Album Wildlife

[Perry]

Sucks he was not in a tree but man I love their eyes!

 

[John Morrow]

Elk in Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA

 

[OwenM]

Meow...

 

[John Morrow]

Goats by John Morrow, on Flickr

 

[Perry]

This young one was being good laying so still for me ...

 

[kwc]

Just a couple of the wildlife we saw last week ...

photos credit to Jackie (my wife). We were fairly close to the coyotes but they never saw us. Jackie took a short video of them crossing the stream.

 

[wsp_scott]

"The endangered Key deer is the smallest subspecies of the North American white-tailed deer. They are the only large herbivore in the Florida Keys and can be found in every habitat, where they feed on dozens of native plant species. Despite the absence of predators, Key deer retain the characteristic behavior of raising their tails when alarmed, revealing the white fur underneath."

"The largest males typically stand only about 1 meter at the shoulder and weigh a maximum of around 85 lbs. Females are smaller, weighing on average 65 pounds."

Key Deer - National Key Deer Refuge - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

www.fws.gov

We were taking our time getting to Key West since we had an afternoon check-in. Did a short hike and drove around looking for Key Deer. I saw a car stopped on a side road and thought "bear jam" like Yellowstone so I turned around and saw a woman feeding a deer, I yelled out my window that it was illegal and she jumped in the car and drove away. My kids new favorite word is "Touron" (tourist/moron)

The deer stood still while I took a couple photos and then we left it in peace and drove away.

 

[Yvonne]

I was more than happy to find a Great Gray Owl on my hike back from Heart Lake in Yellowstone.

 

[Yvonne]

a few Yellowstone marmots

these guys were as slow-moving as I was in 90+ degree weather

siesta time

 

[Yvonne]

Prairie Falcon sitting on a rock and posing for me

 

[Yvonne]

same Pronghorn buck I see every year.
It's so comfortable around me that it walks up to me and then lays down in the sagebrush about ten feet away

 

[wsp_scott]

Alligators along the Loop Road in Big Cypress

This one was about 10 feet long (guessing based on his head, the body was in a drainage culvert).

Same gator, different perspective

Getting close to Naples, I saw a lump in the road. Turtle I rescued from the middle of the road

 

[TractorDoc]

Some Wildlife from this year's Yellowstone Trip.

Gray Jay

Loon on Heart Lake

Bison on the Boardwalk

A hungry Scatman about to graze on some coneflowers.

Bison herd from the Imperial Meadows Trail

Coyote also on the Imperial Meadows Trail

Elk hanging out at Mammoth Terraces

A Pika on the trail to Fairy Falls

Last, an Osprey eating breakfast in the Upper Geyser Basin

 

[Yvonne]

Bison Bull all dressed up for the bison rut
Not sure how impressed the ladies were

 

[Wanderlust073]

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

Prairie Falcon sitting on a rock and posing for me

Yvonne, that's an awesome(!) photo, as all of yours are, but that's a peregrine falcon. Keep 'em coming!

 

[Yvonne]

Yvonne, that's an awesome(!) photo, as all of yours are, but that's a peregrine falcon. Keep 'em coming!

I was discussing for several weeks with several people if it is a Peregrine or a Prairie. I never came to a real conclusion. Maybe it was a young Peregrine Falcon.

 

[Yvonne]

Some of the locals I saw yesterday on my hike

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

I was discussing for several weeks with several people if it is a Peregrine or a Prairie. I never came to a real conclusion. Maybe it was a young Peregrine Falcon.

Full adult plumage, great photo of it. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Yvonne]

Osprey in Yellowstone