Miscellaneous Wildlife

[dpc]

An Easter egg of sorts...I found it the other day under a birdhouse inhabited by a pair of house sparrows...

 

[ISv]

Helmet urchin. I know they are edible but hardly will try one - even collecting them could be risky job: they appear on stones/cliffs that are heavily pounded by dangerous surf... Posted the 3th photo for illustration (No! This didn't come to my lens - I was keeping respectful distance).

 

[ERHP]

Just a Merriam's Chipmunk checking her tail.

R5 RF600 w/1.4x 1/2500 : f/6.3 : ISO 800

 

[Click]

Great shot, ERHP.

 

[Cog]

Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, Cog. Interesting lizard.

 

[Cog]

Very nice shots, Cog. Interesting lizard.

It's the size of a cat. And despite its clumsy look, it runs pretty fast.

 

[SteveC]

It's the size of a cat. And despite its clumsy look, it runs pretty fast.

The head looks like it'd be more at home on a tortoise.

 

[ISv]

...tortoise?

 

[josephandrews222]

Light rain was falling in our area of the midwest USA yesterday...and one of our many squirrels decided to try to wait out the rain in the middle of its trip back to the yard: it remained 'attached' to the tree, more-or-less stationary, for at least five minutes...before proceeding

 

[ISv]

The crab is on the same place in the second photo but you have to look for it. I wish I had such a grip...

 

[Click]

Excellent sequence. This little fellow has a sure grip.

 

[Nemorino]

An invasive species: a Nutria in our botanical garden
R5 + RF100-400

 

[ISv]

An invasive species: a Nutria in our botanical garden
R5 + RF100-400
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On other hand without that invasive species you may have just a water and plants (kidding off course!)!

 

[becceric]

I managed to get a portrait of one of our closest neighbors. I love the results of that EF600mm III!

 

[Click]

Very nice picture, becceric.

 

[becceric]

Very nice picture, becceric.

Thanks, Click!

 

[Ramage]

Captured at a rest stop in Southern BC, Canada. Not sure if he\she is wild or if someone let it go. I am leaning towards it is not native.

 

[Click]

Nice shot, Ramage.

 

[ISv]

Here it's more of the same at the closest beach park (the migratory birds are gone off course).