In the wild: Animals edition

[goosehd]

This one was less than 20 feet from me. I stood still and watched it as it did to me. I love owls and have a few species here. Posted a while back a snowy owl that took my breath away. I was shaking with excitement and awe as I took pictures of it.

[SKT]

Beautiful pics. It’s always exciting to be that close to truly wild animals. Something primal about it

[DeeDee85]

@goosehd wow!! Amazing

[seawolf]

I saw this gorgeous osprey when I was out on a bike ride the other day.

[Oaktavia]

@goosehd magical Barred owl! I saw one with Amanda while walking on the C & O Canal earlier in the year. I think I posted a photo on here. They are such amazing creatures, I love them so much. Seeing one in person is a treat.

[Danimal506]

@goosehd Super cool!

[Nocturama]

Good few years back now, but I unexpectedly saw a barn owl when out taking some landscape photos one evening. The camera was not set up for a movement shot, and the lens was less than ideal in terms of focal length (so this is a significant crop), but I was so pumped for seeing the bird, let along getting any kind of shot of it…

[goosehd]

@Nocturama still f’n outstanding!! Thank you for sharing

[Matt]

Your “bad” picture is 100x better than my good ones.

[Oaktavia]

@Nocturama duuude that's awesome

[Nocturama]

Thanks guys. My brother lives in an area where they have re-introduced the Red Kite (not far from @ARNC) and they are regularly seen scanning the ground at low level looking for an easy meal…

[ARNC]

@Nocturama they’re everywhere near me but they never come close enough for me to get a picture like that!

[Oaktavia]

@Nocturama dude awesome shot

[Giles]

@Nocturama said in In the wild: Animals edition:

looking for an easy meal

Red Kites are predominantly scavengers, so looking for something that is already dead. Like our cat

[SKT]

A few deer at the farm this evening

[GraemeE]

@SKT the farm.....does that mean....?

[SKT]

I’m halfway there. Too cold to go full midnight

Thanks for the laugh

[Giles]

Caimen - yeah that's a big deal if you live in UK....

Agouti...

See loads of Sloths, but they are always way way way at the top of the canopy.....

[goosehd]

@Giles

See loads of Sloths, but they are always way way way at the top of the canopy.....

Going to call bullshit on that one as there is no way your fellow tourists are climbing to the top of the canopy. Now if you said loud, drunk, and obnoxious around the pool…

[Matt]

Caiman is pc for midget crocodile. I refuse to believe it’s a different animal.