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Title: Animals - Wild and Domestic
Post by: Jeanne Lee on April 26, 2016, 03:51:46 PM
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Post by: Jeanne Lee on April 26, 2016, 05:02:29 PM
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Post by: Natureboy on April 27, 2016, 03:46:31 AM
Nice one Jeanne Lee  :thumbup:
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Post by: Natureboy on April 27, 2016, 03:47:35 AM
Grey Squirrel

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Post by: Chocky on May 11, 2016, 02:18:48 PM
Wow. That Toad is lovely.

Cute squirrel. He looks as though he is about to jump
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Post by: J R WEEMS on June 10, 2016, 08:34:10 PM
As Pat can attest to, bears are one of my favorite subjects. The following photo is proof not all Black bears are black. :)

(http://www.fototime.com/91B18CD6F92B814/large.jpg)
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Post by: Chocky on June 11, 2016, 02:37:57 PM
Nice capture  :thumbup:
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Post by: PatH2 on June 13, 2016, 05:25:28 PM
Wow!  Such a handsome bear.  How close were you?
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Post by: J R WEEMS on June 16, 2016, 02:38:18 PM
Quote from: PatH2 on June 13, 2016, 05:25:28 PM
Wow!  Such a handsome bear.  How close were you?

Data says Focal length was 1000mm - a 600mm lens was used with an extender. This meadow had a walkway around it that was apron., 200 yards across. Subject was about halfway from me. :)  In the Smokies I have been as close as 13 ft. :)
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Post by: J R WEEMS on June 16, 2016, 03:03:27 PM
Don't mean to hi-jack any ones threads but I seem unable to start any of my own?? Anyway, this was an early morning encounter with a foraging mother and two cubs. The dew was still on the foliage but they were not to be deterred. :) Here she was about 30 feet away.

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Post by: angelface555 on June 16, 2016, 03:52:06 PM
You need to speak to Jeanne Lee if you want to open a new thread.
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Post by: Jeanne Lee on June 16, 2016, 05:15:03 PM
Johnny, do you need a subject other than wildlife>birds or wildlife>Animals - Wild and Domestic?  Something more specific?  Our topics are not "owned" by the originator or first poster, but all participants posting under the same subject are welcome.  That is how we all enjoy your wildlife photos as well as Natureboy's (and my own toad  ;) ) 
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Post by: RAMMEL on June 19, 2016, 11:52:39 PM
Checking in  :thumbup:

Great pic's.
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Post by: Chocky on June 20, 2016, 03:38:14 AM
Great photo of the bear. She's lovely . Well done  :thumbup:
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Post by: Chocky on October 03, 2016, 03:42:34 AM
Just realised the last two photos were in the wrong sections  ::)

so have removed them and will find them and replace in the right threads
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Post by: Chocky on October 03, 2016, 03:46:29 AM
Here is the squirrel
(Now hopefully in the right thread)

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Post by: so_P_bubble on October 03, 2016, 03:58:42 AM
Beautiful Chocky!  I so enjoy their antics but... I never saw one in Israel :(
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Post by: RAMMEL on February 09, 2017, 10:26:33 PM
part of my wildlife friends

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Post by: angelface555 on February 09, 2017, 11:57:50 PM
Rammel, what a great night photo of the squirrel!
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Post by: so_P_bubble on February 11, 2017, 07:53:48 AM
Superb, Rammel!
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Post by: Lindancer on January 09, 2018, 05:08:33 PM
Wow! Just discovered this folder, while browsing Will be back :thumbup:
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Post by: Amy on January 30, 2018, 06:49:13 PM
[attach=1][attachimg=2][attachimg=2]Can you see me???
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Post by: Amy on January 30, 2018, 06:52:20 PM
Just Bugging you :)
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Post by: Amy on January 30, 2018, 06:56:13 PM
Shhh.I am hiding...
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Post by: RAMMEL on January 30, 2018, 10:51:39 PM
Love the animal pic's.  I'm a city dweller but am between a golf course, a park and a hiking/walking path, so have some wildlife present at times. Spring has brought some rabbits the last two years.
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Post by: Vanilla-Jackie on January 31, 2018, 01:18:47 AM
I love anything wild - life...I am lucky I live in a rather isolated spot of countryside and often will see fox,
deer, squirrel, hares, pheasant, passed an owl proudly sitting on a fence one night as we passed it in our car, could have opened the car window and reach out to touch it, it was that close to us, its head turned as we passed by...Had a garden visit from a stoat or weasel?....even told of badgers but, I have yet to see a badger...and not forgetting cows that roam over our valley hills, the sea the other side of those hills...we have the best of both worlds as they say, valleys, country - side and the sea - coast on top of our doorstep, I know which I prefer, the countryside with its wild - life...trees and birds..

Rammel...
...I marvel at the balancing act of your squirrel whilst eating his nut...

Chocky ( Beryl )...
...wonderful close - up of your squirrel eating a nut...
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Post by: so_P_bubble on January 31, 2018, 08:16:58 AM
Beautiful Amy! 
That insect was waiting for you to take his photo :)
I love all the submissions here and of course squirrels are my favorites.
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Post by: Lindancer on January 31, 2018, 12:17:20 PM
Amy, I made it bigger and found the deer.  I agree with everyone, like to look at the little wild animals. One of my neighbor has seen a fox  a few times, I have not. When we moved here 34 years ago there was woods all around the park, and a horse ranch. All gone now, but we have a new post office on the corner, and a shopping center, also the park bought the horse ranch, and we now have 80 more mobile homes. :( :uglystupid2:

I wish I had my camera yesterday, as there was a little sparrow setting next to a blue jay eating.  Along came a cardinal and chased them both away.
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Post by: Amy on February 01, 2018, 08:01:20 AM
Gloria de , we are very lucky here, we have all kinds of wild life about. My friend and I were coming home from a quilt show when I spotted this fellow..
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Post by: so_P_bubble on February 01, 2018, 08:13:24 AM
wow Amy, he does not look like a friendly type!
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Post by: angelface555 on February 01, 2018, 11:15:05 AM
That looks like a youngster to me Amy, good capture! I didn't realize moose ranged so far East. I do know they are found in Michigan so I guess I was wrong. We used to have them all over just a few years ago. Now it is rare to see one in town altho the "Farthest North Denny's," had a surprise customer in January when a bull came in from the minus thirty-five temperatures via their automatic door.  ::)
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Post by: Amy on February 01, 2018, 12:29:44 PM
Patrica thank you, he is a young male as you can see by the horns just starting. This was taken in the Spring when he was a bit shaggy.. I have gone walking here  and have come across  moose in the field. I did miss out one winter, 3 moose stuck their heads through the trees at the same time during a snow storm and it would have made a lovely photo..

Bubble, for the most part, you leave them alone and they will leave you alone. They are a beautiful creature.
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Post by: Mary Ann on February 01, 2018, 12:54:56 PM
I think the moose in Michigan are mostly in the UP, although I would not be surprised to hear of them being in the Lower Peninsula (we are not the LP, however, to the UP residents, we are Trolls).  I too thought it was a young moose.

Mary Ann
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Post by: Amy on February 01, 2018, 12:59:49 PM
I love listening to the call of the loon echoing across the lakes at night..
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Post by: Mary Ann on February 01, 2018, 01:05:16 PM
Amy, I remember visiting a cousin in Minnesota who lived on a lake and I loved the call of the loons.  None around where I live.

Mary Ann
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Post by: so_P_bubble on February 01, 2018, 01:07:08 PM
The call of loons reminds me of the film On a Golden Pond.  It was the first time I learned about them.
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Post by: angelface555 on February 01, 2018, 01:09:23 PM
I remember a time when I worked at a mall store cutting fabric a few miles from home. I walked back and forth along a fenced-in bike path with river bordered bush on one side and a two-lane highway on the other. A large bull would stand, and people watch altho few believed me because no one paid attention or  drove past.

Then one day he came up and stood at the crosswalk seemingly to wait for the light to turn while in reality waiting for a break in traffic. When the light flashed red, and traffic stopped; he then proceeded across the crosswalk, ambled down the further bank, and swam across the river before disappearing back into the bush until the next day.

They say we have an in-town population of about 200 moose on the average; however, people rarely see them because they don't pay attention to their surroundings. Amy, it looks like you pay attention, thus finding these moments others miss.

We have loons, but these days you have to go in the summer, about sixty miles upriver on the Salcha to hear them. I don't know why that is because we have cranes and swans just outside of town or in the bird sanctuary.
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Post by: Amy on February 02, 2018, 06:55:21 AM
Patrica, that would have been a wonderful sight to see. I know people look but don't see and they lose out on what is around them. The road we travel is one of many creatures deer, moose, elk, fox wolf and yes skunks and racoons. In fact last week a racoon crossed in front of us ,I thought it was rather early for them to be out but apparently he didn't. Almost forgot the wild turkeys and there are a lot of them now. I can better understand how they will take a windshield out of a vehicle as I had one fly in front of me....but we didn't kiss :-*
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Post by: Amy on February 02, 2018, 06:59:54 AM
Patrica,
Forgot to add, that would be my dream job but my paycheck wouldn't be coming home with me..:(
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Post by: SCFSue on February 02, 2018, 11:43:51 AM
Amy, I'm curious, too.  His nose looks something like a camel!

Sue
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Post by: SCFSue on February 02, 2018, 11:45:33 AM
Amy, I just looked back and see that the animal in question is a moose.  Nice picture--and how close were you when you took the picture?  The moose I've seen in the wild are not very friendly!

Sue
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Post by: angelface555 on February 02, 2018, 01:07:59 PM
We don't have wild turkeys here. Nor raccoons or skunks or snakes. We do have porcupines, ermines, badgers, wolverines. Then we have black or red fox, lynx, and wolves. Mainly, in this portion of the stare, we have bears, black, brown and grizzly, wood bison which is slightly larger than the plains buffalo, closer to the earliest bison types; and Dall sheep and mountain goats.

Moose aren't dangerous if you leave them alone or don't get in their personal space. You watch to see if their ears are laid back or if the scruff on their shoulders is standing up. Moose hate dogs and equate them with wolves so will often attack and kill a dog, but they seem to like cats. I have seen a cat ride on the back of a moose who frequently visited her yard.

If a moose is frightened or harassed, it can quickly kick out with its powerful back legs or trample you to death. If you leave them alone and someone else hasn't riled them up, then co-existing at least six feet apart at all times due to personal space is fine. I have seen moose follow people around or watch them go about their people business rubbernecking like any tourist.

Amy, you wouldn't think it was a dream job in January when you had to count and measure the remaining yardage for each bolt of fabric during inventory. All the while dealing with customers and counting thread, seam bindings and everything else.
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Post by: angelface555 on February 02, 2018, 01:15:33 PM
I just wanted to add that we don't have many smaller pests either such as gypsy moths, fleas, ticks or biting flies.
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Post by: Amy on February 02, 2018, 06:31:55 PM
SCFSue, I think we were about 100 feet from this fellow, I took a lot of photos of him he just stood there looking about. Others stopped to take photos too and that made him go back into the woods.

I feel one should respect the wild animals  and the area they are in and if your in their area, behave, it is their home!
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Post by: Amy on February 02, 2018, 06:37:22 PM
Patrica, nice to have no fleas, ticks or biting flies. Once Spring is here we are inundated with blackflies that have post hole augers for bills and mosquitos too.

One should always show wild animals respect, I shudder when I see grown people doing stupid things around them and then when the beast retaliates it is the one to get shot.!!

Well, I would love to try that, I think it would take me a long time for me to not enjoy the job. I would say you worked in a place with LOTS of eye candy :)