Look closely. Two beavers. One napping belly up, feet in the air.
From the shore, it looked like the Steller Sea Lion was furiously shaking a large fish. Photos show it was a Giant Pacific Octopus!
being eaten by a speckled kingsnake
found on road eating an eastern copperhead
Spotted on the side of the road near Ozark, Alabama.
LIFER!
Was trying to look for a spot that they can be commonly seen at. Well, I didn't find the spot, but I still found one! Such a super cool species to see!
AOR. No idea how it got there. Obviously not native to this area. Appeared healthy and behaved normally.
6 Nerodia fasciata confluens, 2 Thamnophis proximus orarius and 2 Gastrophryne carolinensis under plywood. Pseudacris crucifer calling.
Biggest cottonmouth I've encountered. Body about 6" in diameter at fullest and about 65-72" long.
Old quarry pond
One made a huffing sound the closer I got to them
I'm surprised any skinks around here still have tails
Observed during breeding bird survey and nest count.
Observation for the anuran.
We watched the egret for a few minutes. The egret was trying really hard to swallow the toad. A car behind us pulled ahead of us and stopped next to the egret, causing the egret to fly off with the toad, so I'm not sure if it successfully swallowed it in the end.
Observation for the bird:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156683827
being eaten
All food found was given to a begging crow- presumably offspring from last season
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This was in Bone Draw in Big Bend National Park. There were American snouts and another species I see here but haven't identified. The butterflies flowed along with us as we hiked, like a yellow river.
Laying eggs under a log in a seasonal pond margin.
Groundhog about 20 foot up in a black walnut tree. I have observed groundhogs climbing this tree several times in the last few years.
Watched cat for an hour from kitchen window while it rested & hunted (unsuccessfully). Unable to determine gender. Location: NE Tucson, 4 blocks west of Sabino Creek & 4 blocks north of the Tanque Verde.
This cat entered my camp in site 1 at the Grass Shack. It was an almost 15 minute encounter. Weirdly I once posted a thread in the forum about seeing a cougar and not being able to get a picture. I got more than I bargained for for sure. I definitely made the NPS Rangers morning very exciting and gave them five minutes of hair-raising video.
Eggs hatching on ventral side of tail. (Berried up)
exhibiting fasciation - along the Blue Ridge Parkway
Glad that I had my snake gaiters on!
Predating on a banjo frog
P. longicrus found next to Aneides caryaensis. Observation is for A. caryaensis.
Aneides caryaensis. Observed on the exterior of a crevice.
This observation is for the ribbon snake being eaten. The cottonmouth has its own observation here.
UVIVF Green Anole
A baby anole, it's blue under the UV light!
The adult doesn't fluorescent at all, how weird!
Momma and 12 babies
Very small, body about 1 cm long. On a blueberry bush not near standing water, heavy rains for several weeks. I've heard H. chrysoscelis, gratiosa, and squirella calling in the area recently.
On Sarracenia leucophylla
supervised university trip with LDWF agent
White Rock lake, Winfrey Point
Photo 1:
This Was Unexpected
Right in the middle of a patch of white Queen Anne's lace, was a red one. I have never seen anything like it. It was not a separate plant. The same plant had bloom stalks branching off the main stem. All of them were white except for this one red one that was growing out of the same plant as the white ones.
Photo 2:
Red Queen Anne's Lace
Took a close up of the beauty of this beautiful flower. I did some research & there are hybrid versions of Queen Anne's lace that are sold as seeds for flower beds called "Dara". But those are all a certain color, not an all white plant with one red bloom. So this appears to be a natural mutation.
Blueish frog??
Friday: Cotton Bayou Trails, Zeke’s Marina, Perdido Pass
Apparently an albino Risso's traveling with 2-3 other Risso's.
We saw this albino snake on and off for years around our house until my dad accidentally hit it with the lawnmower one day. An escaped pet probably?
Took my dog out to see this!!! Came back out and he'd just finished it off. I have never heard of a brown anole eating a gecko!! So glad he let me get great shots. (yes, this is real!!!)
Unidentified leucistic hummingbird. Possibilities are: calliope, rufous, black-chin