Stunning juvenile road-cruised late at night, close to or after 12. Moved off road and photographed.
Formerly recognized as subspecies pulchra, found on a cool day under leaning rock.
Gorgeous large lyre snake found active on a large rock outcrop at night. Temperature aproximately 85 degrees. time about 9pm. Snake was very calm for a lyre snake and had the lightest pattern of any I've seen. Snake was 40-44 inches.
Always a pleasure to see these guys. Snake was sitting right on a white line on the road, almost impossible to see until the last second.
Very pretty juvenile ~ 14 inches. Temperatures barely over 70 degrees.
Photo 1:
More Faces Than I Expected
Yesterday morning I stepped outside before sunrise and saw movement. Turned on a porch light & saw this. I'd been wanting to see this for years. She had 2 babies on her back with a 3rd climbing on. The mama froze as I ran back inside and scrambled to get my camera assembled. I was very lucky, she was still standing frozen when I got back. So dark I had to use flash. I was about 10 feet from her.
Photo 2:
There Is Always One
After my first shot, I stood still & mama finally relaxed and turned sideways. That is when I saw there were 4 babies, not 3. Number 4 was struggling to find a handhold on the other side from it's siblings. Every big family has that one kid that marches to a different drummer.
Photo 3:
Mom Checks Me Out Again
When my flash went off for my 2nd shot, it got mom's attention again. With 3 little sets of eyes also looking my way. Number 4 was still trying to hang on and facing the wrong direction.
Photo 4:
Mom Decides I'm No Threat
Mama ignored me and the camera flashes and wandered around the deck sniffing and exploring for a minute or so. Baby # 4 finally seemed secure. Babies stay in mom's pouch until they are about 2 1/2 months old when they emerge and climb on her back. They stay with her until they are about 4 to 5 months old.
Waiting to pass through a boat lock.
This is one of two remaining young ground squirrels from the litter posted here earlier this year. Of four pups, these two are lingering on in the old burrow site. The mother squirrel only makes occasional appearances in the area now.
A group of eight bighorn sheep came to the pupfish pond and drank. One ewe was missing a horn and had ear tags in both ears. The left tag's number was 077.
A group of eight bighorn sheep came to the pupfish pond and drank. One ewe was missing a horn and had ear tags in both ears. The left tag's number was 077.
One of many of this species in this area.
10/20/2017, 9:51 AM
Canon EOS 7D Mark II, 1/1250 sec, f/8, 349mm (EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM), ISO 3200 (auto), Exp comp +1/3
July 2011.
Hortobágy, Hungary.
Had a pair displaying in front of the county jail
Goitered Gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa), 103-1473.JPG
These guys are tiny...but they have tusks. Kaeng Krachan, Thailand
I believe this is a sunset rockfish, Sebastes crocotulus, which is not listed on iNat. Caught in 425 feet of water.
juniper + lava rock habitat. remarkable animal
A few female Pronghorn from the "Lost Herd".
These Pronghorn are descendants of a herd that were apparently part of a reintroduction plan in the late 70's/early 80's. The plan was abandoned by the state but the Pronghorn remain. They roam the I5 corridor between Sacramento and Redding. People often report sightings of weird looking deer along the interstate. I have found no information about the size of the herd and the California DFW gave me zero information when I inquired.
A male bringing in sticks to the female for nest building.
Imperial County, California, US
My friend took this photo of a coyote sleeping on his patio. The coyote looks very relaxed.
on front yard Baccharis, in flower
The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family. It is found in Africa, on the Indian subcontinent, in the Middle East, and in southern Europe. The greater flamingo is the largest living species of flamingo.The coloration comes from the carotenoid pigments in the organisms that live in their feeding grounds
Made with Sony A99m2 and Sony 70-200mm f/2.8G with SAL 20TC
(source: Wikipedia)
Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Palm Canyon trailhead vicinity.
2 male Northern Flickers were chasing around each other around like little fighter jets. This is one of the captures of them as they flew by one another.
San Diego County, California, US
Wild Burro
Imperial County, California, US
hunting from nearby tree, about 10:30am, looking intently down at snow, then landed and mantled for a couple of minutes, burying its head into the snow several times before flying off in the opposite direction
The provenance of this Great White Pelican has not been satisfied. Its is an Old World species, having never been recorded in the U.S. before. This female Great White Pelican spent three days in February 2016 at Ding Darling NWR on Sanibel Island, Florida, creating quite a stir. When it flew off in the company of American White Pelicans, its never reported again. Until it returned the following February for just a day. So were did it come from and were did go.
https://www.hngn.com/articles/184259/20160302/rare-great-white-pelican-appears-at-florida-refuge-4-000-miles-from-home.htm
http://blog.aba.org/2016/03/abarare-great-white-pelican-florida.html
just for fun; part of one of 12 quagga breeding programs aimed at bring back the quagga from extinction - not sure how many generations these guys are - prob 5th or 6th and looking pretty good, some have the orange tinge, lack of stripes on lower half, etc
Ferruginous Hawk soaring directly overhead
Not sure what is going on but this is the fourth birder that I know of who has had a phoebe perch on their binoculars or on their person at Commons Ford.
Выводок краснозобых казарок на реке Пясина.