Wildlife Photography
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Cascade Wanderer
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Been a while since I posted on Expedition Portal. I've been pretty active though with the little Jeep and the camera. Elk, Chelan County Washington earlier this year:
Regards, Guy
Regards, Guy
Cascade Wanderer
Adventurer
I'd love to tell you that I stalked silently through the snow and crept close to get this photo... Umm, no... My friends called me and said "the bull elk is here again, come on up." So I drove there in my Jeep, did use 4wd to get up the quarter mile long ice and snow covered dirt road to get to their house. Said howdy, then stepped out on their porch and used my 75-300 lens to grab quite a few photos of this big boy who seems to be wintering in their front yard!
Regards, Guy
Regards, Guy
AbleGuy
Officious Intermeddler
Springtime is snake time. So we’re seeing them weekly now. Earlier this week a neighbor was cleaning out some thick overgrown prickly pear patches and came across a pretty big den of rattlesnakes.
And my wife was out on her daily exercise walk the other morning and had to stop and yield the right of way to this big fella. I’m pretty sure that this is a green mohave rattler (not the similar looking western diamondback).
The mohave rattlesnake is now said to be the most venomous rattler in North America, with each bite carrying a powerful and lethal combination of hemotoxins and neurotoxins.
Judging by how fat the glands look on its head, this one had a full load of venom and probably was out on the hunt for some *chow!
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* the snake was probably looking for one of these round tailed ground squirrels. We have several underground colonies of them in our front and side yards. The little rats definitely need thinning, especially because their presence brings their predators into our yard!
And my wife was out on her daily exercise walk the other morning and had to stop and yield the right of way to this big fella. I’m pretty sure that this is a green mohave rattler (not the similar looking western diamondback).
The mohave rattlesnake is now said to be the most venomous rattler in North America, with each bite carrying a powerful and lethal combination of hemotoxins and neurotoxins.
Judging by how fat the glands look on its head, this one had a full load of venom and probably was out on the hunt for some *chow!
View attachment IMG_3529.mp4
* the snake was probably looking for one of these round tailed ground squirrels. We have several underground colonies of them in our front and side yards. The little rats definitely need thinning, especially because their presence brings their predators into our yard!
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welikecamping2
Member
welikecamping2
Member
So last year I went to Badlands NP. At pretty much every overlook there were warnings about rattlesnakes so you should stay on the boardwalk. Coming from AZ, I'm naturally always watching for snakes. Anyway, after a few of these stops, the wife and I decided the signs were more about keeping people on the track than it was about snakes. Then, we saw this....
welikecamping2
Member
Okay, so I'm way behind on posting pics, and I'm trying to catch up...
These fawns live in a small cemetery in Port Washington, WI
Pelicans on the Wapsipinicon river in Iowa:
These fawns live in a small cemetery in Port Washington, WI
Pelicans on the Wapsipinicon river in Iowa:
COAKXterra
Well-known member
This winter plumage rock ptarmigan got chased by something (didn’t get a good look at it, maybe a raven?) under my aircraft yesterday. Saw a flutter and heard a “thump” under the belly. Just hung out there until it was time for me to light the fire again.
