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  • #1885590
    Jason Ham
    Member

    @jhamhb

    Locale: Ventura

    A trip through the jungle in Tikal Nat'l Park, Guatemala

    A Lemur
    Lemur

    A Macaw couple
    Macaus

    Local borracho welcoming guests
    bar

    An Agouti
    Agouti

    An idea what kind of lizard this is?
    Lizard

    Grey-necked Wood Rail
    Bird

    #1888596
    Rog Tallbloke
    BPL Member

    @tallbloke

    Locale: DON'T LOOK DOWN!!

    I took this shot this morning with my latest camera upgrade; a Ricoh GXR with an S10 lens unit.

    honey bee crop

    I photographed this handsome fellow a couple of weeks ago with my previous Ricoh GX200

    peacock

    #1888636
    Nico .
    BPL Member

    @nickb

    Locale: Los Padres National Forest

    @ Jay, cool reptile shots.

    On your third shot, the one of the close-up of the lizard in your hands, I noticed the lizard has what appears to be an engorged tick attached to its side.

    I recall reading that ticks in CA have a significantly lower incidence of carrying lyme disease, partially because the two most common lyme disease carrying ticks in CA are considered to be three-host ticks (which means they feed on three different hosts during their individual life cycles). In their early stages of life (i.e. first host), these two species ticks mostly feed on lizards and rodents.

    If the lizard the ticks feeds on during it's first host stage is a Western Fence lizard, the tick will lose all of its lyme disease-causing bacteria. Apparently there is something in the blood of Western Fence Lizards that kills the lyme disease but allows the tick to survive and continue on otherwise unharmed.

    Anyway, I saw your photo and thought I'd share that interesting bit of info. Seems we have reptiles to thank, at least partially, for our lower rate of lyme disease in CA compared to other parts of the U.S.

    #1889103
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

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    Very Large Orange Alligator Lizard
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    Garter Snake, Morris Meadows, Trinity Alps

    #1889711
    Rog Tallbloke
    BPL Member

    @tallbloke

    Locale: DON'T LOOK DOWN!!

    Tern

    #1891486
    Brad Abrahams
    Spectator

    @frigger

    In the Dark Canyon Wilderness

    Reptile

    #1891487
    Brad Abrahams
    Spectator

    @frigger

    Water bug in Coyote Gulchwater bug

    #1892271
    Rog Tallbloke
    BPL Member

    @tallbloke

    Locale: DON'T LOOK DOWN!!

    Peacock butterfly taken in the Oust valley, Morbihan, Brittany.
    .Peacock Butterfly

    #1894035
    Dustin Short
    BPL Member

    @upalachango

    Jason, lemurs only live in Madagascar. That's a Coati, which are related to raccoons. The various species range from AZ all the way through the Amazon. They're quite entertaining and can sometimes be seen in troops of 50 or so.

    #1912584
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    This isn't the animal, but the tracks of the animal. For scale, the lens cap is 3.1 inches in diameter, so that makes the paw print maybe 2.5 inches. The mud was sticky and fresh, and I believe that the prints were about twelve hours old. The pine needles are about eight hours old due to wind. This was Friday at an obscure lake in Yosemite where almost nobody goes.

    mountain lion tracks

    Mountain Lion, perhaps a young one. We heard a coyote chorus three times during the night. The prints are too large for a coyote.

    –B.G.–

    #1912595
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

    Bobcat maybe?

    #1912599
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    Jay, I understand. The prints were too large for a bobcat and too small for a mountain lion. Due to the vegetation, I could not see any other prints behind or ahead, so I could not measure the stride. I have seen a bobcat at this same lake once, but that was over 25 years ago, so it doesn't mean much. I did not have materials with me to make a print mold.

    I just wish that I had gotten an audio recording of the three sessions of coyote chorus at around Oh-dark-thirty.

    –B.G.–

    #1912743
    Troy Malish
    Spectator

    @slidinghills

    Locale: Canadian Rockies

    I saw my first wolverines last week while hiking in the Elk Lakes Provincial Park in the Southern Canadian Rockies. Shortly after I crossed over a high mountain pass and started dropping down the other side, I spotted them racing up the talus and snow heading for the pass I had just crossed. I had enough time to take a couple of photos. Snow and wind were blowing directly in my face as I took the photos but they still turned out alright. Definitely a very special moment for me.

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    #1912747
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    That is really cool

    That's one of the the things about being out in the wild – seeing wildlife

    #1912768
    David Thomas
    BPL Member

    @davidinkenai

    Locale: North Woods. Far North.

    Tory: Very cool to sight wolverines in the wild. Very rare, too.

    Large mammals I haven't seen in the wild in the USA/Canada: Wolverines, Polar Bear (I've looked both times I've been on the Arctic Ocean), and Mountain Lion.

    #1912793
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    I've seen Mountain Lion tracks in the snow on top of my tracks from the previous day.

    I think they're very wary. They actually quite commonly watch us but we don't see them.

    #1912807
    Troy Malish
    Spectator

    @slidinghills

    Locale: Canadian Rockies

    Mountain Lions are definitely very wary. I have seen 2 in my lifetime but none in the past 20 years.

    And yes, the wolverine sighting is quite a rare one. I feel very fortunate for that experience!

    I also saw my first wolf this year. That along with 8 grizzly bears, nearly 100 mountain goats (including a single group of 39), and dozens of sheep. I have spent more time in the mountains this year than any other year of my life. All in all a very good year for seeing wild creatures.

    #1912814
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

    Those are some awesome pictures Troy. Very rare I bet!

    #1912863
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    I've shot only one photo of a single wolverine. Getting three in one frame is great.

    –B.G.–

    #1971778
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

    007

    Cool and rare Horny Toad on Bear Mountain Road in Henry Coe.

    #1979106
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

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    Ugly dinosaur looking turkeys!
    026
    Alligator Lizard, Castle Rock

    #1980947
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    A baby rattlesnake.

    baby rattlesnake

    –B.G.–

    #1985306
    Troy Malish
    Spectator

    @slidinghills

    Locale: Canadian Rockies

    sheep

    #1992035
    dreamer
    BPL Member

    @ejcfree

    dead fish
    dead fish

    big lizard
    big lizard

    #1992080
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

    032
    Newt! Henry Coe
    044
    Garter Snake
    006

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