Wildlife

[bagtagley]

No pics, too sad. Saw a yearling black bear lying in the ditch on a gravel ride. He popped his head up and made some noise, but didn’t budge. He looked mangy and was covered in leaves and dirt. Really pitiful little guy.

I called the wildlife center and DGIF. DGIF lady said yearling mange cases are up and that they’d send somebody out to see if he could be helped or needed to be “dispatched”. I asked for an update but haven’t heard back.

[east or bust]

Been doing a lot of hiking lately in the wilderness areas surrounding Phoenix

lots of rattlers, here is a healthy Arizona Black Rattlesnake



even a half strength moon provides enough light to navigate trails on treeless terrain. but you run the risk (a pretty high risk at that) of stepping on these guys



these guys were hanging out in this small notch about 6ft up an overhung cliff above a mostly dried up creek bed. didn’t know they were such proficient climbers





unfortunately I’ve come across more dead rattlers than live ones, people are stupid assholes

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Yeah, I don't understand killing rattlesnakes. Any snake for that matter..

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Baby fox season.

[liv2ski]

Yeah, I don't understand killing rattlesnakes. Any snake for that matter..

If you have dogs, snakes are a problem. I am not a fan of snakes (thinking Indian Jones)

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

If you have dogs, snakes are a problem. I am not a fan of snakes (thinking Indian Jones)

Snake aversion training.

[Mokomahonah]

Bit far off, but spotted a few elk in the Desatoya Range, NV few weeks ago.

[JimmyCarter]

Find the coyote

[riser4]

Find the coyote

That's cool. Took me a while.

[skuff]

Thrill seeker, trying to get warm on the bike path

[Norseman]

She turned me into a NEWT




(no touch!)

[KQ]

right now along the river there is a group of foxes screaming and it's echoing across the valley. So freaky. Sounds like a woman being murdered.

[evdog]

Spit or swallow?

From tonite's ride

[Mazderati]

Five goslings in this pic. imgur no longer allows embedding so have to click through to see the pic.

https://imgur.com/EoSFkAY

[hutash]

I don't know if suburban life counts as wildlife, but my wife caught a picture of this guy two streets over. Then I saw him, or a relative two days later walking across the bottom of our year with a rabbit in his mouth. Lived here 27 years and have never seen a gray fix before. Lots of other suburban wildlife, but never a fox. Probably has so.ething to do with the fire, but that was 2 1/2 years ago.

[PNWbrit]

Rarely see this guy during the daytime.

[refried]

Unhappy elephant seal molting

[refried]

She turned me into a NEWT




(no touch!)

eating the may be a problem, but touching them is fine

[refried]

[Mazderati]

Unhappy elephant seal molting

Did not realize seals molt.

[refried]

Did not realize seals molt.

once a year, they find a quiet beach and hide for a week while their outer layer of skin sheds, I've heard they're miserable and get flu like symptoms too. this one was on the beach next to the house, it was there for about a week. My gf had someone come down to check on it and it was fine. They told us not to tell anyone about it and leave it alone, we did.

[old goat]

Urban turkey--hen and 3 chicks

[evdog]

[wendigo]

what is that^^^?

[bluespark]

Psychedelic turkey in Tikal a few years ago