Wildlife Around Your Home (post pics if you've got 'em!)

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  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,466
    Yeah, they are cool! They are everywhere down here.
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,069
    My parents get small lizards on their deck. Once in a while one would get in the house. Used to drive the dog nuts.
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,466

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    CarryTheZero said:


    Egret left, great blue heron right?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,466
    Yes to the left, on the right not totally sure. He was a bit far off and smaller than the great blue herons I see. Guide I have says maybe Little Blue heron or maybe reddish egret. He definitely had a bit more color than you can see in the photo.

    Was hoping to see more Roseate Spoonbills, they are all over this area, but usually more May to October.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    CarryTheZero said:
    Yes to the left, on the right not totally sure. He was a bit far off and smaller than the great blue herons I see. Guide I have says maybe Little Blue heron or maybe reddish egret. He definitely had a bit more color than you can see in the photo.

    Was hoping to see more Roseate Spoonbills, they are all over this area, but usually more May to October.

    Nice!  Love those water birds!  (Actually, pretty much all birds!)
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,698
    Couldn't see the white one at first. Blends right in with the boat. Nice 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Loujoe said:
    Couldn't see the white one at first. Blends right in with the boat. Nice 

    Thought it was a fancy docking mechanism, eh Lou?  :smiley:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,466


    This picture is not doing this guy justice. He was huge! Eagle sized, but not bald eagle. Easily the size of my torso. A second was on the ground below but they flew off quick!
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,466

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    CarryTheZero said:


    Love the turtle parade!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,698
    Your backyard looks dangerous!
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,466
    edited April 2024
    😂 
    Technically not my home backyard. We are at our vacation home in Florida my mom shares with some other couples. This is just nearby that.

    Ive been coming for vacation here since I was born. Pretty place!
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,698
    Guessing Sanibel 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    CarryTheZero said:
    😂 
    Technically not my home backyard. We are at our vacation home in Florida my mom shares with some other couples. This is just nearby that.

    Ive been coming for vacation here since I was born. Pretty place!

    Great area for wildlife.  The the humidity!  Also, I remember walking barefoot on someone's lawn down there.  It was like walking on thousands of dull pocket knife blades. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,466
    Loujoe said:
    Guessing Sanibel 
    Amelia Island
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,698
    Enjoy. Looks beautiful!
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,698
    We went to Sanibel a couple times. Once dolphins were charging the beach like 2 feet from up eating fish. Super cool to see. Great shell hunting. Love it.  Nature is something.
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,466
    That sounds awesome! Love seeing dolphins. They are a lot of fun. We see them out in the water here but never that close!

    At Jekyll Island, my school used to take the 5th graders on an overnight field trip and I had a similar experience with some dolphins popping up while we were seining (net fishing). 

    Those kids loved it! Some of them had never seen the ocean, and here they were hanging out with dolphins.

    Nature is great!
  • soph189
    soph189 Posts: 586

    We have a hummingbird nest in our tree and the babies are getting so big 🥹 Took this the other day 

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