trail cam
Who says opossums aren't cute?
Found upside down on the highway, but still alive and perfectly undamaged. Urinated on us to let us know he was doing fine. Super odd, fun find. Moved off the road of course
Stafford County
I am not sure on this ID, but found this washed ashore on the beach. Based on appearances, structure, and heft I assumed it to be bone, one that large I assume to be Cetacean but would like other opinions.
Aberrant coloration. At first we thought it was a N. fasciata x N. clarkii hybrid but the dorsal pattern is too banded (not stripey) and the ventral pattern is unstriped but not plain, albeit very low contrast (orange vs yellow half-moons). Compare a few other "hypomelanistic" N. fasciata from nearby:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67151325
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109373290
credit for amazing photo to neighbors, thank you!
think this is carnivorous, could also be coyote? open to input. We have seen bobcats on this stream corridor before
Sadly could not get a front facing photo. Little guy was hobbling some, might have stunned itself or got hit by a car
The hawks were acting aggressive and now I see there was a zone-tailed hawk overhead. I was not able to ID the hawks at the time because of the glare of the sun and distance from me and they were overhead for about a second.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV1t3gf2IMw (Empire/Dahua bullet cam)
Squirrel at Fresno State University. Was very curious about humans, very fluffy and plump. Light in colors (gray and red/orange, brown)
Juvenile first seen by other on Sunday, photographed Monday. First, Alabama record.
My New Years Toad! A blessed Toad to you All!
Seen while completing plant monitoring with Steve W in the Hole-in-the-Donut, Restoration Area 2003 in Everglades National Park. Location is accurate.
More info about this amazing area here: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm
Project that includes most of the restoration areas: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration
My other observations from today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&nelat=25.398646842491186&nelng=-80.59314029341964&on=2023-01-21&order=asc&place_id=any&preferred_place_id=127553&swlat=25.190675134137837&swlng=-80.80188052779464&user_id=joemdo
Eschrichtius robustus?
Adult light morph Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk - tail is mottled, bird is very cold toned, upper parts darker than a Krider’s. Patagials are also very dark and the back of the head is streaked. It is the most lightly marked, cleanest below, Harlan's that I have ever encountered.
I am making this observation for the bird that the GBH is eating.. not to be graphic but I saw the whole process of it killing and eating the bird which was really astonishing. The pictures at the end of the set are more helpful than those at the beginning
Two orange-collared adults and four non-collared youngsters from this summer
Trying to figure out if these are both the same species. Engaged in aerial battle for about 15 minutes. One of them was noticeably smaller and actively chasing the larger one. Is it a sharp-shinned hawk chasing a cooper's hawk? If so, I will create a separate observation for each individual. I'm fairly certain the larger hawk is a cooper's as I have observed a similar individual in the same area recently. If the other is a sharp-shinned, this observation will be for the cooper's hawk.
Dark leading edge of wing from shoulder to wrist and red tail, both characteristics of red-tailed hawk. Dark wrists, dark belly and dark tail band, all characteristic of rough-legged hawk. Other characteristics appeared to be a mix between the two species. May be same individual I photographed in 2020.
A very rare visitor to the DC area ..... birders (and photographers) are very excited. It's been at Huntley Meadows for almost a week.
Albino individual removed from a neighbor's chicken coop. To me, the head shape looks more rat snake than corn snake. It's hard to say for sure with such faint markings!