Cool Nature Photos

[Billrog]

Only been the last few yrs. quail have showed up on our mt. side.

 

[goeduck]

I miss seeing quail. I used to enjoy hunting them when I lived back in CA, but since moving to East Texas in 2002, I haven't seen one.

Now I'm wondering if we should buy some eggs and raising them with my chickens.

We have a fair number of quail on one of my properties. Always nice to see the little guys.

 

[goeduck]

They're called Grizzly bears because of their grizzled color.

I thought it was because after a grizzly attacked you, your remains were a grisly sight.

 

[Billrog]

We see many bears just behind our house every summer , this guy would often come when my wife and I were have lunch and lay under the bird feeder.

 

[Billrog]

This young fella checking out the place.

 

[Billrog]

One day when working up mt. with my backhoe I noticed this scruffy coyote sitting watching me & he hung around for a while before wandering off he looked ruff and I didn't think he'd make through the winter. Next yr. I was splitting wood and this same scruffy coyote wandered by about 30 ft. from me and sat down on this moss covered rock outcrop about the same distance away. Soon he laid down put his leg over his nose like a dog and took a nap. I kept working and by the time I thought that it would make a good pic. he'd left and I've never seen him again.

 

[Rockbadchild]

One day when working up mt. with my backhoe I noticed this scruffy coyote sitting watching me & he hung around for a while before wandering off he looked ruff and I didn't think he'd make through the winter. Next yr. I was splitting wood and this same scruffy coyote wandered by about 30 ft. from me and sat down on this moss covered rock outcrop about the same distance away. Soon he laid down put his leg over his nose like a dog and took a nap. I kept working and by the time I thought that it would make a good pic. he'd left and I've never seen him again.

he looks healthy to me at that time, pretty big also. The ones I saw on my proprety they where the size of a mid size dog, maybe 40 pound at best.

 

[Billrog]

he looks healthy to me at that time, pretty big also. The ones I saw on my property they where the size of a mid size dog, maybe 40 pound at best.

Your right most are in the 40# range the one in that photo is old been around here a no. of yrs. These ones are more normal size.

 

[Billrog]

I just spent a long weekend in Blackwater Falls, WV and Dolly Sods, WV taking photos. These are a few of my favorites that I captured.

Click on the images to view larger versions.

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Beautiful !!

 

[dj1701]

I didn't nail the focus, but I was not expecting it either.