Please share your photos of nature, wildlife, etc.

Neptune · Aug 22, 2023

stracci2000 said:
Beep beep!

Wrong, haha! I hear bill rattle often and love it. Too fun!

Greater Roadrunner Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A bird born to run, the Greater Roadrunner can outrace a human, kill a rattlesnake, and thrive in the harsh landscapes of the Desert Southwest. Roadrunners reach two feet from sturdy bill to white tail tip, with a bushy blue-black crest and mottled plumage that blends well with dusty shrubs. As...

www.allaboutbirds.org

What do you hear from yours? I think you've shown us once, right?

Neptune · Aug 22, 2023

Immature blue-winged teal, lovely grayish blue with a touch of green.

stracci2000 · Aug 22, 2023

Neptune said:
Wrong, haha! I hear bill rattle often and love it. Too fun!

Greater Roadrunner Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A bird born to run, the Greater Roadrunner can outrace a human, kill a rattlesnake, and thrive in the harsh landscapes of the Desert Southwest. Roadrunners reach two feet from sturdy bill to white tail tip, with a bushy blue-black crest and mottled plumage that blends well with dusty shrubs. As...

www.allaboutbirds.org

What do you hear from yours? I think you've shown us once, right?

No beeping! That's just on the cartoon. I've heard the bill rattle, and the clucking sound. They are so funny to watch!

And poor coyote, he just gets a bad rap around here. Often times I see dead ones on the side of the highway, hit by cars. So sad.

YadaYadaYada · Aug 22, 2023

Neptune said:
What kind of flower is it, an orchid?

Jewelweed

Neptune · Aug 23, 2023

YadaYadaYada said:
Jewelweed

Oh yeah, that's right.

Neptune · Aug 23, 2023

stracci2000 said:
No beeping! That's just on the cartoon. I've heard the bill rattle, and the clucking sound. They are so funny to watch!

And poor coyote, he just gets a bad rap around here. Often times I see dead ones on the side of the highway, hit by cars. So sad.

Roadrunner has so many facial expressions, just incredible and totally enjoyable to spend time with!

It's sad to see animals killed on the road by vehicles. Coyote is smart too but one ate my neighbor's Tabby!!

missy · Aug 23, 2023

canuk-gal · Aug 23, 2023

stracci2000 said:
No beeping! That's just on the cartoon. I've heard the bill rattle, and the clucking sound. They are so funny to watch!

And poor coyote, he just gets a bad rap around here. Often times I see dead ones on the side of the highway, hit by cars. So sad.

I like Coyotes--they are wiley (no pun intended).

Lookinagain · Aug 23, 2023

missy said:

Beautiful view and great shot!

YadaYadaYada · Aug 24, 2023

Does anyone know what kind of bird this is? They were very active in the yard today and it appears one of the babies was learning how to fly. They have very prominent white feathers on their tails and wings when in flight.

Sorry these pictures aren’t the best, they were taken at a distance.

Lookinagain · Aug 24, 2023

YadaYadaYada said:
Does anyone know what kind of bird this is? They were very active in the yard today and it appears one of the babies was learning how to fly. They have very prominent white feathers on their tails and wings when in flight.

Sorry these pictures aren’t the best, they were taken at a distance.

I enhanced it and ran an ID. It said Northern Mockingbird
Does the enhanced image look correct?

Neptune · Aug 24, 2023

Lookinagain said:
I enhanced it and ran an ID. It said Northern Mockingbird
Does the enhanced image look correct?

Wow, I want to know too. Too cute.

YadaYadaYada · Aug 24, 2023

@Lookinagain, Yes! That looks like them, thank you so much!

Neptune · Aug 24, 2023

Guess what it ate?

This juicy snack.

Neptune said:
Big dragonfly

Neptune · Aug 27, 2023

My precious

missy · Aug 27, 2023

My niece is planning a career in marine biology and here she is just this month tagging sharks.
She’s going into her senior year of high school next week

Neptune · Aug 28, 2023

Her favorite fishing spot, for now.

Got up and had a big stretch

Lookinagain · Aug 29, 2023

Lookinagain · Aug 30, 2023

The “blue moon”. My daughter took this with her phone. I still can’t see it through my trees. She lives about 30 miles west of me.

jaysonsmom · Aug 31, 2023

We got a little taste of nature, up close and personal last night. While out walking our dog with the family, we came home to this “little” guy on our front porch. It hissed and rattled its tail so loud when my dog approached we thought it was a sprinkler system going off!

Madam Bijoux · Aug 31, 2023

View of Earth from a spacecraft orbiting the moon:

Neptune · Aug 31, 2023

jaysonsmom said:
We got a little taste of nature, up close and personal last night. While out walking our dog with the family, we came home to this “little” guy on our front porch. It hissed and rattled its tail so loud when my dog approached we thought it was a sprinkler system going off!

How did the story end? I would love to know.

Neptune · Aug 31, 2023

Madam Bijoux said:
View of Earth from a spacecraft orbiting the moon:

Gorgeous.

canuk-gal · Aug 31, 2023

jaysonsmom said:
We got a little taste of nature, up close and personal last night. While out walking our dog with the family, we came home to this “little” guy on our front porch. It hissed and rattled its tail so loud when my dog approached we thought it was a sprinkler system going off!

Neighbours!!!!???

jaysonsmom · Aug 31, 2023

Neptune said:
How did the story end? I would love to know.

We tried to called County Animal Control but got sent to voicemail, so I called my next door neighbor who is an ex-sheriff, and he called the sheriff's office who got a hold of Animal Control from the next city, took them almost an hour to get to our place, and only 3 minutes to pick up the rattler with a long hook, and stick it in a covered bucket. Animal Control guy said the snake would be released into the wilderness. He also said he picked up 7 from different neighborhoods yesterday.

Lookinagain · Aug 31, 2023

jaysonsmom said:
We tried to called County Animal Control but got sent to voicemail, so I called my next door neighbor who is an ex-sheriff, and he called the sheriff's office who got a hold of Animal Control from the next city, took them almost an hour to get to our place, and only 3 minutes to pick up the rattler with a long hook, and stick it in a covered bucket. Animal Control guy said the snake would be released into the wilderness. He also said he picked up 7 from different neighborhoods yesterday.

Wow. So did you stay outside in your car while waiting the hour? Go in a different door? I'm not sure what I would have done but I would definitely have been freaked out and not composed enough to get a photo!

Neptune · Aug 31, 2023

Lookinagain said:
Wow. So did you stay outside in your car while waiting the hour? Go in a different door? I'm not sure what I would have done but I would definitely have been freaked out and not composed enough to get a photo!

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