Share Animal Pictures: For Animal Lovers

[Borg]

Saw these two young fawns during a walk yesterday. They were about 25 feet from me. The one on the left was definitely the brave/curious one. He was walking toward me and I think that he would have come right up to me if I let him.

 

[phinds]

 

[symbolipoint]

"Dog Library"
Must dogs be accompanied by a human?
(for the post #2952)

 

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[berkeman]

That chicken has been spending way too much time on that trampoline!

 

[Andy Resnick]

Was at a friend's farm yesterday:

Cows are much more timid than I expected, they kept backing away.

 

[Ibix]

A moth, that would probably be better camouflaged if it had at least had the sense to sit on a patterned bedsheet.

 

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[Andy Resnick]

Since COVID lockdown, successive generations of red-headed woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) have taken peanuts from our feeder and then, later in the season, brought their fledglings to feed as well. I caught a pair today:

While I was photographing the 5th generation (Nikon D810 + nikkor 400/2.8 @ f/5.6, 1/1000 s auto ISO) a cardinal was giving me the side-eye:

 

[berkeman]

Dat's not a peanut. Looks like a sparkle ball to attract the birds?

 

[collinsmark]

Dat's not a peanut. Looks like a sparkle ball to attract the birds?

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I don't know for certain, but I suspect it's something viewed edge-on (cylinder-esque).

 

[Andy Resnick]

Dat's not a peanut. Looks like a sparkle ball to attract the birds?

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Those are definitely fragments of one or more peanuts, carried by the adult (still in the shell) up to the top of the pole, the adult then breaks open the shell and feeds the young. Fascinating to watch....

 

[Andy Resnick]

Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris):

Nikon D810+ Nikkor 800/5.6 @ f/8, 1/1000s Auto ISO.

 

[BillTre]

This is a mimic of a toxic bug:

 

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[Ivan Seeking]

 

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[BillTre]

 

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Perm mishap?

 

[Swamp Thing]

 

[fresh_42]

Daphne not a fan of the track events, loving the discus though!

 

[berkeman]

 

[BillTre]

Not an animal, but fungi. Closer to animals than plants though.

 

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Here is my favorite one. Better than any AI, best neural network ever, and yet, a complete mystery.

 

[BillTre]

That's a beauty!

 

[berkeman]

 

[symbolipoint]

Interesting! Notice the white patch on the Doberman Pinscher. Unusual. Makes to wonder if a reason that might occur on purebread.

 

[BillTre]

Here is a different looking animal.
Annelid worms have a series of segments (repeated sections of body plan) along their longitudinal axis.
Earthworms are annelid worms. They also have chaeta along their sides to help burrowing. The hairy things along the sides of this thing maybe modified chaeta.

 

[BillTre]

This sea slug (like many corals) can use algae they have incorporated into their skin to photosynthesize.

 

[BillTre]

 

[DaveE]

In these troubled times it wouldn't hurt to spend more time playing with your dog. It works for me anyway.

 

[DennisN]

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I have a thing for bats, I really like them.
I saw one recently flying very fast close to me in the evening, but it was impossible to even try to shoot it. I wouldn't have had time to even put my hand in the pocket to reach for the smartphone;
it was gone in an instant .

Gosh, I would really love to take photos of bats, but I see major obstacles:

• I guess you would have to go to particular places where they are known to be, and
• I imagine you would have to be very careful with the camera settings, and likely shoot with flash (?) in presumably dark places.

It definitely sounds like a challenge .

 

[BillTre]

Bats are cool.
I have known people in a couple of bat neurobiology labs (one also owls). Echolocation.
You could throw small objects into the air when they are flying around and they will go after them as if they were prey. Lots of fun.

I would guess the bat shots were made in a place know for frequent bat presence,
at the dark side of dusk, and used a flash from below.
You could point a camera up (tripod) at the right time with the right focus and click off shots when the bats are in the right place.
Or you could use a trigger mechanism (like a trail cam) to catch a lot of shots by itself.
This is a lot like shooting pictures of fast moving small fish. They move too fast to be creative in the moment. You have to plan it ahead of time. Lights, camera, maybe place some obstacles to funnel their movement to your shoot location.

I think of bats as coming out at dusk. Have not seen them flying at other times.
Maybe there are bat watching groups (like bird watchers) that would have some info.
Sometimes there maybe news stories of well known places (caves, belfries).

Twenty years ago, when our backyard was more immersed in a copse of large trees (walnut, cheery, oak), bats would fly through the backyard a lot. Now 80% of these large trees are gone, there is more open sky and I'm not seeing so many bats.

 

[collinsmark]

I have a thing for bats, I really like them.

Bats are cool.

As I always say, no matter how tempting, and no matter how cute and cuddly they look, do not eat the bats.

 

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