Notice the difference between those two coyotes. The one I posted is from the upper midwest where they've recently migrated. As they did they crossed with wolves and domesticate dogs, getting much larger and more dangerous than their southwestern relatives.
They are most certainly unwelcome in any upland bird hunting area as they will decimate the ground nesting bird population. They also kill many young deer. In fact, most of the coyote scat I've found is full of deer hair (they eat the whole thing, hair and all).
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Fri 7 Dec, 2007 12:20 am
Western scrub jay:
Bee-oo-tee-ful boid (Sorry I don't know what this is or even where it's from--maybe kuala lumpur. But I like the way it looks.):
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Roberta
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Sat 8 Dec, 2007 01:28 am
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Roberta
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Sat 8 Dec, 2007 05:51 am
Kea, parrot of New Zealand. These birds live in mountainous and alpine regions, where there's snow. Unusual for birds of the parrot family:
Edit to add this: Click on that Cheetah on the home page. What a picture!!
Also, if you click "tree view" then click on "Rocky Mountain National Park" then click on "Snowy Squirrel" that is a great picture imo
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Sat 8 Dec, 2007 02:27 pm
Thanks, TTH. Definitely a western crowned pigeon. Wonderful photos with the link. Some of them will probably end up here. I appreciate the help.
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mesquite
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Sat 8 Dec, 2007 11:34 pm
Right on. Those are superb photos at the Smithsonian site.
Here are a few more by Tom Ryan.
Coopers Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Shoveler
Coming in - flaps down - air brakes on...
mesquite, Wonderful. The coming-in-for-a-landing one is fabulous. Thanks. BTW, this Tom Ryan person is amazing.
dadpad, Love it. Mooches grassy ass.
caribou, These photos take my breath away (not that I had that much to begin with). Thanks for sharing.
LOVE DEM BOIDS!
And now for a change of pace.
Vampire squid (deep ocean):
Mudskipper, a fish that gets out of the water and walks when the need arises or the mood strikes him:
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Roberta
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Sun 9 Dec, 2007 06:52 am
Elephant hawk moth:
Honduran milk snake:
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Roberta
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Mon 10 Dec, 2007 12:24 am
I usually try to keep humans out of the photos, but I wanted you to get a sense of the size of these little guys. Mouse lemur, smallest of all primates:
Mouse deer (aka chevrotain):
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Mon 10 Dec, 2007 12:37 am
I give you the Babirusa.....
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Roberta
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Mon 10 Dec, 2007 01:12 am
Thanks, gus. Know about babirusas. Their tusks grow through the skin and up onto the top of their snouts. Sometimes they grow back down through the skin. The sacrifices some animals go through for beauty. Fact is, I kinda like the way they look. Not traditional beauty. But primitive and rough. No accounting for taste.
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Roberta
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Mon 10 Dec, 2007 04:05 pm
Blue whistling thrush:
Gaboon viper:
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Arella Mae
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Mon 10 Dec, 2007 04:20 pm
I hope it's ok to post this here. It's not exactly a picture but a video of a very strange animal. I have no idea what it is called, as it isn't mentioned in this short video clip. *sigh* hate the commercials in the beginning.
I hope it's ok to post this here. It's not exactly a picture but a video of a very strange animal. I have no idea what it is called, as it isn't mentioned in this short video clip. *sigh* hate the commercials in the beginning.
It's a Long Eared Jerboa.
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Mon 10 Dec, 2007 04:27 pm
Thanx Ros! Hmmm, he doesn't look quite as cute in the picture as he did in the video. What a strange little creature he is.
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Mon 10 Dec, 2007 04:40 pm
They (jerboa) are used as "do not litter" signs all over Tunisia.
