Cool Nature Photos

[riptides]

I got this guy just past the trail I went up, GNP, Montana.

Got a female with cubs a little later. Needless to say, the trail was closed again, shortly after.

 

[MossRoad]

I miss seeing quail. I used to enjoy hunting them when I lived back in CA, but since moving to East Texas in 2002, I haven't seen one.

Now I'm wondering if we should buy some eggs and raising them with my chickens.

We used to have them around here as well. I remember hearing them fairly frequently as a kid. Haven't heard one in probably 45 years.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I got this guy just past the trail I went up, GNP, Montana.

Got a female with cubs a little later. Needless to say, the trail was closed again, shortly after.

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interesting color

 

[lman]

interesting color

They're called Grizzly bears because of their grizzled color.

 

[Rockbadchild]

They're called Grizzly bears because of their grizzled color.

ha, I didn't know, I always thought they where brown, I guess they turn that color once they get older? or its color variation?

 

[riptides]

ha, I didn't know, I always thought they where brown, I guess they turn that color once they get older? or its color variation?

It's a form of camouflage. Just kidding. This guy was definitely the lighter of the bears seen that day. I picked him up from movement between the rocks. YIKES.

 

[Rockbadchild]

It's a form of camouflage. Just kidding. This guy was definitely the lighter of the bears seen that day. I picked him up from movement between the rocks. YIKES.View attachment 1807103

definitely a nice specimen

 

[John0829]

We used to have them around here as well. I remember hearing them fairly frequently as a kid. Haven't heard one in probably 45 years.

We have lived at our current place for close to 50 years and only in the last 2 years have we heard or seen any quail. Hope they are making a come back.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

We're near the Blue Ridge in Virginia and 44 years ago had quail, pheasant, turkeys, various owls then coyote & more foxes decimated them. I shoot foxes because neighbors raise chickens and we had feathers all over pastures. I cut down a large dead tree a few years ago and at 2am that night (next morning) and owl landed on bedroom window sill and screamed at me! I wouldn't have cut it if I knew it was it's nest.
I pile brush along a hilltop hoping for quail, some rabbits do use it.
Too many people moving in.

 

[dodge man]

We saw this today in Gulf Shores State Park during a bicycle ride.