Wildlife near you :)

[Greybeard]

Scared up a pair of mink the other day, mowing near the pond. Wish I could have got a photo :(

 

[Salty.Reefer]

Haven't seen a ton this year but did grab a pic of a Mantis..........


and a DeKay's/Brownsnake which I caught in my office lol......

Little docile snakes are my favorite. It’s like a little momentary pet.

 

[Greybeard]

Was showing my four year old grandson a big walking stick on the porch the other day, too.

 

[Waters]

Little docile snakes are my favorite. It’s like a little momentary pet.

I agree......I don't think that species is even capable of showing aggression lol.

 

[cristata.reef]

If any of you guys are really interested in wildlife and sharing it with others be sure to make an account on iNaturalist if you don't already have one. It's a citizen-science program that allows everyday people like us to find and document wildlife for use by scientists in population tracking research. You'll learn some cool stuff along the way (For example I found a beetle in Florida and it turned out to be the first time someone had ever recorded it on the site which has over 10 million observations).

 

[Salty.Reefer]

If any of you guys are really interested in wildlife and sharing it with others be sure to make an account on iNaturalist if you don't already have one. It's a citizen-science program that allows everyday people like us to find and document wildlife for use by scientists in population tracking research. You'll learn some cool stuff along the way (For example I found a beetle in Florida and it turned out to be the first time someone had ever recorded it on the site which has over 10 million observations).

That’s awesome. I’ll look into it. I do wildlife studies for mitigation permitting so I document a ton of species.

 

[cristata.reef]

That’s awesome. I’ll look into it. I do wildlife studies for mitigation permitting so I document a ton of species.

Yeah let me know if you do get one. My username is phelsumas4life and if you ever upload any sort of cnidarian, fish, echinoderm, algae, etc I'll probably be the one IDing it. Same PFP on there as mine here as well

 

[Salty.Reefer]

Found a red tailed hawks nest on my last biological study. I collected some nice feathers around the base of the tree.



I also found this skulll. I think it’s a opossum or raccoon.

 

[EW_Fish]

 

[Salty.Reefer]

really nice photos!

 

[Greybeard]

Found a red tailed hawks nest on my last biological study. I collected some nice feathers around the base of the tree.

Possession of raptor feathers, and those from many other native bird species, in the USA is illegal. Even if you simply picked up discarded feathers from the ground.

 

[Salty.Reefer]

Possession of raptor feathers, and those from many other native bird species, in the USA is illegal. Even if you simply picked up discarded feathers from the ground.

Interesting. I will look into that. My co-workers and I treat feathers and bones like finding buried treasure. Its weird none of the ultra environmental, preservationists, and native heritage specialists co-workers have ever said anything.

 

[EW_Fish]

really nice photos!

Thanks sir. These arent all that great. A few are mine and a few are my buddies in the blue

 

[Salty.Reefer]

Possession of raptor feathers, and those from many other native bird species, in the USA is illegal. Even if you simply picked up discarded feathers from the ground.

Looks like you are right! I will be returning them to the tree I found them tomorrow when I go.

 

[Greybeard]

Interesting. I will look into that. My co-workers and I treat feathers and bones like finding buried treasure. Its weird none of the ultra environmental, preservationists, and native heritage specialists co-workers have ever said anything.

https://www.fws.gov/birds/policies-and-regulations/laws-legislations/migratory-bird-treaty-act.php

 

[WVNed]

Typical stuff for WV found in my yard.

 

[EW_Fish]

Typical stuff for WV found in my yard.

Awesome shots!!!

 

[mta_morrow]

Back yard, 10-12 ft gator.

Back yard, adult osprey. Hard to see but it’s up in the tree. About 1/3 of the way in from the right side, 3/4 of the way up.
Best pic so far, but it’s there regularly. It’s huge.

Front yard, 1 of 13 turkeys that love our yard for some reason.

And whitetail deer every night passing thru as well.

 

[WVNed]

There was a time I got great satisfaction from going outside with my camera. Now I cant see well and my hands shake.

 

[Jason Schwend]

Spotted this yesterday out fishing.