Critters captured on camera

[Malvern]

Took these cuties late summer from my office window last year

 

[nickel plate]

Help identify this bird located in the slightly upper middle right side of my game cam photo. I leave this cam out for a week or so in between visits to our 2500 ft elev property near Mariposa, CA near Yosemite National Park. We are frequented by turkey, valley quail and a multitude of hawks, primarily red tails.

 

[dave1949]

Help identify this bird located in the slightly upper middle right side of my game cam photo. I leave this cam out for a week or so in between visits to our 2500 ft elev property near Mariposa, CA near Yosemite National Park. We are frequented by turkey, valley quail and a multitude of hawks, primarily red tails.

Are you sure it's a bird? Jeez, it looks like Thomas' avatar in flight. But seriously, I don't see legs hanging down below, but those do look like feathers on the wings - sort of.
Dave.

 

[mburke121]

Here are a couple of recent trail camera photos from my place...

 

[mburke121]

A picture I took in my back yard a few years ago - a Yellow-Billed Cuckoo....

 

[RealDogBoy]

Here's a picture of a butterfly that I saw in the Talladega National Forest on Monday. The blue in the photo doesn't do justice to nature.

 

[nickel plate]

Help identify this bird located in the slightly upper middle right side of my game cam photo. I leave this cam out for a week or so in between visits to our 2500 ft elev property near Mariposa, CA near Yosemite National Park. We are frequented by turkey, valley quail and a multitude of hawks, primarily red tails.

I have received an answer from a fellow who is a columnist for a Ducks Unlimited publication that in probility, the bird in question MIGHT be a Northern Goshawk.

 

[deepNdirt]

here is something that you don't want to see take up homesteading in your back yard..... I just discovered this yesterday about 15 ft from the ground, about 2 times the size of a basketball, we have many more wooded acres on our property and they had to be right in our back yard how it is have haven't already noticed them before now, My wife is still freeked about them being there because just 2 days ago she was cutting grass right under that nest,

 

[dave1949]

here is something that you don't want to see take up homesteading in your back yard..... I just discovered this yesterday about 15 ft from the ground, about 2 times the size of a basketball, we have many more wooded acres on our property and they had to be right in our back yard how it is have haven't already noticed them before now, My wife is still freeked about them being there because just 2 days ago she was cutting grass right under that nest,

That's a nice one. I think I would stop mowing there I came almost face to face with a smaller one a couple years ago while bush hogging. I backed out of there quietly and they didn't get riled. I don't want to think how it would have gone if I was looking behind at the mower just then.
Dave.

 

[mostly_gas]

Had one of those nests about 4 feet from the house,waited for a cool morning and moved it to a less populated area.
Hawk and cat had on going hunting contest, hawk won that round but has moved on.

 

[jinman]

Here is a hen turkey and chick with a squirrel. In the second photo, you can see that the chick learned qickly not to take any guff from the squirrel.

 

[jinman]

Here's my "fraidy-cat" watching baby raccoons. He watched them for awhile and then got bored and walked away. It's funny that he will chase full-grown turkeys, but he wouldn't go near the 'coons.

 

[/pine]

I keep a pail in the back of the golf cart for feeding our (wild) ducks and turkeys etc... for the last several days if the pail had anything left in it ...it has turned up missing (later to be found off in the woods) there is nothing ever spilled...

set up the game camera last night...and I just saw this beast in my driveway (6:00 PM)

 

[Thomas]

He/she will be back.

 

[nickel plate]

I keep a pail in the back of the golf cart for feeding our (wild) ducks and turkeys etc... for the last several days if the pail had anything left in it ...it has turned up missing (later to be found off in the woods) there is nothing ever spilled...

set up the game camera last night...and I just saw this beast in my driveway (6:00 PM)

/pine, Game cameras are great as they indiscrimantely photograph the innocence and determination of Mother Nature.

 

[/pine]

He/she will be back.

and it won't be the last time...
Actually I think this is a smaller bear...there are 3 that have been around...

3 pages of pics here:Small Bear July 2010

 

[KeithT]

Found what I believe was this guys shed this winter. 7 points on one side. Not a trophy but I cant wait until archery season.

 

[Thomas]

KT.
"7 points on one side. Not a trophy"

Better not be thinking like that out loud in NH.

 

[Thomas]

Pine.
Now that would be hoot,stepping outside looking up seeing bear on roof look down at you.

 

[beppington]

Pics over the last month

Nest in a little sapling only about 5 feet above the ground, almost got bush hogged:

Former cop in the neighborhood was out walking, & unfortunately for this guy he happened to be packin' heat:

Mom I've seen about 5 times over about the past month. Her 2 babes are always close by, just happened to avoid this pic