Nature & Wildlife Thread

[Mike in Vermont]

OMG! White pelicans! I would love to see them. I mean, I like the brown ones, but there is something special about the white ones. Lucky you! I'm green with envy!

Thanks. This is one of my favorite spots to visit, and I have never seen them there until today.

 

[TheFishGuy]

Normally I wouldn’t post here, but today I woke up early ( 5:30 who that hurt ) to go on a nice long hike before school, was able to snap a few pics.

this was sunrise and moon at the same time, pretty cool looking.....

And just a cool reflection cause why not.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I went to the lock at Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie canal in south Florida today. There was about 50 of these huge birds. Their Bill was about 12 inches long. I guess they are some sort of Pelican? Their jaw would open, and they filtered the water for food. View attachment 136291View attachment 136292View attachment 136293

Nice! I've seen them a handful of times here in Wisconsin. They're always fun to see.

 

[addy1]

Love the reflection picture! @TheFishGuy Neat white pelicans @Mike in Vermont

 

[Ponders]

In my garden last Spring and they come every year for a few weeks until they set up their nests..called Hoopoe

 

[j.w]

@Ponders Cool bird, hoop, hoop, hoop right back at him

 

[Ponders]

We kept finding a baby Toad indoors and would put out him outside again and in he came again and again..Then he set up home under a
very long seed tray that I really needed to use....Few days past and there was four of them, all the same size and all together....
Last year they nested under our Septic Fosse Lid...

 

[j.w]

I always have to check my boots that I leave outside the front door as once I went to put one on and my foot went up against something soft and poofy. A big old frog had taken up residency in there! Lucky for him I did not try to push harder and he was just fine and in the pond he went

 

[Ponders]

We had Mr.Toad (not actually sure could have been Miss) always in a corner of the room almost like they want to be there but need the walls for safety from them Humans.....I long for frogs but never had any in the 6 years we have lived here.....one of these days we shall get a wildlife camera as we know we have lots of Pine Martens of various types..some like your loft and chew your electric cables some are more roaming and live in the outside world....

 

[Burd]

loose as a goose today. Lol

 

[GBBUDD]

We had Mr.Toad (not actually sure could have been Miss) always in a corner of the room almost like they want to be there but need the walls for safety from them Humans.....I long for frogs but never had any in the 6 years we have lived here.....one of these days we shall get a wildlife camera as we know we have lots of Pine Martens of various types..some like your loft and chew your electric cables some are more roaming and live in the outside world....

Um if I am not mistaken pine Martin's LOVE FROGS. so I'd venture to think it's not that you don't have frogs you just don't have them for very long

 

[Burd]

I put a new feeder out front for the little guys.

 

[HARO]

Can you see it? Not the plant.

John

 

[mrsclem]

Wolf spider?

 

[j.w]

Nice big, friendly spider!