Album Wildlife

[Artemus]

Sorry just saw this. Depends on where you saw it...but as Miss Buffalo said it looks like a desert spiny lizard or more specifically the orange-headed spiny lizard-Sceloporus magister cephaloflavus. If you were in Washington county it would be the Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard-Sceloporus uniformis. They can look very similar so it comes down to location.

Well, it was down in Tuckup canyon which is a tributary to the Colorado down deep from the north rim of Grand Canyon National Park. I'm guessing about 2500' in elevation.

 

[Rye Jones]

Well, it was down in Tuckup canyon which is a tributary to the Colorado down deep from the north rim of Grand Canyon National Park. I'm guessing about 2500' in elevation.

Oh, I was just assuming it was in Utah... its an orange-headed spiny lizard

 

[Scott Chandler]

I ran into some reptiles yesterday.

Garter/Bull Snake(?)


And some lizards

 

[slc_dan]

@langutah and I's neighbors for two nights in Tuckup Canyon. They were quite loud in a tight canyon.

The Canyon Tree Frog. (edit- Hyla arenicolor)


Neighbor Frogs by slc_dan, on Flickr

Hear here! http://www.californiaherps.com/movies/harenicolor708.mov

 

[Rye Jones]

I ran into some reptiles yesterday.

Garter/Bull Snake(?)
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And some lizards
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Nice looking gopher snake and side-blotched lizards :twothumbs: Those lizard shots are great!
Bull snakes are actually a subspecies of gopher snakes that occur east of the Rockies.

 

[Rye Jones]

@langutah and I's neighbors for two nights in Tuckup Canyon. They were quite loud in a tight canyon.

The Canyon Tree Frog. (edit- Hyla arenicolor)


Neighbor Frogs by slc_dan, on Flickr

Hear here! http://www.californiaherps.com/movies/harenicolor708.mov

Great shot of the frog calling! Love hearing their calls echo through the canyons.

 

[Opi]

Great Blue Heron nesting

 

[Scott Chandler]

Nice looking gopher snake

I meant gopher. Thanks for the catch.

 

[Rye Jones]

Red-tailed Hawk by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Utah Mountain Kingsnake-Lampropeltis pyromelana infralabialis by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Snowy Egret by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Banded Gila Monster-Heloderma suspectum suspectum by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Yellow-headed Blackbird by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Mojave Rattlesnake-Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Utah Banded Gecko-Coleonyx variegatus utahensis by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Snowy Egret by Rye Jones, on Flickr

 

[Absarokanaut]

Wow,

You guys are pros. A quick one from a pointandshootaramus a couple of weeks back:

 

[Dave]

Brown-noser by Dave Cawley, on Flickr

 

[Nick]

This may be naive, but what exactly is that thing, @ashergrey?

 

[Artemus]

With respect, to help Dave out, it is Taxidea taxus. The Badger. A fierce creature for it's size. I wonder where he took this capture of Old Mud Face. I have seen them on high in the meadows in the Winds approaching treeline and in the drainages of the Weber river in Utah. They are really fierce for their size but never personally threatened me This one almost looks cute..

Fantastic photo. Dave had a great caption on FB. What was it Dave?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger
http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=taxitaxu

 

[Howells Outdoors]

Hanging out at Red Canyon over Flaming Gorge!

 

[Ashton Hatfield]

These are all from Mt. Timpanogos. The mountain goats were fine with us being that close but the Moose wasn't as happy about it, and decided to charge us. (Maybe because she had a calf, as you can see in the background, oops).

 

[Nick]

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These are all from Mt. Timpanogos. The mountain goats were fine with us being that close but the Moose wasn't as happy about it, and decided to charge us. (Maybe because she had a calf, as you can see in the background, oops).

What happened with the moose charging you?!

 

[Ashton Hatfield]

What happened with the moose charging you?!

Well, lets just say we got a little closer than we should have! I guess she felt threatened, and decided to charge. It didn't help that we were in snwoshoes, and as I tried to run away I tripped and fell! Luckily she realized we weren't much of a threat and backed off. I'll never forget that one!!

 

[Artemus]

Surprise observation from my deck this Sunday night of the Summer Solstice. Sorry for the shakiness. Didn't want to drop the camera to shag the tripod.

 

[Nick]

Very cool, Art!

 

[Opi]

Got a have a pic of the wild ponies in here too
They really are wild