The Biology/Wildlife Thread

[Green Baron]

18 minutes ago, tater said:

Roadrunner running to the driveway, yesterday.

*snipsnap*

So that's a roadrunner that until now (which is longer than many here can imagine) i only knew from comics ...

*meepmeep*

 

[RoadRunnerAerospace]

2 hours ago, tater said:

Roadrunner running to the driveway, yesterday.

 

 

 

 

My favorite bird!

[tater]

3 hours ago, Green Baron said:

So that's a roadrunner that until now (which is longer than many here can imagine) i only knew from comics ...

*meepmeep*

I never bothered to look them up before I moved here (I'm not sure as a kid it occurred to me it was an actual species of bird), and I was shocked when I saw one.

[tater]

Desert Box Turtle in my in-law's back yard.

 

Baby Mantis I found in the house:

 

 

[tater]

Just took this a few minutes ago.

[tater]

Found a Jerusalem Cricket in the road visiting a friend up towards Los Alamos with a parasite coming out of it. Looks to be Paragordius tricuspidatus. 

 

[XB-70A]

I know the thread has not been alive for three months now, but to start a new one would not allow to observe the older pictures that were put here.

Here are some I've taken between the last December and the beginning of February.

Cathartes Aura patrolling over the pond of my residence.

 

 

Adult and young Apalone Ferox taking a sun bath.

 

 

A Pandion Haliaetus overflying the Banana River for some fishes. I took it while waiting for the launch of Dragon CRS-13 in last December.

 

 

Anas Fulvigula staring at some kids playing close to the pond.

 

 

An Ardea Alba surprised by a car passing in front.

 

 

Okay, it's not a falcon, but still! We got two birds on one shot!

 

 

Tursiops Truncatus hunting in the Banana River. Took on the afternoon of February 6th while I was literally burning under the sun waiting for the launch of Falcon Heavy.

 

 

I'm not really sure about these two which were fighting and pursuing each others for a minute, they remind me the Great Blue Herons. Took at the same place some minutes after the dolphin.