Wildlife near you :)

[Salty.Reefer]

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

Wow! So awesome! Good thing they make IS lenses now

 

[Maritimer]

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

That seems a bit short-faced for racoon or 'possum to me ... maybe take a comparative look at a cat skull? Cool finds, every one!

~Bruce

 

[mta_morrow]

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

For the birds,
Red tail hawk, nut hatch, Carolina wren, chickadee.......?

All very nice pics

 

[Salty.Reefer]

That seems a bit short-faced for racoon or 'possum to me ... maybe take a comparative look at a cat skull? Cool finds, every one!

~Bruce

It is kinda close to some suburban track housing. I agree it looks short. The skull is decent sized! must have been a big cat.

 

[Waters]

Seems like all I find are bugs

 

[Ron Reefman]

best Ibis by Ron Lindensmith, on Flickr

 

[WVNed]

 

[WVNed]

The day of the deer. 7 bucks come to visit.

 

[Ron Reefman]

How about a couple of prehistoric horseshoe crabs about to do the 'wild thing'!

horseshoe crabs do their thing by Ron Lindensmith, on Flickr

 

[ReefBum]

This was about 5 minutes from my house at Sugarbush Ski resort in Vermont during the fall.



And I saw this guy while skiing in the woods at Sugarbush.

 

[SMB]

David just told me about this thread. As a bit of background; I spend a lot of time with photography (now that I am retired). I enjoy nature photography the most because it gets me outdoors, often times in the early morning when no other folks are stirring. I live in Northern Virginia but there is a small park about 15 minutes from my house that has woods and wetlands habitat. I am probably there at least once or twice a week, so I will post shots just from there to keep the thread going.

Great Blue Heron at sunrise on a foggy morning Huntley Meadows Park.
Nikon D5, 500mm lens, ISO 800, f4, SS 1/320, tripod

 

[Salty.Reefer]

David just told me about this thread. As a bit of background; I spend a lot of time with photography (now that I am retired). I enjoy nature photography the most because it gets me outdoors, often times in the early morning when no other folks are stirring. I live in Northern Virginia but there is a small park about 15 minutes from my house that has woods and wetlands habitat. I am probably there at least once or twice a week, so I will post shots just from there to keep the thread going.

Great Blue Heron at sunrise on a foggy morning Huntley Meadows Park.
Nikon D5, 500mm lens, ISO 800, f4, SS 1/320, tripod

Amazing! so happy to have you here on this thread.

 

[dbl]

David just told me about this thread. As a bit of background; I spend a lot of time with photography (now that I am retired). I enjoy nature photography the most because it gets me outdoors, often times in the early morning when no other folks are stirring. I live in Northern Virginia but there is a small park about 15 minutes from my house that has woods and wetlands habitat. I am probably there at least once or twice a week, so I will post shots just from there to keep the thread going.

Great Blue Heron at sunrise on a foggy morning Huntley Meadows Park.
Nikon D5, 500mm lens, ISO 800, f4, SS 1/320, tripod

Great shot Stan and thanks for reenergizing this thread.

 

[WVNed]

Now that I am retired I cant work a camera. Perhaps mine has gone bad. I cant see well enough to do macro or birds anymore.

 

[cracker]

Fantastic pic of the Heron. It speaks peaceful nature.

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

I spotted these two this morning...staring at a starling and wishing the screen door was open.

The big one is 1/6 African serval.

 

[SMB]

I have been following this Belted Kingfisher most of the summer at Huntley Meadows Park Va. It has become less and less skittish (Kingfishers are notoriously tough to approach). Can't tell you how many out of focus hunting dive shots I have deleted. This image was taken yesterday, but the ***bird would never face the camera. (Probably shouldn't show a fish getting eaten on this site, but it is a freshwater fish).
Nikon D5, 50mm, f7.1, ss 1/2500, ISO 800, tripod.

 

[mta_morrow]

 

[SMB]

Well that takes care of Thanksgiving!

 

[Lowell Lemon]

Snakes, tree frogs, toads, turtles, mule and white tail deer, elk, cougars, giant Palouse earth worms, river otters, beaver, marmot, squirrel both ground and tree, moose, mink, salmon, steelhead, smallmouth bass, trout, eagles, osprey, heron, wild turkey, peacock, quail, chuckar, birds of every sort. I live right near the Snake River in eastern Washington state.