In the wild: Animals edition

[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.

[SFMCfranky]

@ROman

Y’all must have hella big crows in North Carolina

[Oaktavia]

@SFMCfranky said in In the wild: Animals edition:

@ROman

Y’all must have hella big crows in North Carolina

the ravens are larger than the crows but not as big as the bald eagles around there and in surrounding states. The black vultures, however, look more similar to ravens and crows and are smaller than the turkey vultures.

[seawolf]

Vultures are fascinating creatures!

[Nocturama]

Spent a few days in the Derbyshire Dales last week…

[ROman]

On my back door tonight.

[SFMCfranky]

[Oaktavia]

@ROman so cool haha!

[Oaktavia]

@SFMCfranky phenomenal shot of the humming bird. Does it have an orange breast or is that a trick of the lighting? We only get one species of humming birds here in WV, the Ruby Throated.

[SFMCfranky]

@Oaktavia

Thanks!
It really is that color. It’s a male Rufous Hummingbird. I tried to post a short video of him. But it was too dense to post here. They show up NorCal in the spring and fall as they migrate North and South. We do have a year round resident: Anna’s Hummingbirds. I’ll try and post some pictures of them. The Rufous are smaller, but very feisty.

[seawolf]

@SFMCfranky The one's I've been posting are Anna's, but I've seeing Ruby-throated hummingbirds in San Diego in past years.