If you are outside often, it is almost a guarantee that you will run into some kind of wildlife in your endeavors. From the teeny tiny to the frightening large, wildlife can take many forms. This thread is to serve as a space to share the photos of wildlife that you have captured photos of!
I'm excited to share and see what others have seen, so lets get to it!
At work, I found this little fella in our maintenance shops of all places. He would rerouted back towards the nearby river area and we haven't seen him sense.
This one was distinctly UNWELCOME, in my living room, thank you very much!
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin. "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
It's been very hot and dry in my area and I water the several large sunflower "trees" daily as many wildlife are depending on them. I notice the bees are out before dark (still at 90F) to visit the flowers and just go to sleep on site. They get active for a few hours in the morning and hide out during the day. I enjoy my night walk in the garden but have to take detours here and there because of the spider webs. I would try to find small grasshoppers and throw them at the web. Wow! The spiders are very fast to catch the prey. Sometimes the grasshopper is too big and the spider has to battle quite a bit, wrapping and hoisting the package to the center of the web to enjoy. And of course, the goldfinches love the sunflower seeds and empty every head before the seeds are even mature.
Another one - maybe 3/4 inch long came in to 'visit', tonight...
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Baby scorpion
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin. "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
Timothy Norton
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Location: Upstate New York, Zone 5b, 43 inch Avg. Rainfall
Another Eastern Gray Squirrel but this time doing something puzzling. I could almost swear that I caught him chewing on a stinkhorn mushroom. There are plenty of more allegedly appetizing things around, so I'm not sure if perhaps my eyes deceived me.