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

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 47,059
    edited June 7
    will need to pull a screen shot from the video this morning , but sunday mornings my aa meeting meets at a park on the scioto river in dublin ohio. 

    A beaver swimming up river passed 4 ducklings with no parents swimming down stream and a mama duck and her one duckling swimming up river...
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,813
    mickeyrat said:
    will need to pull a screen shot from the video this morning , but sunday mornings my aa meeting meets at a park on the scioto river in dublin ohio. 

    A beaver swimming up river passdd 4 duckikings with no parents swimming down stream and a mama duck and her one duckling swimming up river...

  • I_Am_Mine_Dawn
    I_Am_Mine_Dawn West Chester, PA Posts: 45,122
    I play volleyball at our local park. When i got there on Thursday I noticed they had an orange barrier/netting around part of the park. I thought that was kinda odd. I then noticed some people were taking pictures. 

    Later found out that a bald eagle has made this their home along with three young eaglets. So that is pretty cool.


    Not my pics but here they are:
    A mature bald eagle brings a fresh trout meal to three eaglets  in Downingtowns Kerr Park FRANCIS X MURPHYSUBMITTED PHOTO





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  • Poncier
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    Loujoe said:
    mickeyrat said:
    will need to pull a screen shot from the video this morning , but sunday mornings my aa meeting meets at a park on the scioto river in dublin ohio. 

    A beaver swimming up river passdd 4 duckikings with no parents swimming down stream and a mama duck and her one duckling swimming up river...

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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,813
    Poncier said:
    Loujoe said:
    mickeyrat said:
    will need to pull a screen shot from the video this morning , but sunday mornings my aa meeting meets at a park on the scioto river in dublin ohio. 

    A beaver swimming up river passdd 4 duckikings with no parents swimming down stream and a mama duck and her one duckling swimming up river...

    "Gee Ward you were really hard on the Beaver last night" - June Cleaver
    Never thought of that...oh brother!
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,813
    I play volleyball at our local park. When i got there on Thursday I noticed they had an orange barrier/netting around part of the park. I thought that was kinda odd. I then noticed some people were taking pictures. 

    Later found out that a bald eagle has made this their home along with three young eaglets. So that is pretty cool.


    Not my pics but here they are:
    A mature bald eagle brings a fresh trout meal to three eaglets  in Downingtowns Kerr Park FRANCIS X MURPHYSUBMITTED PHOTO





    Wow! Amazing.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,569
    Came into my den last night and lo and behold there was a two inch wide spider (probably a very large wolf spider) on the wall behind my desk.  Wish I'd thought to grab a photo!  Anyway, I grabbed a clear glass and a stiff piece of card stock in an attempt to capture and release it outside.  But it got away and ran into the little space under my record shelving.  
    Happy LP browsing you scary monster! 
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,813
    brianlux said:
    Came into my den last night and lo and behold there was a two inch wide spider (probably a very large wolf spider) on the wall behind my desk.  Wish I'd thought to grab a photo!  Anyway, I grabbed a clear glass and a stiff piece of card stock in an attempt to capture and release it outside.  But it got away and ran into the little space under my record shelving.  
    Happy LP browsing you scary monster! 
    Funny. I had a small spider i was going to release
     Then I thought I'd leave it to catch any other bugs that may sneak in. It too went under my record shelves!
    2 inches is big! Wouldn't want that crawling on me at night.
    Sweet dreams!
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 4,058
    This juvenile Starling was chillin' in my front hedge and didn't fly away when I opened the front door with my big lens in hand.


  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,841
    Wow, that is an incredible photo! 
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,813
    eddiec said:
    This juvenile Starling was chillin' in my front hedge and didn't fly away when I opened the front door with my big lens in hand.


    Great details in that shot. 
  • LetUsNotFade
    LetUsNotFade Posts: 308
    So sharp! Which camera and lens did you use?
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  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 4,058
    MB30816 said:
    So sharp! Which camera and lens did you use?
    It's an older Nikon D7200 with a Sigma 100-400 lens. It's a nice wildlife lens. I don't use it that often, probably because it's heavy to travel with, and that's mainly when I use that camera. But occasionally I'll toss it in the car if I think I might be passing some animals. 


  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,841
    Damn. I didn't get a photo unfortunately, but I just saw a coyote below my balcony for the first time in all the time I've lived here (24 years?!?!), and 30 seconds later I saw a very beautiful cat that I've never seen before running in the same direction. I got scared for the cat and tried to shoo it away. It did end up running in the other direction... it almost looked like the cat was hunting the coyote, lol! I dunno, that was really weird for where I live. A fucking coyote was the most bizarre thing to see after all these years!
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,569
    PJ_Soul said:
    Damn. I didn't get a photo unfortunately, but I just saw a coyote below my balcony for the first time in all the time I've lived here (24 years?!?!), and 30 seconds later I saw a very beautiful cat that I've never seen before running in the same direction. I got scared for the cat and tried to shoo it away. It did end up running in the other direction... it almost looked like the cat was hunting the coyote, lol! I dunno, that was really weird for where I live. A fucking coyote was the most bizarre thing to see after all these years!

    I'm always a bit amazed at how some wildlife is adaptable to urban and suburban areas.   Coyotes are said to be very adaptable that way.  I think it's cool that you got to see one!  We are in a somewhat rural area but I've only seen a coyote here one time.  I was trotting by the house out back and just kept on going.  
    I had to go see my periodontist yesterday down in Folsom and the assistant  sold me she has seen bobcats outside the office a few times.  That surprised me consider the modern density of that town.  
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,841
    little baby deer this morning ... not the best photo


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  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 12,222

  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 12,222
    Was trying to open my shed door 😆 plump furry friend 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,569
    CROJAM95 said:


    Sweet!  And that first photo is just marvelous!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 12,222
    ^ I saw a fox other day, ran off before I could snap a pic… often have an owl in my yard, occasional deer, chipmunks, rabbits, lots of raccoon, possum, hawks… bald eagle in the neighborhood… I love my area.. it’s Long Island but feels like New England.. I’ve been here 9 yrs and made best decision to buy a house here  

    It’s peaceful