Wildlife Viewing/Pictures and videos of animals encountered

[Dean]

Never eat anything bigger than your head....

Kliban fan?

 

[mdf]

Kliban fan?

Most herons have a slightly skewed sense of humor, so yes, he probably is.

 

[Captain Furious]

Here are some of my faves from the past 18 months or so!

(Grand Teton, Denali, Kenai Fjords, Zion, Big Island of Hawaii, Vancouver Island, Mt Ranier, Monterey, Yellowstone, Channel Islands)

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That's amazing! You do some extensive traveling. I'm jealous.

 

[Doug Briggs]

 

[doc]

https://www.9news.com/article/life/...orado/73-f3c6750a-2794-4545-852f-f2f2ecbadd85

 

[4ster]

Backyard delinquents…

 

[Turoa Kiwi]

We just spent two days on Kapiti Island, one of New Zealand’s first off shore bird sanctuaries

A cheeky Kaka, a native NZ parrot

Ground dwelling and flightless Takahe

 

[Paul Lutes]

Whoah ...... not sure I'd want that beak so close to my eyes!

 

[Turoa Kiwi]

Whoah ...... not sure I'd want that beak so close to my eyes!

They have pretty strong beaks but they only ever try and get food from you. We were sitting there thinking we would have lunch. We gave up that idea very quickly as the Kaka are super quick getting to you. They have been observed opening backpack zips to get inside them. However there is zero tolerance on the island for people feeding any birds at all. I think the fine if caught feeding them is $5k

 

[dbostedo]

They have pretty strong beaks but they only ever try and get food from you. We were sitting there thinking we would have lunch. We gave up that idea very quickly as the Kaka are super quick getting to you. They have been observed opening backpack zips to get inside them. However there is zero tolerance on the island for people feeding any birds at all. I think the fine if caught feeding them is $5k

Do they go after rubber like the Keas?

 

[Turoa Kiwi]

Do they go after rubber like the Keas?

If there was any rubber around Kapiti Island they probably would, but there isn't any that I saw

But here is what Kaka are doing to exotic trees in Wellington, where I live

Botanic Gardens' redwoods no match for kākā

Rare redwood trees are being stripped of their bark and killed by the birds.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Here is a link to the sanctuary that was built in the middle of our city where the Kaka have flourished

Wildlife Sanctuary | Wellington | ZEALANDIA

And here is a link to the huge effort going in to remove exotic predators from NZ

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/fight-for-the-wild

 

[JCF]

I do volunteer work for this place...It is beyond amazing what they do.

Wildlife Rehabilitation | Center for Wildlife | York

Center for Wildlife is a wildlife rehabilitation and environmental education organization located in Cape Neddick, ME. We accept injured and orphaned wildlife for rehabilitation and visitors can visit our Nature Center and meet non-releasable wildlife ambassadors.

www.thecenterforwildlife.org

 

[coskigirl]

The bears are awake. This morning in my back yard.

 

[MnLakeBum]

We have about 200 adults loons(MN state bird) on Gull Lake in Cass county MN where our summer lake home is so we have daily sightings. The haunting call of the loon is something we never get tired of hearing especially at night.

 

[Uncle-A]

The bears are awake. This morning in my back yard.

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I bet it is a hungry bear if it is just waking up. Stay safe.

 

[coskigirl]

I bet it is a hungry bear if it is just waking up. Stay safe.

They generally leave us alone and just want garbage to eat. I suspected that last week's garbage was the last week I'd be able to put it out the night before pick up instead of the morning of and I was right. I am on high alert for babies though as that will change the dynamic. Thankfully, Ginsburg wants nothing to do with them and just tries to drag me home if she senses them.

 

[MnLakeBum]

Great Horned Owl in our backyard last summer. Our squirrel population is down about 70% Since the pair took up roost in the large white pine.

 

[cantunamunch]

They generally leave us alone and just want garbage to eat. I suspected that last week's garbage was the last week I'd be able to put it out the night before pick up instead of the morning of and I was right.

In other news ... our foxes are *not* vegan. Not that they need to be - there are enough rabbits for them and the owls and the cats and the coyotes - and leftovers for the crows.

I know this because my garbage went unraided four weeks in a row.

 

[Andy Mink]

Molino Canyon, AZ.

 

[Lauren]

Molino Canyon, AZ.

Wrong thread Andy, the Tree thread is here.