Critters captured on camera

[SandburRanch]

The last Horned Toad I saw was this one in 2004. They were more common 60 years ago.

 

[Chooglin]

healthy looking doe and a small buck.

 

[k0ua]

predators only attack the old, sick and weak, after they run them to make them old and weak. Total BS about only old weak and sick

Yes that 10 point buck was in his prime and in the velvet in August.. No old and weak just prey. What you see here is the harsh reality of the way Nature and the world works.

James K0UA

 

[greasemonkeyok]

Yup, critters in the real world are ruthless. Here they are line dancing instead of doing their jobs.



Note there is one of the four that was too shy to dance in public.

 

[PatasColo]

The last Horned Toad I saw was this one in 2004. They were more common 60 years ago.

I'm hoping they're not declining too much. Did you know that they can actually shoot a stream of blood out of their eye! I'll bet there's a YouTube of it somewhere. Now that sounds like sci-fi!
-Mitch

 

[PatasColo]

So, here's the latest interesting critter that was unique and novel to us on our property this weekend. I sent photos to the local raptor society, and they confirmed it as a mature red-tailed hawk. It was surprisingly large. That's a flicker in his talons (we have a bunch of flickers here, some nesting in a box, and some roosting under the eaves of our log home).

We heard the flicker making a lot of noise just before I stepped outside, and that's when I saw this fella. More flicker feathers & down were in the driveway, so I'm guessing the hawk caught him right there.
-Mitch

 

[Construction Jiggy]

Awesome pictures! I've never seen a hawk that close before. I feel bad for the flicker though...seems like it wasn't his day.

 

[GolfAddict]

This certainly IS awesome - catching him with his prey like that! Wow, thanks for sharing!

 

[bullbreaker]

Kind of hard to see but hears pics of Osceola turkey been coming up in yard behind house.

Boone

 

[jinman]

Kind of hard to see but hears pics of Osceola turkey been coming up in yard behind house.

Boone

Boone, why do you call them Osceola Turkeys? Is that just the location where they are found or some physical characteristic? Just curious. . . Your green grass sure looks inviting. Green is what I miss most in winter.