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Grabbed an actual item for scale and they're a LITTLE smaller than mouse poops but still too big to be frass for the usual suspects. Speaking of there's a possible culprit in these shots but he seemed a little dessicated and didn't respond when poked with a grass blade. https://imgur.com/a/Y97sJFd
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Went kayaking yesterday and saw lots and lots of critters. Kinda hard to take decent pictures with your phone while floating down the river, but between me and my wife we managed a few. Great blue herons. It was hard to keep track of exactly how many we saw because they kept flying around the next bend every time we caught up to them, but my final count was about 9 or 10 individuals.  Turtles of all sizes. Did not even bother trying to keep count of these, it probably would have neared 100. Also saw 3 softshells.  I think this is a blue-fronted dancer, Argia apicalis. There were tons of these guys...  ...many of which had no sense of propriety whatsoever. Get a room!  Our most surprising sighting, a couple of fawns along the riverbank. Critters I'm disappointed I was unable to get a decent picture of: -There were just as many red damselflies (American rubyspots I think) as there were blue, but none of them wanted to stop and pose for me. -3 green herons -4 hawks -A larger raptor we couldn't agree on. I think it was an osprey but my wife and father-in-law thought bald eagle. We've seen both on this river before. -Dozens of vultures -Something that splashed into the water on one size and left visible ripples as it crossed to the other. Our best guess was a beaver based on the size but none of us actually saw it.
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Sep 6, 2021 16:18
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A lovely outing, a lovely day.   This guy chillin' on our fence. Look at that tiny ruby eye! So handsome!
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Sep 6, 2021 18:16
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 Caught this big ole moth above my apartment door. It s almost the size of the palm of my hand. Any ideas what is called?
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Sep 7, 2021 01:52
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If you want an ID we're going to need a location more specific than "my apartment door".
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Sep 7, 2021 02:02
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Hihohe posted:Caught this big ole moth above my apartment door. It s almost the size of the palm of my hand. Looks like a Banded Sphinx Moth. I thought White-lined at first but that extra band seemed fancier than memory.
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Sep 7, 2021 02:02
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 This honestly looked a lot more elaborate than what I would expect.
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Sep 7, 2021 03:55
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McGavin posted:If you want an ID we're going to need a location more specific than "my apartment door". Sorry, i live in south texas where its hot and humid and i hate it but the critters don't so thats a plus.
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I'm going to say it's a Vine Sphinx, Eumorpha vitis. It lacks the brown bands along the leading edges of the wings that are indicative of a Banded Sphinx. For reference:  Vine Sphinx  Banded Sphinx
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Sep 7, 2021 05:41
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Scarodactyl posted:
Ngl looks disgusting, saw the same thing earlier this summer with leopard slugs (Limax maximus) suspended from a tree and their bluish penises out. In my part of Europe at least the leopard slugs are the only species of slugs that mate suspended in the air, all other slugs mate on the ground.
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Sep 7, 2021 11:20
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Sep 7, 2021 15:18
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Tangents posted:
Cool, I’ve never seen one of those before
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Sep 7, 2021 15:46
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Just barely missed this one climbing out https://i.imgur.com/oYD5AxA.mp4
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Sep 7, 2021 17:47
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Spot the two praying mantises!
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Sep 7, 2021 18:54
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Over the last few weeks all of the finches have disappeared from my birdfeeder, as well as most of the cardinals and wrens. Usually therre's a strong population of all of them year round. I've seen a new cat around a couple of times in the morning, is it probably to blame? Not sure if it's a pet or stray. e: crab neighbor still here though 
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Sep 8, 2021 14:47
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Went down to the beach, saw a good helping of birds including an osprey
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Sep 8, 2021 19:32
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Nice picture of the osprey, it's very cool. I get the impression it's looking miles around.
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Sep 8, 2021 19:54
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A very comfortable Daddy Long Legs
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Sep 8, 2021 20:38
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 lovely picture of a cool bird. Think it's a Steller's Jay.
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Sep 9, 2021 00:07
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This is my spiderfriend. She lives beside my front door.  This spider was hanging out nearby, I assume this one is the wandering kind and just hanging around because of prey drawn in by the porch light. 
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Spider vision is pretty cool - their eyes work cooperatively, and the different eyes are serving different purposes. can you not even use incognito windows for this stupid site? i refuse to pay. and i'm assuming copy/pasting would miss out on videos or something. plz help, i'm dumb I fed my crows, I had about 8 of them, but they just up and disappeared. I fed them peanuts in the morning on a fairly consistent schedule for more than a few months. And I'd throw some out there when I got home. It's been hot... but I miss my crows. McGavin posted:I'm going to say it's a Vine Sphinx, Eumorpha vitis. It lacks the brown bands along the leading edges of the wings that are indicative of a Banded Sphinx. This thing was built for goddamn speed. Like flying through tiny sized canyons and what not. blight rhino fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Sep 9, 2021 |
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Sep 9, 2021 01:16
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blight rhino posted:can you not even use incognito windows for this stupid site? i refuse to pay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61KHdwCekCU i tried to send it to my mom and she said the same thing, so i have the video still in my messages. alternatively, this works great https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
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Chard posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61KHdwCekCU that's awesome, man. I appreciate it. Also, these folks had a lot of time on their hands. But, still great. blight rhino fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Sep 9, 2021 |
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Sep 9, 2021 01:22
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blight rhino posted:I fed my crows, I had about 8 of them, but they just up and disappeared. I fed them peanuts in the morning on a fairly consistent schedule for more than a few months. And I'd throw some out there when I got home. It's been hot... but I miss my crows. But now it is September, the tourists are leaving, and three days ago my crows started showing up every morning again just like in June. They hang out in one of a handful of spots, looking for me, and when they see me they fly straight over. And by they, I mean Mr. Crow with his gimpy foot and his mate. I'm so lucky that the crow that befriended me has such a distinctive feature or I'd have absolutely no clue, but his left foot is hosed and he walks with a limp on a closed fist, and since his combats with the hawk in June he is still missing a big clumb of tail feathers which makes him really easy to spot. And he's by far the chillest crow in the neighborhood around me. He's metal as gently caress and I'll give him dogfood as long as he wants, especially if he keeps raising his kids in my yard. poverty goat fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Sep 9, 2021 |
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Sep 9, 2021 02:55
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I've had my first ever birdfeeders up for a couple of months now, and I get the same handful of regular visitors. House sparrows and house finches, cardinals, and mourning doves. It's settled into an easy routine. I got a new visitor today, though. It only stayed for a moment before flying off into the trees with its catch. Some quick googling has me thinking it's a juvenile Cooper's Hawk but I'd love to know for sure. e: vvvv lmao poverty goat posted:I'd just find a pile of big grey feathers radiating out from a central point, like a meteor had hit a pigeon, once every few weeks. FBS fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Sep 9, 2021 |
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Sep 9, 2021 04:11
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FBS posted:I've had my first ever birdfeeders up for a couple of months now, and I get the same handful of regular visitors. House sparrows and house finches, cardinals, and mourning doves. It's settled into an easy routine. I got a new visitor today, though. Yes, it's a cooper's hawk. Sometimes a birdfeeder dispenses more than just bird seed. For a few years I had one that exclusively hunted the big Eurasian doves, which are an introduced species, so I I mean go hog wild, dude. I'd just find a pile of big grey feathers radiating out from a central point, like a meteor had hit a pigeon, once every few weeks. I never saw evidence of any other bird eaten as a meal.
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FBS posted:I've had my first ever birdfeeders up for a couple of months now, and I get the same handful of regular visitors. House sparrows and house finches, cardinals, and mourning doves. It's settled into an easy routine. I got a new visitor today, though. Absolutely divine shot of the tail on this guy/gal 
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I've got a couple of cool cooper's hawk stories. A few years ago, for a few years, I had a cooper's hawk around which exclusively hunted these particuarly large eurasian collared doves which are an introduced species. Once in a while I'd find a spot in the yard that looked like a meteor had hit a big pigeon, and never any other bird. So, you know, go hog wild dude. And during the 2017 total eclipse he loving landed next to me on the deck where I photograph the crows and squirrels and hug out for several minutes, watching me warily, until the eclipse was over:  I am starting to realize that I have a weird connection to the nature out here. I should try some druid magic. Anyway, another cooper's hawk showed up this spring and tried hunting arounnd my birdfeeder and before long Mr. Crow was fighting with him intermittently in the sky all day every single day to keep him well away from the nest. And it was in this time that Mr. Crow lost his foot and his tail feathers and I haven't seen the hawk since. e: and here's a picture of the short-lived new hawk, spoilered because he has just caught a snack by flushing it into the house 
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Sep 9, 2021 04:43
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It's pretty hard to see, and I'm no critterologist so I may be wrong but I believe I witnessed a Keelback snake showing off its party piece of being one of the few Australian species able to eat the invasive cane toad without killing itself! I couldn't hang around and watch for the entire thing, but when I went back to check again it had a decent sized lump in it, so I think it was successful. Snakes are rad. https://i.imgur.com/vKm3wZb.mp4
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 tadpole shrimp, from wilcox az
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1) I love when native species adapt to taking out invasive ones. 2) I both love animals that look like fossils AND find them a little spooky like they forgot they were supposed to evolve into something else. I don't hate these pigeons exactly, but I wouldn't cry if the Cooper's hawk came back with some friends. There's a bit too many of them but at least they keep the grass clean. Seed doesn't have a chance to rot and if you watch them they seem really methodical about clearing the ground of food. Also, spot the one who maybe had a release dove stop to visit mom on his way home:
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The Red Queen posted:1) I love when native species adapt to taking out invasive ones. Florida needs to teach raccoon class on all the delicious invasive lizards roaming around. As much free protein as your little masked babies can eat!
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a few DRUNK BONERS posted:
You can't fool me, that's a babby horseshoe crab
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Snake (Eastern Milk Snake maybe?) Hopper (wasn't hopping) 
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Sep 11, 2021 21:07
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I have some buzzing friends living on the side of the house! As long as I don't bother them they leave me alone. They're fun to watch https://i.imgur.com/ST3zUtm.mp4
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blight rhino posted:can you not even use incognito windows for this stupid site? i refuse to pay. Sorry, I might have landed under the "free articles" limit, or used one of my usual dumb workarounds to get to the article. I browse pretty much exclusively on desktop, and to get around the NYT paywall opening the article in an incognito window, then refreshing the page and stopping it before it fully loads usually works for me.
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El Burbo posted:Went down to the beach, saw a good helping of birds including an osprey ospreys are amazing birds. watching them dive on fish will never get old. One cool thing about them compared to most other fishe eating raptors (like bald eagles) is that when osprey catch fish they turn them in their talons to be parallel to their bodies which makes them far more aerodynamic
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vortmax posted:I have some buzzing friends living on the side of the house! As long as I don't bother them they leave me alone. They're fun to watch I have some on my back porch, they're not nearly so numerous though! The only time I ever saw one seem pissed was when it kept getting tangled in a cobweb and it still didn't generalize that to me.
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poverty goat posted:My crows showed up every day through the spring, and would watch for me to look out the window and swoop over so I would see them and proceed with the ritual every single morning to get a breakfast of dogfood in fresh water. And in mid-june when their kids were flying they just stopped showing up regularly and hung out everyday with the larger group of local crows, which in my case totally ignores me, except right before garbage day when pickings are slim, when Mr. Crow all by himself would come by every other week or so if I looked out for a crow hanging out in a certain tree. This is great, and awesome and cute all at the same time. Maybe my friends will come back. My time for leaving for work changes drastically now, but we'll see.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Sorry, I might have landed under the "free articles" limit, or used one of my usual dumb workarounds to get to the article. I browse pretty much exclusively on desktop, and to get around the NYT paywall opening the article in an incognito window, then refreshing the page and stopping it before it fully loads usually works for me. Chard posted:alternatively, this works great https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome I did this and it works great, if you use chrome
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