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ExecuDork posted:Squirrels are rats with furry tails. No mammal is truly vegetarian (mother's milk pedantry aside), anything furry will happily have blood running down its face given the opportunity. Chipmunks apparently are important predators of Warblers, and high-grade by eating the brains first when they raid a nest with hatchlings. Cute and Fuzzy is highly compatible with Bloodthirsty. Apparently large slugs can also eat baby birds. I never knew that. edit: Also deer. http://io9.gizmodo.com/field-cameras-catch-deer-eating-birds-wait-why-do-deer-1689440870 Bubbacub fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Aug 29, 2016 |
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The Wife & I went out for a hike this weekend and I saw a few critters while out and about, although only two of them stayed in a spot long enough for me to get decent pictures. I saw a perfect spot to get a better shot of the deer, but it would have gotten me too close and it would ran off, work with what you have I suppose!
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# ? Aug 29, 2016 06:06 |
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This guy/gal was super cheesed off at me for stepping on its turf so I tossed the big lens on and took a picture mid-lecture. Even did a couple passes over my head which I assume is a warning to get the gently caress out. Eventually decided it didn't like the odds of winning a fight against me and moved to a different pole a ways away, allowing me to take the pictures I showed up to do. Instant I got back in my car to leave it flew back to the original post and barked a couple final complaints at me. xzzy fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Sep 2, 2016 |
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Moon Potato posted:
This is rad. I went to Big Bend National Park back in April and, while I didn't see a whole lot of wildlife there, it was a great place.
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# ? Sep 2, 2016 04:05 |
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Cat by cha_reckoning, on Flickr Came across this forgotten one from last year.
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# ? Sep 3, 2016 02:07 |
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Wow the stuff in this thread is incredible. Got my first DSLR a couple of weeks ago and ran into this very tame guy at a local wildelife reserve. bird3 by Cantebury Nz, on Flickr
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# ? Sep 3, 2016 14:46 |
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# ? Sep 3, 2016 21:23 |
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I have no idea what this means, but it made me laugh. Thanks.
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# ? Sep 5, 2016 08:10 |
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Ika posted:She was lying in the shadows, and decided to stick her head out into the bright sunlight for a couple of minutes before going back to sleep. Oh man what a portrait! How close where you? -CHA posted:
I love the tone in this one. And look at those fat paws!
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Dick Trauma posted:Oh man what a portrait! How close where you? I'm always bad at guesstimating distance, but I would say around 4-5 meters away.
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DorianGravy posted:I have no idea what this means, but it made me laugh. Thanks. it's a reference to this dumb thing. the lizard in your pic doesn't have its mouth open so obviously it can't make all the sounds from the original. i just like the "smile" that lizards have sometimes
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# ? Sep 5, 2016 23:44 |
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More otters. otters 6 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr otter pup by Redwood Planet, on Flickr And some cross-posting from the bird thread. I did a couple of Peregrine Falcon stakeouts this weekend. peregrine by Redwood Planet, on Flickr peregrine 4 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr peregrine 2 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr peregrine 6 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr
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# ? Sep 6, 2016 06:59 |
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In two weeks I'll be making my first visit to Yellowstone. If all goes to plan I'll be gored by a bison, disemboweled by a bear, lose my face to a couger before being finished off by a pack of wolves. Starting to get excited.
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# ? Sep 6, 2016 15:00 |
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IMO, the best bison viewing is the NE area of the parks along US-212. Lamar valley is beautiful and there's fewer visitors so you're less likely to have your trip ruined by some dipshit thinking they can walk up and pet a wild animal. Bears are a lot of luck, though once one is sighted rangers tend to show up pretty quick to make sure nothing silly happens so if you see one lingering feel free to ask them what's up. Never seen any cats or wolves there, though they are around. You'll probably spot some moose and elk.
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# ? Sep 6, 2016 15:12 |
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I'll settle for some beaver action.... I'd like to at least spot a Black bear but I won't be too disappointed if I don't get any grade A grizzy photo ops. I've spent some time in Finland photographing brown bears plus for Grizzlies Yellowstone is blown away by places like lake Clark. Wolves are the ones where I'm hoping I beat the odds. A cougar would be the dream but that clearly just not going to happen. Living in the shadow of London, the largest mammal I usually come across is a roe deer. The largest predators are the red fox and badgers. So I'm just planning on enjoying proper wilderness and hoping more for a decent number of quality photo ops irrespective of the species.
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# ? Sep 6, 2016 15:58 |
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In the spring at least, Lamar Valley (and just west of Lamar) are the places to see wolves. They are most likely going to be way far away on the far side of a valley, so look for people with spotting scopes- there can be some semi-official volunteer wolf-spotters with radios who keep an eye on known packs. In the middle of the day the wolves are probably going to be sleeping in the shade and really hard to see. e: This was my best wolf shot on my last trip- took a half hour for one of them to stand up. Distant Wolf-6508 on Flickr BetterLekNextTime fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Sep 6, 2016 |
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When have you crossed the line between brave, and terminally stupid?
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# ? Sep 11, 2016 23:26 |
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Based on the number of large cat owners that have had gifs flooding reddit lately you were probably perfectly safe. They're just big cuddly housecats apparently.
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xzzy posted:Based on the number of large cat owners that have had gifs flooding reddit lately you were probably perfectly safe. They're just big cuddly housecats apparently. I'm talking about the pair of sparrows charging the lioness. This was at the zoo so I would hope I was safe! Ika fucked around with this message at 09:35 on Sep 12, 2016 |
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I'm not sure where the best place to ask this is - but what are your thoughts on clipping the tail when cropping? Often I have photos where including the animal's tail would double or triple the size, or change the aspect ratio from landscape to portrait. For wallpaper use its easy, since I can switch to wide / panorama aspects, but often I want to keep the default 3:2 aspect. I know its very situational but still.
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 05:22 |
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Nice marmot.
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 09:59 |
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Ika posted:I'm talking about the pair of sparrows charging the lioness.
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 15:27 |
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Plus birds sometimes just like to gently caress with us surface bound creatures and see what they can get away with. If there's two birds it's basically a "hold my beer and watch this" situation.
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 16:40 |
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Having to wrangle the local elk herd is dicey sometimes. Had to move along this guy and his gals from the elementary school parking lot. The second is a video of him chasing one of the ladies from the rushes. Bull, with foilage by B. B., on Flickr Bull Chase by B. B., on Flickr
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 23:33 |
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xzzy posted:Plus birds sometimes just like to gently caress with us surface bound creatures and see what they can get away with. Yeah birds are basically Jackass, the animal
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# ? Sep 24, 2016 05:35 |
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It's 6am and I'm about to head in to Yellowstone looking for some elk at sunrise....
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# ? Sep 24, 2016 13:03 |
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Pablo Bluth posted:It's 6am and I'm about to head in to Yellowstone looking for some elk at sunrise.... Go get 'em. Remember, the ladies can gently caress you up just as much as the bulls, so be careful.
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# ? Sep 24, 2016 13:08 |
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Elks were proving elusive until we were in the right place this afternoon. Bison are much more cooperative, especially in the morning for, by being everywhere. Except they're always head down....
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 04:51 |
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I haven't been out with a camera for a long time, so I'm going back through old stuff trying out different processing
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# ? Sep 30, 2016 17:03 |
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I hate to follow InternetJunky, because, drat! Here, you bastard, have a picture from my front loving yard. Unbalanced Buck by B. B., on Flickr torgeaux fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Oct 3, 2016 |
# ? Oct 3, 2016 00:26 |
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Happy fawns playing DSC_5931.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr DSC_5943.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr DSC_5954.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr DSC_5967.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr DSC_6013.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr DSC_5971.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr
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# ? Oct 3, 2016 03:44 |
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/\/\/\/\ super cute! Some kind of anole in New Orleans Nola Cemetary Anole-3295 on Flickr Nola Cemetary Anole-3293 on Flickr
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# ? Oct 19, 2016 06:14 |
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WPY 2016 winner announced. Probably the best winner in a few years.
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# ? Oct 19, 2016 21:30 |
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Pablo Bluth posted:WPY 2016 winner announced. The photo of the hyena standing in front of the river of wildebeest gore is fantastic.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 15:55 |
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I spy with my raven eye
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# ? Oct 23, 2016 19:07 |
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More otters: otter-face 1 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr The mother showing her pup how to do a proper latrine dance: otters-potty 1 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Some bachelor bull elk antler wrestling: elk-antlers 2 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Rutting behavior from the dominant bull: elk-toss by Redwood Planet, on Flickr A calf nursing: elk-nursing by Redwood Planet, on Flickr
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# ? Oct 23, 2016 20:36 |
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do otters poop on shore???
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 05:35 |
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Lutha Mahtin posted:do otters poop on shore??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOWot9sKgu0&t=9s
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Trip to the zoo and some random wildlife. IMG_3801.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr IMG_3767.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr IMG_3732.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr IMG_3808.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr
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