Cool Nature Photos

[cqaigy2]

In our backyard, under the bird feeder.

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They must have seen you were taking a picture and posed for you. :thumbsup:

 

[2LaneCruzer]

They must have seen you were taking a picture and posed for you. :thumbsup:

I think they were strutting for some nearby hens...

 

[Alien]

Not sure what this is. I haven't seen one like it before. It is quite large and flaps its' wings quicker than other butterflies. Very pretty. Also very hard to photograph.

 

[psvfd]

Some shots from this past Saturday (near Slippery Rock, PA).

Great photos.:thumbsup:

 

[snymat68]

Not sure what this is. I haven't seen one like it before. It is quite large and flaps its' wings quicker than other butterflies. Very pretty. Also very hard to photograph.

Looks like a butterfly after too much coffee.

 

[Alien]

It could be a drone nowadays....

 

[Jstpssng]

It's in the 40's here. Shaping up to be yet another mild winter. If I'm lucky I'll be able to go ice fishing for maybe 2-3 weeks at the end of January. I used to go over Christmas break as a kid. Winters are about a month shorter now.

We used to ice skate on Thanksgiving.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We used to ice skate on Thanksgiving.

I always ice skated on frozen water.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Last springs fawn and a turkey check each other out.



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[weldingisfun]

Texas whitetail, not very large but still beautiful to see.

 

[Xfaxman]

I always ice skated on frozen water.

 

[sixdogs]

Young red fox on game camera in yard.

 

[Alien]

I had my butterfly identified. It is a Orchard Swallowtail. Mainly breeds on Citrus trees.

 

[NHBX]

Gray Fox that came through the yard a few years back (hope this works)

 

[goeduck]

Gray Fox that came through the yard a few years back (hope this works)

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I wish we still had fox instead of all coyote

 

[kenmbz]

Nice Fox picture, we have at least three red foxs here, but they are hard to photo since they are very shy.

 

[NHBX]

I wish we still had fox instead of all coyote

Unfortunately the coyote population is on the rise here also. They adapt quite well to all the building that's going on in this area. All we see nowadays is the occasional red fox which is too bad they do a great job at rodent control.

 

[kenmbz]

Yep, that's cute and great for mice/moles and other varmints. We certainly have less here with the fox population slowly growing.
Don't coyotes go after little critters too?
How do you keep them from coming in too close?

 

[NHBX]

Yep, that's cute and great for mice/moles and other varmints. We certainly have less here with the fox population slowly growing.
Don't coyotes go after little critters too?
How do you keep them from coming in too close?

They do but the coyotes seem to take larger game rabbits/skunks/groundhogs etc. The fox seem to be more proficient at taking the mice/moles/chipmunks/neighbors chickens etc. We don't try to keep them out they are more than welcome to eat as much as they want. :thumbsup:

 

[Alan W.]

Thanks. I always liked and have islands around yard with about six bushes and trees each, plus flower bulbs. So there's almost always something in bloom. We put pine needles down but all those leaves are from a nearby maple, yellow leaves.
Growing up grandparents next door my grandmother was really into flowers, trees, etc. One flower I wish I knew what was she planted would bloom at night! It was from memory a fairly large bush maybe 5ft tall, yellow flowers I'm thinking 5 petals maybe 2.5" across. They traveled a lot and planted lots of unique things.

We have a flower that is like that. The wife calls it a moon flower. Blooms at night and withers back when the sun comes up.

Bees love it.