In the wild: Animals edition

[motojobobo]

@twin excellent job spotting it! Did it wake up/stir when you got so close up for the pic?

[twin]

@motojobobo No it did not wake up.

[twin]

@sabergirl And cute also.

[Cskarev]

A cute woodpecker in the park close to home

[Oaktavia]

@twin a blonde bat that is super cool. How big was it? Hard to tell from the photo looks not so small.

[twin]

@Cskarev Looks like a Downy Woodpecker.

[twin]

@Oaktavia About 3 inches long and 2 inches wide est. Was fast a sleep when I saw him.

[CosmoSix5]

The misses got me a video bird feeder for Christmas. Now that spring is here I set it up. I love birds. Cardinals are terrific.
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[Giles]

In British English, we would say missus unless we meant more then one unmarried female, Which, I guess you could have meant

[Matt]

I believe it’s the same here.

[Matt]

When we were traveling we stayed at a place in TX where a cardinal took particular issue with his reflection in our truck’spassenger side mirror. It got so bad I had to put a bag over the mirror to keep him from trying to kill himself.

[seawolf]

Josie got mad at me for getting too close with a camera (sorry Josie!) and Buzzed The Tower.

[Oaktavia]

@seawolf wow, those shots are incredible. It is so hard to get close enough to humming birds to get a decent shot. This reminds me, I need to clean and switch out my feeders.

[twin]

@twin said in In the wild: Animals edition:

Found this little guy a sleep.

My twin looked him up. He is a male Eastern Red Bat, Lasiurus borealis

[Oaktavia]

@twin said in In the wild: Animals edition:

Eastern Red Bat, Lasiurus borealis

Woah that is so cool! I had no idea there was a red bat in the US. Google says they live all up and down the eastern states and all the way to Texas as well.

[SFMCfranky]

This morning’s view out of my kitchen window. Not actually “In the wild”. But close enough.

[Bridger]

Fantastic shot @SFMCfranky!

What kind of birds are they and where do you live?

[SFMCfranky]

@Bridger

Howdy,
They’re Turkey Vultures. I live in Northern California. They’re very common here.

[Bridger]

@SFMCfranky said in In the wild: Animals edition:

They’re Turkey Vultures

Sounds like a gothic Christmas dinner

[ROman]

@SFMCfranky said in In the wild: Animals edition:

@Bridger

Howdy,
They’re Turkey Vultures. I live in Northern California. They’re very common here.

Got them in North Carolina as well. I think I told @Giles it was a crow when I saw one flying.