Pictures of Wildlife.

Image 6 the best for me, followed by image 8. Images 1 to 4 nice tries with the camera and lens "thinking" the green leaves are the subject. Try putting a plain black sheet on the brick wall behind the feeder, if it doesn't upset the subjects.

 

The Grey Moorrel.
A seldom seen nocturnal creature of the Canadian north. Known to climb large, old-growth trees looking for twigs to browse. While in most cases shy and reclusive, during the fall rutting season they can become highly aggressive and the observer is advised to wear shin protection. Above all, do not disturb a Moorrel while it’s feeding.

 

Yes, I have a herd of these hanging around my bird feeder.


PUT

 

Not actually in the back garden..inside the garage.

I was having a nice quiet evening tinkering with a glass of beer at my side. Carburretor down, beer to lips....Oh my Goodness that doesn't feel right....I believe that I may have just kissed a Queen. Luckily she was more surprised than me and forgot to sting...




It's been a bad week for vermin. The blasted stone martens have decided to start chewing under the car bonnet. No cables or pipes yet though...

 

Spotted these two in a tree near by whilst having a cuppa in the garden this afternoon



I thought Ahhhhhhhh as well ^_^

TD

 

Early this morning spotted this vixen and her cubs at the bottom of my garden

Ron

 

Nice picture Ron. My, she's got a lot of mouths to feed

Lesley

 

Spotted this in parking lot at work just north of Atlanta. I'm not sure what species it is or if it is indigenous to region. Looks dangerous though

 

Pretty palomino colored mule in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

The sun glare on my phone was so bright that I couldn't see very well to frame the pictures.
The yellow horse in the background is probably his mother.

 

Guess this is a genuine Toad in a Hole.

 

Not really wildlife but we don't grow plants here in Cumbria we grow rabbits must be the Sellafield thing !!!

 

Mr. No-legs came to grief with my lawn mower this past Saturday.

It was a copperhead, now it is a copper-no-head,

 

75% of the population likely applauds you for that accidental slaying. I'm fascinated by snakes but I am certainly in the minority.

 

Oh, it was no accident.

I killed it in the dog pen, which we haven't used in quite a while. I went in the pen with the lawn mower, spoiling for fight. There was an old kiddie pool in the pen that we had used three years ago with the puppies and I started mowing, moving pool little by little, watching for a possible snake. It is near the woods and I have killed copperheads before in the yard, so finding a snake there was not going to be unexpected by me. Eventually i nudged the pool over enough with the mower to expose the snake and it tried to get away. I pushed the mower over it and injured it. When I pulled the mower back, it struck at the front.

The next pass by the machine caused the critter to lose its mind, literally.

Between me and the neighbors, we have killed 6-8 over the past several years. You'd think they would eventually get the message

 

I know virtually nothing about garden birds, so I wonder if someone can help me with this?

This bird (pictured) has been coming to our garden for a day or two, where it is being fed worms by a similar sized and similar-looking bird, which it follows around. Is it just a big baby that hasn't yet learned to feed itself?

I know how cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds' nests, leaving the young to be raised by the unwitting 'foster parents' and I thought that might the case here. But I don't think this is a cuckoo, rather a thrush.

 

Hi Tom,

It looks like an immature blackbird. Does it make a sort of low chirupping noise whilst following the parent around?

 

As Ramacal says its an immature (one of this years) blackbirds, the young of most species are larger than their parents until they are fully fledged (have to start looking after themselves) - it is the same with children

TD

 

Dear Rob and TD,

Thanks for your quick replies. I'd never have known it was a blackbird. It does seem to be chirruping as its poor parent digs frantically for worms. The parent bird flew off and left it this morning, but they were back together later on. I'll be out twitching again tomorrow.

Best wishes,

Tom

 

Tom

See link - http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/b/blackbird/index.aspx - check out the photos at the bottom of the page

TD