JCC [Animals] What wildlife visited my yard today

yeh gotta be careful of those dropdears

 

sorry, I see them every day so don't have images

Have yo seen them divebomb someone else? (Like your dog) Very impressive, reminds me of a starfighter with Anakin in the cockpit.

 

In my backyard at home we've had turkeys, deer, black bears, and fisher cats (goodness those creatures make the most HORRID noise you've ever heard), among the smaller beasts (and a few rare birds)...unfortunately I live in Los Angeles at the moment so I won't be able to take any photos.

 

I'd love to have deers and bears in my yard. Better than plovers wallabies and rabbits.

And don't ever hit a wombat with your car!

 

Sounds unpleasant, but certainly can't be worse than hitting a moose.

That's why New Hampshire has these:

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The apartment I live in now isn't surrounded by many trees, but the one I recently moved from had plenty of trees. We had northern cardinals, red-bellied, downy, and pileated woodpeckers, carolina wrens, various other birds and squirrels. Also lots of cicadas in the summer. Now I do see a lot of mockingbirds, but not much else. Whenever we manage to get a house, I plan on having all kinds of feeders to attract birds.

 

I get visited by snails and Sammy, the dog next door every day. Pics forthcoming

 

Man we never get cool animals in my yard. Great blue heron once, and nothing since.

 

I took these a few months ago, when I was in Atlanta Georgia. Not a big deal to most I'm sure, but I had never seen a moth this big before - it was the size of the palm of my hand, and I have pretty big hands. I spotted it when I reached for my towel after a morning dip in the pool. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any information on what particular species of moth this is. I thought it was a Ceratomia undulosa for a while, but it's not, the wing patters are too diverse.

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Great idea for a thread, JP. I'll be sure to keep an eye out when I venture outside, and keep my cam handy.

 

I've got some photo's of spiders and possums and such but I don't know where to host them so I can post them.

Any ideas?

 

try http://www.imageshack.us/

 

Photobucket>Imageshack

 

Thanks, TBF.

A Ringtail Possum with a baby hanging on to it's back in a tree in my front yard. Look close, it's hard to see.

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gabe I get moths very similar to that, we just give them the generic name Hawkmoth. Buggered if I know the scientific name.

 

*Hits Balrog with a Moose*

Anyway, this is a pic of a Kangaroo at my back door. She was kind of a pet.

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Oh yeah? Well this fish is bigger than you!

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Ha!

 

SKIPPY!!!

What's that Skip? TBF's fallen down a well?

 

My connection is being stupid, and I can't see that moth Gabe, but I'll keep checking back and hopefully it'll let me soon enough.

I just went out looking for one of these spiders, and obviously found one. I don't know what it is, but I think it may be a type of Huntsman Spider. One variation, the Avondale Spider, was used in the movie Arachnophobia a few years back. The one I have in my hand isn't as big as those ones, but still pretty impressive.

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It seems my digital camera's limited zoom and shutter speed is making taking pictures of small or distant birds difficult, but I'll keep perservering and cropping the shots down. Maybe I'll get useable shots of some native birds soon enough (tuis, wood pigeons, fantail, grey warbler).

 

I don't really have any animals visit my backyard. But occasionally one visits my couch (and has a coke).

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I'm so jealous, TBF.

jp, I'll try to post some pictures this weekend, if my mom will let me borrow her digital camera. I seem to be taking the area's wildlife for granted- we have cool creatures right outside; I just need to find them.

 

A family friend (of sorts) from Greeze last summer was totally taken with squirrels. She took pics of them at every opportunity. Before she left I gave here a stuffed one. Amazed and amused me.

Cute thread and cute animals jp. I'll keep on the look out for yard critters.

 

I love squirrels as well! I took pictures of them when I was in England. I'll have to get a few scanned.

 

That possum is cool, Loopster. The only type of possum introduced to NZ (thankfully) is what I think you call a brushtail possum. They have no predators here, so rose to noxious pest levels, destroying native forest and eating birds eggs. Major eradication programmes have severely reduced its numbers in some areas, allowing bird species that had been wiped out to be reintroduced.

That kangaroo snap is awesome!

You do tend to take the wildlife in your own yard for granted, even if it is just bugs and birds. Hopefully this thread'll encourage people to go outside and look under stones & logs to see what scurries out...

 

I love squirrels as well! I took pictures of them when I was in England.

I think this is why I don't get this thread. They're squirrels. It's like taking a picture of a rat. The most exciting thing we get is bats, but they don't usually stick around long enough for picture taking. We're supposed to have chipmunks too, but they haven't quite made it yet.

Amazing.

 

I think this is why I don't get this thread. They're squirrels. It's like taking a picture of a rat.

We don't have squirrels in Australia. I think they're cute. They remind me of possums, which are also cute.

Rats are not cute.