Wildlife Viewing/Pictures and videos of animals encountered

[Snowfan]

 

[LiquidFeet]

I've done a little more googling and the face is dark which would suggest a male. A Yearling is in his second year and pretty well grown. They would only have vestigial antlers.

More to the point, I'm asking a friend with decades of experience big game hunting in Colorado for his opinion.

Did you really think this was a male? Or did you only think it was a moose, and referenced this moose as male without thinking? I'll trust your answer.

My beef is with the thoughtless use of "he" for all living beings. I wish people would stop themselves from doing this. I feel erased.

 

[LiquidFeet]

Went on a little nature walk today at Huntley Meadows park, which has a wetland and boardwalk through it... lots of frogs and snapping turtles around today, a couple of great blue herons, and some other marsh birds, like the greater yellowlegs in the last pic.

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Great camera work. Thanks for the close-ups.

 

[Doug Briggs]

Did you really think this was a male? Or did you only think it was a moose, and referenced this moose as male without thinking? I'll trust your answer.

My beef is with the thoughtless use of "he" for all living beings. I wish people would stop themselves from doing this. I feel erased.

My first instinct was the moose was a male. His stature and size is what influenced my opinion. I'll defer to the opinion of my hunting friend. I'm more that happy to call a cow a cow. We have a particular cow around here that provides us with a fairly regular supply of calves. She wears a color and is affectionately referred to as 'number 2'.

 

[Doug Briggs]

moose holder?!?

Really!? WTH?

I found a Moose Wine Holder on Amazon.

 

[no edge]

How do we know what this moose identifies itself as?

They appears to be eating bark

 

[Bad Bob]

This is a moose holder and the complete written instructions. Doug, mine has never been used and will gladly lend it to you if you promise to video the activity.

Good luck with this if you choose to take the assignment.

 

[James]

Wild Turkeys at Killington on Saturday. Leaving the parking lot. That’s the trail back to Ramshead. There's at least 18 of them.

On Sunday woke up to some strange thumping noise. Turned out a turkey was pecking at the car outside parked on the grass. It was a big one with white head. Maybe it saw its reflection in the fender.

 

[Doug Briggs]

I had my head down watching where I was walking when my friend grabbed my arm and pushed me aside.

Junior moose stepping out on to the road while Momma continues to eat.

Ms. moose moved on to greener trees. This is the aforementioned #2 moose. She has been in our neighborhood for at least 10 years. Often she has twins. Not so this year, apparently.

 

[Doug Briggs]

My friend scored the money shot...

 

[Bad Bob]

Herron there around town.

Yesterday in a park here in Spokane. Just a cellphone picture, but not enlarged.

 

[James]

Herron there around town.

Yesterday in a park here in Spokane. Just a cellphone picture, but not enlarged.

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Is that an artificial rock? Can’t figure the layering.

 

[Doug Briggs]

Is that an artificial rock? Can’t figure the layering.

Probably rising and lowering water levels causing tide-like markings.

 

[Bad Bob]

Is that an artificial rock? Can’t figure the layering.

Nope, real rock. We have a lot of basalt around this area, and a lot of bird droppings on that rock. As Doug said the water is down in the pond.

 

[Uncle-A]

I was walking around one of the public gardens not far from my house and found this pond.

 

[Paul Lutes]

Mmmmmm ..... carp.

 

[Uncle-A]

Mmmmmm ..... carp.

Koi fish I think. But they are carp in the USA.

 

[Paul Lutes]

Koi are carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus). That photo contains both Koi and Common Carp (C. carpio; darkly pigmented).

 

[Tom Co.]

Mom's camping friends

 

[Paul Lutes]

Mom's got mad skills!!!!
The animals know!