Album Wildlife

[Jmr]

An interesting little blue bird just inside Canyonlands.

 

[Yvonne]

It has been AMAZING looking for and watching the scorpions. They remind me of the bears at Katmai, they'll sit on the road where there is a mating ball of moths going on and simply wait for one to fly into their grasp. I watched the headlamp lit scorpion pictured above eat a moth for five minutes before it caught another one, got self conscious of me watching it, and it went into a hole.

The snakes! I want to find more. Everyone else keeps finding them while I just get sunburnt.

I have tons of scorpions in my backyard and love to watch them at night between the rocks. Love scorpions, as long as they stay where they are. They usually eat lot of bugs. I loved mama scorpion and her babies

With snakes I was never lucky. I barely see them and when I was at ORPI last Spring I never saw a single one

 

[Yvonne]

a bit of wildlife while I was back on the Big Island mid-March

watched this humpback from the cliffs, it was about 100 feet away

Western Cardinal

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

Arc-eyed hawkfish

 

[Yvonne]

and this guy was just sitting in a tree inside a canyon in Gold Butte area, Nevada

 

[Scott Chandler]

Sooooo. I one upped my earlier post. I found a Gila Monster today.

 

[Brendan S]

Long Nosed Leopard Lizard. A lizard eater.
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Indeed...

 

[Scott Chandler]

More critter photos from my final days at ORPI

More from seeing my first Gila Monster.


Gopher Snake, I saw four in one morning


Sonoran Collared Lizard


Great Horned Owl, sleeping in her nest. SO CUTE


Crested Caracara


Coachwhip, greased lightning. I'm lucky it went into the tree.


Mojave Rattlesnake, our interesting housemate

 

[Artemus]

More critter photos from my final days at ORPI

More from seeing my first Gila Monster.
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Gopher Snake, I saw four in one morning
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Sonoran Collared Lizard
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Great Horned Owl, sleeping in her nest. SO CUTE
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Crested Caracara
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Coachwhip, greased lightning. I'm lucky it went into the tree.
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Mojave Rattlesnake, our interesting housemate
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Great Scott! or should it be great, Scott!

Love the Mojave Green and the birds. Well shot. Where's the new job? Can you get an ANWAR gig so we can get animal pics from there?

 

[Bob Wire]

Lower Big Belt Mountains 4/3/17

 

[wsp_scott]

More critter photos from my final days at ORPI

More from seeing my first Gila Monster.
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Gopher Snake, I saw four in one morning
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Sonoran Collared Lizard
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Great Horned Owl, sleeping in her nest. SO CUTE
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Crested Caracara
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Coachwhip, greased lightning. I'm lucky it went into the tree.
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Mojave Rattlesnake, our interesting housemate
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I hate snakes and the idea of them in trees freak me out, but even with all that, I've got to say the last pic of the snake is a great one.

 

[Scott Chandler]

I hate snakes and the idea of them in trees freak me out

Hahaha I was so happy the coachwhip went into the tree. I first saw it on the road but the second I was out of the car it shot off like lightning into the desert. If it hadn't gone into the tree I'd have never gotten a good look at it.

Where's the new job?

Rocky Mountain National Park

 

[Artemus]

Hahaha I was so happy the coachwhip went into the tree. I first saw it on the road but the second I was out of the car it shot off like lightning into the desert. If it hadn't gone into the tree I'd have never gotten a good look at it.

Rocky Mountain National Park

You got your wish! When? You stopping by on the way past?

 

[Rye Jones]

Mojave Rattlesnake, our interesting housemate
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Great shots! Love the coachwhip photo.

I believe your mojave rattlesnake is a western diamondback. The last photo is a good way to id them. Mojaves will have 2 large scales between their supraoculars, where western diamondbacks will have 4 or more. The white and black bands on their tails can also be a good way to id them.

 

[Artemus]

Great Basin Collared Lizard in the west desert in Sawtooth Canyon this weekend.

 

[Artemus]

Alces alces in the riparian wetlands of the backyard. Go healthy and balanced environment!

 

[Perry]

The bald eagle pair has again returned to Rendezvous Beach at Bear Lake. Don't know if they are sitting on eggs yet or not...

 

[Perry]

A bunch of white pelicans at Bear Lake enjoying the sun...



Some of the same group at sun down near by at the inlet of Big Creek...

 

[Perry]

One of the bald eagles was very chatty today...

 

[Yvonne]

a few shots from my road trip to Tucson the last weekend

Chuckwalla

Chuckwalla a bit closer

Collard Lizard

Costa's Hummingbird

I love how its beak is full of pollen

 

[Yvonne]

the desert tortoises are out again in St. George. I went on an early morning hike today and found this very active one.
Not a bad day before heading back to Hawai'i tonight