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Wingspan of about 6 feet when it flew above me in a forest. Was not expecting something that big to fly near me, mainly because the forest canopy was thick. I was worrying more about the bear my dog just got done chasing at the time and flinched pretty good. Great Grey Owl.
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Lunch is served...
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Saw this Grizzly sow and her two cubs on Togwotee pass in July on the way through.
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You know Tim Knight? Top notch squirrel photog, real legend around here.Quote:
Originally Posted by PassTheDutchie
These guys are always entertaining.
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After my lame attempt at humor, I actually spotted a coyote last night traipsing across a fairway of the local muni. Too fleet afoot for my Iphone pic, but a pretty impressive sighting for these parts. Pro-tip: soak your Pro-V's in wolf urine before you play to prevent varmints from absconding with your balls.Quote:
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Was out for a little stroll down by the creek & almost stepped on this. Amazingly camouflaged. It never moved. Mom must have been nearby, I quickly moved on.
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It looks cold. You should have rescued it.
^^^Snort.
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Is this a rubber boa?Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
All signs point to yes
Yup, Charina bottae I saw 3 this summer, I usually only see them maybe once. We saw 5 bears this year too. Actually 6, as we saw one on a morning run in Issaquah.
Moose when floating on Teton River:
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One of my favorites from the spring this year, grizzly vs. wolf over an elk carcass:
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^^^ Woah. Nice. But ya know, I've had the elk medallians at Stiegler's so I get it.
Griz win that one?
Nope, wolf was able to hold his own.
I'm amazed at how huge that wolf looks next to the bear
Super excellent shot
^ First thing I noticed. Either a small bear or werewolf.
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Originally Posted by Mazderati
Thanks, I was thinking it was a pretty young bear, maybe first spring on his own? It would explain his inability to deal with the wolf (who is pretty old and probably more experienced with handling other predators).Quote:
Originally Posted by baby bear
direwolf, clearly
Looks to be only 200 - 250lbs which is more Black Bear sized. I bet he's a youth.Quote:
Originally Posted by andrew
Wow, what an awesome shot!Quote:
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That wolf looks totally badass.
I'm no birder by any stretch but this week out back has been educational and very cool for me. I keep hearing this owl making very cool calls in the darkness while outside watching the baseball tonight (owls are Tribe fans apparently) and damn if the internet doesn't help me figure out what I'm hearing above the water in the darkness.
This guy:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/id
play the call to get a load of what I've been hearing for the last hour.
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that's cute.
And that bear vs wolf is bad ass. Where is that? I hope you had a zoom lens, because I wouldn't want to be within several hundred yards of that.
Hell yeah, wild kingdom quality!Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
Badass indeed but pretty much a no win battle for him in this case. One swipe from that big paw and it's game over.
Bmills - If it's still hanging around in the future and you want to really get a reaction play the call on speaker...just be ready to take cover because if it's a male and thinks the call is another male you might get a closer look than you would like. Less likely this time of year but still a possibility since they are territorial.
I did this with a local sharp shinned that likes to stalk my feeder a few years ago and got buzzed a bit closer than I was prepared for.
Funny you mention. I didn't even think about an encounter. When I cut the internet feed to my ballgame to try and identify the hoots/owl I played it a few times. I got one call back but then my dog went nuts. Silent now, but I'll know for the future for sure!Quote:
Originally Posted by FussyDutchman
Cool bear vs wolf pic!
There is a pair of great horned owls that hang around my house all the time. When they really get going calling to each other they remind me of the beginning of Herbie Hancock & the Head Hunter's Watermelon Man. Ocassionally I'll get buzzed by one of them which is startling since the wing span is around 5 feet.
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I lived in Minnesota two years, been to North Dakota, Wisconsin, Vermont, Maine, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming... Ontario, Quebec...you name it.
All I wanted was to see a moose.
It doesn't have to be a dominant male moose.
Just any moose (female, baby) would do.
But all I got to see was a red fox near Breckenridge downtown.
Can't a girl just see a moose???!!!
Now I have a moose head driver cover.
Moose became my spirit animal.
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In our area of VT we're overpopulated with barred owls. They will drive you absolutely nuts in late winter/spring when you're trying to sleep. They mellow out a bit in the fall as mentioned earlier.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
Not nearly as loud but they make even stranger noises are screech owls. We had one in a tree by the bedroom that would make a repetitive sound like a smoke detector beep when it gets a dead battery. The first night he did that, I couldn't locate the sound and was running all over the house at 2am looking for a bad smoke detector.
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Ribbit Ribbit. Toad found on a Cascades high route hike recently. Been trying to remove the resultant warts with mega doses of compound w. App is pixma, mosaic filter.
Ha! I've had one occasion like that where I was walking around the house with a lacrosse stick ready to smack the shit out of the offending smoke alarm beep. It went on for 2 days. I can't imagine what I'd do if I found out it was an owl.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge
Actually I can. I'd flail, swing wildly, fail, and likely hurt myself.
Who cooks for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
We have a bunch of these guys around. Occasionally I'll see them early in the morning and usually they float off immediately. The other day we saw one up about 80 feet off the deck in a cottonwood tree. Owls are the baddest,
Ha, when I read "who cooks for you" it's all I had stuck in my head as this guy kept calling. That is right until my dog found another backyard bit of wildlife and got sprayed by a skunk in the face for be first time. Then it was my turn to make loud noises.Quote:
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For a moment I thought this was Rudolph...Quote:
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The bear tried, but the wolf was too nimble.Quote:
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Otters (or muscrats?) in the yard? That's pretty cool.Quote:
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600 pounds of sin.Quote:
Originally Posted by acinpdx
The otters and seal weren't actually in the yard, they were a 30 second walk away. The otters do cruise by occasionally but they prefer to be closer to the water.Quote:
Originally Posted by andrew