confirm that cicadas in fact, do not taste like popcorn.
My favorite bug, played with them as a kid and hung their empty shells on our clothes as we found them, wore them like medals!
Ugly, harmless and create a mesmerizing sound.
I took this last week up at my place in Steamboat. I was standing on the landing of the stairs going to my condo. Probably only about 30 feet from the bear. I was carrying things in and out from the parking lot to my condo. Caused an impromptu beverage break for me to wait until he wandered off. This is across the street from the City Market and Wal-Mart parking lot for those of you who know Steamboat.
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This was at the Adams county fairgrounds a couple of weeks ago.
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Annual turtle visit.
Good thing so far this year is that have yet to see any of his cousins flat on the highway.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...1b567e0474.jpg
I saw a turtle the other day too. Had to move her out of the way.
Sitting in a parking lot eating lunch while my little dog was at the vet. These birds (and several others) landed on the front of the car and started eating the bugs from the grill. Might be a clue it's time for a wash?
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I saw those birds in a Walmart parking lot in Texas.
I legit waved toward OK as I drove by too.
Damn... Those birds get around. Where were you in TX?
Not sure but they appear to be juvenile Common Grackles. Also nest in CO in relatively small numbers, most frequently in lower elevation deciduous forests in urban/suburban areas. I had a group of males and later a few females visit during spring migration at 8500 ft., but they don't nest here.
Thanks, Hummer. I had no idea what they are.
They are ornery birds. Not in the good way imo.
I was driving to Grand Saline, TX from Denver, so I'm pretty sure the Walmart parking lot I slept in was in Wichita Falls. It was 85 degrees at 1:30am when I pulled in. I don't recommend it. Sleep didn't happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bailey Guns
Grackle trivia.
They were not native to North America but were introduced in the 1800's by a bunch of Shakespeare loving emigrants who wanted every kind of bird mentioned in one of his plays to be in the New World. The Starling was one of them. Thanks Bill!
You coulda stayed here in a nice, cool bed if I'd known you were headed down 287. When you passed thru Vernon, TX I was only 20 miles north of you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Jeeze that's close. It was around midnight though. I'm not sure which way I'm coming home, might stop in Houston.
As for animals, I've only seen a turtle crossing the road, in Grand Saline, TX, and a snake crossing the road in Louisiana. I assumed the snake was a nice big fat eastern diamond back, but only because it looked the right size and that's what I wanted it to be. I wanted to turn around, but didn't have time. I've yet to see any crocs, but no time to sight see really. I've been bitten by red ants in two states so far. Some wasp stung me today and I hardly even saw the damn thing so it's not like I was messing with it. I've seen some skinny white birds that I want to say are some kind of egret? I'm not sure and couldn't snap a picture because every time I've been driving.
Every time I go south I get bitten by red ants, FL, TX, and now LA, so apparently they are assholes in every state.
Ants,wasps and hornets are some of the nastiest f'ers of the animal world. They don't kill as many people as mosquitoes but damn....
I've been battling mountain hornets that make paper nests underground and in the roof behind fascia where I'm building two new roofs. I always have a six pack of wasp spray handy. Lately they go for the hummingbird feeders and any meat we have outside. I zap them with a maps gas torch. Sweet revenge.
I've been watching Australian Gold Hunters on TV, and my first thought was wow, these folks are picking up gold nuggets off the ground.
My second thought was, oh my gosh, they are constantly swatting flies/insects.
Nope, nope, nope.
we've been seeing this little fox in the neighborhood lately, I finally got a chance to snap a few pics., unfortunately it wasn't very close and I was trying to hold the camera to see through my binoc, so the pics. aren't the greatest.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f2aee8fa_c.jpgIMG_0198 by Tim Richard, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8f03179c_c.jpgIMG_0199 by Tim Richard, on Flickr
Saw some grizzlies in Deadhorse AK today.
Shitty phone pic, but momma and 2 goofy cubs. Mom is on the left, laying down watching.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...540fb8ab_b.jpgGrizzlies by ARNEWB, on Flickr
Man that's awesome.
That is some bleak landscape.
No wonder the bears are so disgruntled.
Welcome to the north slope of Alaska...Quote:
Originally Posted by BladesNBarrels
There is a reason that the majority of human presence here is O/G or space related. There isn't much else.
Barrow AK actually is a "town", and it's pretty freaking dismal, even in the eternal sunshine of the summer...
Aren't all the slopes in Alaska in the North?
LOL, most of them would be South facing, however. ;)
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Nice 4 ft visitor that was right behind the camping trailer
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An attempt to cross the creek
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Out in the middle of no where there was a small white spot in the creek. Took some digging but it was a old texaco sign.
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Cousin found this indian punch. First one of these we have ever found.
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Found another partial buffalo skull
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That rattler is going to make a nice belt
The butchered out pronghorn carcass has caught the attention of some Red-tailed Hawks.
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Great picture :)
Thanks. It's blurry because I shot handheld through a window from ~120 yards away. I tried sneaking around the house to get an unobstructed picture but they are wary and took off. I moved the carcass out farther from the trees so they'd be more comfortable approaching it. In the past I've had Red-tails feed on elk scraps off the tray feeder about 20 feet from the dining room window.
Red-tailed Hawks are open country soaring birds and the most numerous and widespread hawk in North America. They average a 49 inch wingspan and weigh 2.4 lbs.
This morning we got a rare view of a Northern Goshawk that stopped by the river in front of the cabin. I'm lucky to see Goshawks maybe 2 or 3 times a year. Goshawks are the largest Accipiter, long tailed forest flying hawks that hunt birds and rodents in the trees. They mainly hunt grouse, rabbits, and squirrels. Goshawks average a 41 inch wingspan and weigh 2.1 lbs.
This photo was also shot through a window but at about 35 feet.
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Beautiful bird! Sure like Raptors.
Beautiful bird! Sure like Raptors.