Wildlife near you :)

[Maritimer]

Was out fishing yesterday off the coast of california coming out of marina del rey about 10 miles out almost in international waters and we hit a rocky patch as we were drifting and started to catch rockfish, threw them back, the ones whose swim bladder took longer or just died drew this little guy in and he 'attacked' our boat and nudged it lol. He got in a fight or something as tendons or something was growing without skin. We couldn't tell if it was a blue shark or a thresher shark do to some of the damage and it still being young. It was a blue/purple mixture in color. Ended up eating two fish, circling us and going under us for 15 minutes then left. Wish I got video of it eating, excuse the vertical filming then flipping, was shocked when I first started filming and then when trying to correct it my phone was like 'no' we are staying vertical lol

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Neither blue nor thresher ... that's a young mako shark.

We encountered one just a couple of weeks ago, off Rhode Island - the pointed, conical snout, stout body, heterocercal (lobes pretty close to the same size, top and bottom) tailfin with caudal keels on either side are keys for identification.

Beautiful animal, but this one is just little - one or two years old.

Parasitic copepods trailing from their fins are pretty common.

~B.

 

[SMB]

Neither blue nor thresher ... that's a young mako shark.

We encountered one just a couple of weeks ago, off Rhode Island - the pointed, conical snout, stout body, heterocercal (lobes pretty close to the same size, top and bottom) tailfin with caudal keels on either side are keys for identification.

Beautiful animal, but this one is just little - one or two years old.

Parasitic copepods trailing from their fins are pretty common.

~B.

Still going for Thresher:

 

[TvanB1]

Took this a long time ago but this hawk caught something from my yard.

 

[Steph1]

Sacred Ibis, Also known as bin chickens

 

[KWT]

I have seen the big horn sheep that frequent the hills around here, lots of snakes and coyotes

 

[Maritimer]

Still going for Thresher:

Here's a clip of the mako we encountered - as you can imagine, some of the crew got a real good look!


~B.

 

[Cell]

Love these pileated woodpeckers

 

[Steph1]

All sorts of parrote Pink Gallah, White Cocatoo, Rainbow parrots, Parakeet, Black Swans, Western honey eaters. Willy waģtails, Kookaburra......

 

[mikez104]

We get plenty of these guys.

 

[SMB]

Here's a clip of the mako we encountered - as you can imagine, some of the crew got a real good look!


~B.

Sorry, I mis read the post. I thought we were talking about the shark being held by the tail !

 

[Maritimer]

Oh!

Your ID was spot-on, for that one!

~B.

 

[Paul B]

A Bug

 

[fishguy242]

nice colors,nasty lil sucker,attack gardner

 

[JMM744]

I wonder if that attack gardener would eat these? Growing them in my basement and growing them big. Man are they fast too. They see movement and gone!

 

[dbl]

I and other Floridians have shared these, but this guy was rather low on the tree and I was able to get a pretty decent cell phone shot of him.

 

[Cell]

 

[Greybeard]

Wife took this one this morning. Pair of turkey vultures. That outbuilding you see below? My chicken coop is under that awning.

 

[Mr_Knightley]

I wish I had pictures to share! My whole life has been spent outside exploring the forest near my home for things. I've found gigantic skinks, anoles, spiders and just about as many frogs as one could imagine! One time when I was about 5 or so, I caught an 8-9" bullfrog! There are many amazing treefrogs around here as well (Copes Gray has to be my favorite) and birds of prey are everywhere due to our chickens. The mountains near my area are some of the prettiest places I've seen, coated in mosses and lichens and crawling with everything alive!
Sorry I don't have any pics to share. I will bookmark this thread and share some next I get the opportunity!

 

[sfin52]

Squirrel taunting death

@fishguy242 here it is

 

[fish farmer]

18" wild brown trout.