I wish I had my measurer with me. This is probably the second biggest pike of my life.
Mola mola observado y fotografiado en navegación con salida desde el puerto de Mar del Plata.
Na Estação Ecológica de Murici
Amazing morph
A green chiton attached to a half crab. We observed this alien looking commensal beast while undertaking an intertidal survey on the reefs off Hawera. It made us jump when we first turned over the rock.
Albino catfish, kept gasping loudly while releasing.
Phil Foster Park, Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County
I've never seen this behavior before. I thought it was a turtle at first glance. It stayed in this position until I had completely passed by, them emerged an flew toward the clutch observed nearby.
Posting this for my mom. The writer of the article, photographer, and birdwatcher.
This owl was way out of it's normal range. Strangely, there was another in Chautauqua county New York on the same day. First Pennsylvania record in 100 years.
Found out of the water under debris in the wrack line
This chicken snake was in our barn eating the eggs.
Being mobbed by Cape Ground Squirrels
6556 Copied from an old slide. It spat on my specs!
This is a beautiful cottonmouth. It’s behaviors were that of the Timber. It would rattle its tail instead of gapping. It’s tail shown in last picture almost looks segmented. It’s tail is velvet black and it has a solid black diamond on its head.
Nighttime moth photography at Hillman State Park.
A few feet from our front door
leucistic American Crow with 10 other black crows
Adult male gray squirrel eating baby gray squirrel. According to National Geographic they do this to secure a mating position with the mother of the eaten baby.
Oryidae (Soil Centipedes). Photographed west of Balsas, Amazonas Department, Peru on 30 October 2015.
Seen moving on Darby creek bank and then went into the reeds for a couple seconds and came back out with a snake in its mouth. It then swam up the creek a bit more and then went up the bank and over a log and disappeared. Maybe bringing the snake to a den. This is my second Mink spotting at Heinz.
My dad found these on a work trip.
Road cruised. Patternless, sub adult male.
Photo courtesy of Sam Stromberg
7 Can be seen in the picture, but there may have been more. We didn't want to disturb them and have them scatter.
daytime sighting in tree
Atypical buck. Low fence.
The unbelievable amelanistic individual was found by Eli Bieri. Just about the coolest thing I have ever had the pleasure of seeing. No surprise that this has become my most favorited observation
Leucistic? The pigment in the ocular orbitals is making me hesitate on saying albino
Pretty sure this is a hybrid rattlesnake. I believe it is between Crotalus ornatus and Crotalus viridis as both occur in the area and this snake displays characteristics of both.
I've seen this melanistic fawn three times recently, most recently in my lawn. Including a photo with its sibling for contrast.
I originally posted some shots of this black White-tailed Deer fawn on June 1:
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1575337
I have not seen it in 4 days and had worried that something bad may have happened, but then mama and her two fawns showed up in our back yard again this afternoon. The building is our workshop at the back of our property which is adjacent to an extensive juniper woodland.
Piebald Deer
I was very surprised to see a black colored White-tailed Deer fawn this evening behind my house. I have seen some very dark White-tailed Deer in this area in the past:
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/816864
but not one like this. These are just quick shots, taken against the light and as the deer were rapidly moving away, but this black fawn can be seen in company with normally colored fawns. I will be trying to get more and better shots in the next few days.
Litter admitted for rehabilitation. Approximately 3 days old at intake. Tagged location is approximate original find site. This is observation 1/6.
INJURED OR DEFECT? He had a limp in his right foreleg, and one antler was much shorter than the other. In addition, there was a patch of fur on his back that I confirmed was not a trick of shadows, I'm not sure why it looked like that on his back. Anyone know if this is concurrent with a set of birth defects in deer? Or was it an injury, maybe due to a fight? He didn't look injured by a hunter or a car, although occasionally he would lick and tend to the left side of his back.
Found on a running trail. Atypical coloration and patterning for this species.
This white female Mohave was found in the deserts surrounding Tucson, AZ.