Critters captured on camera

[waltsp]

Lizard (He was quick!)

Not sure was this is, but they are everywhere and extremely NOISY!
It Really looks Alien (See picture full sized)!!!!!!

Finally got them to start feeding. Black-Crested Titmouse.
They really seemed to love the black oil sunflower seeds.

As the shutter clicked, he looked straight at me!

Rapid fire caught them in flight!

 

[20 20]

Thanks for the pictures, our humming birds just came back a couple of weeks ago. We have a couple that we know are from years past{distinctive marks}. Last year we figured we had well over 40. Last week I had a smaller{200lbs+ -} black bear in the front yard. I could only get about 30' from him, he seemed young and shy.

 

[EddieWalker]

Nice pics. Thanks for sharing. It makes me want to spend more time outside with my camera!!!

Eddie

 

[waltsp]

Finally figured out the noisy bug.
Central Texas Leaf Katydid.
There are reports of a major outbreak this year like 2007.
This causes them to sing 24 hours a day, not just at night.

 

[MossRoad]

I thought it looked like a katydid but it was brown... ours are green here in Indiana.

You are right about the alien appearance.... those menacing green eyes! :laughing:

 

[Steve_Miller]

Nice shots, thanks for sharing with us. Is that the thing that makes the buzzing sound?

Steve

 

[Blizzard0308]

Awesome pictures, if you don't mind me asking what are you using for a camera I have been looking for one that can take pictures of humming birds. My current one takes too long to focus and I miss the shot.

 

[NSBound]

Awesome pictures, if you don't mind me asking what are you using for a camera I have been looking for one that can take pictures of humming birds. My current one takes too long to focus and I miss the shot.

It looks like he used a Nikon D40 and a 200mm telephoto lens. (pardon me for butting in here)

 

[waltsp]

It looks like he used a Nikon D40 and a 200mm telephoto lens. (pardon me for butting in here)

Exactly correct. For the Bird photos, camera was on a tripod and went to manual focus.
Despite the appearance, the framing of the shot never changed. Just did the cropping after the fact.

 

[20 20]

some humming bird photos from yrs past

 

[SARG]

Here are my favorites from last week. A momma Robin that adopted a Blackbird.

Now the Blackbird is much larger than the Robin ...... but he still follows her around begging. He's gonna have a very confused diet for a Blackbird.

 

[nickel plate]

I just bought a trail/game camera that shoots color during the day and black and white at night and the infrared flash is not visible.
If anything else more exciting drops by, I will post them.

 

[RealDogBoy]

This past weekend at the farm I kept hearing a screeching noise on the front porch. I finally looked up and saw a bird's nest installed on top of the porch light. I can't identify the birds but they sure can make a racket for tiny little things.

I'm afraid I may have scared their mother away.:ashamed: Temporarily I hope; they sounded hungry. I never saw an adult bird come to care for them. They now have the porch all to themselves until next weekend.

 

[rgold1963]

Lots of "critters" around here lately. Here are just a few from the last month or so.

Ron

 

[NSBound]

.... I finally looked up and saw a bird's nest installed on top of the porch light. I can't identify the birds but they sure can make a racket for tiny little things.

I'd bet 10-to-1 they're robins. Robins love to seek out lights as platforms for their nests, usually under cover and sometimes even a source of heat! Don't get in the way of the mother and father bringing food for the babies, they'll try to run you off! I had to start using my front door one year after they built over the motion sensor lights (a nice wide platform) by my back door.

 

[RealDogBoy]

I'd bet 10-to-1 they're robins. Robins love to seek out lights as platforms for their nests, usually under cover and sometimes even a source of heat! Don't get in the way of the mother and father bringing food for the babies, they'll try to run you off! I had to start using my front door one year after they built over the motion sensor lights (a nice wide platform) by my back door.

They probably were attracted to the porch as a nice place to stay dry and away from predators but the light was almost certainly off while they were building the nest. Also, about being attracted to heat, that's not an issue in Alabama in June. Finding a shady place away from the heat is more like it.

I hope that when I get back this Saturday the babies will have grown enough to leave the nest. The light is next to the front door -- I can't avoid using it.

 

[gotrocks]

How's this?

 

[weldingisfun]

Taken about 15 minutes ago. Sorry about the venetian blinds. She would have spooked had I tried to open them.

 

[NSBound]

...She would have spooked had I tried to open them.

I sure enjoy watching deer, but now that I have a fair-sized garden, I'd rather they visit the neighbour's yard!

 

[nickel plate]

The bucket and wooden board ramp in the background is one of those home made mouse water traps that I set out the night before and something tipped it over and licked off all of the peanut butter bait-possibly a raccoon so I set out the game camera the next night. This little buck saw it and I got thirty photos of him but he didn't lick the trap so I'll try again another night.