Wildlife

[bluespark]

Spotted eagle ray in Hol Chan channel a few years ago

[2bjenny]

Came across this chunky little guy while out walking the dogs this evening.

[Norseman]

"the fuck you lookin at"

[PB]

what is that^^^?

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Alligator lizard

[crashtestdummy]

M1026143-1 by Harvey Richards, on Flickr


M1026224-1 by Harvey Richards, on Flickr


EM127557-1 by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

[2bjenny]

Spotted eagle ray in Hol Chan channel a few years ago

I loved seeing spotted eagle rays when diving! I really want to see manta rays. Hoping to make it back to Belize this summer.

[kokomas]

Fledgling great gray owl I believe

[kokomas]

Actually now that I look at papa maybe that's a great horned owl. Also found a bull moose

[Conundrum]

Saw my first Idaho wolverine this weekend. I glassed him from about 150 yards for a couple minutes while he scoured the banks of a high mountain lake. Only had a point and shoot so this is the best zoom and crop I have. Also have some video of him cruising up a shale field.

[Buster Highmen]

Barred owl, one of several in our neck o the woods.

[yeahman]

Saw my first Idaho wolverine this weekend.

Wow, that's cool. You are lucky!

[FussyDutchman]

Saw my first Idaho wolverine this weekend. I glassed him from about 150 yards for a couple minutes while he scoured the banks of a high mountain lake. Only had a point and shoot so this is the best zoom and crop I have. Also have some video of him cruising up a shale field.

Very cool, thanks for posting.

[refried]

[TBS]

Barred owl, one of several in our neck o the woods.

A neighbor watched one of these (or maybe a Great Horned) carry off her tiny yapper dog a couple of week ago...

[old goat]

Blurred owl, one of several in our neck o the woods.

FIFY. (Sorry, I know it's a mega-enlargement. Great pic actually._

[refried]

saw this guy behind the house one day

[Boissal]

Nuclear goat family in the Uintas. More skittish than usual, couldn't get less than a few hundred feet from them...

Had an interesting encounter with a fox on the same hike. I was crossing a giant meadow as it was getting dark and the pikas and marmots were whistling up a storm, much more noise than they usually make for a hiker. Then I hear this really throaty bark/scream and spot what I initially thought was a coyote about 100 yards away. As I got closer I realized it was not the right shape and the sound was off for a coyote. I guess I disturbed a fox's dinner and he/she got really territorial, made a ruckus, ran back and forth like crazy and mock charged me a couple of times. No pics as it was too dark but the sound was really unexpected...

[mcphee]

^ What could they possibly be doing up there? There's nothing to eat!

[Boissal]

^ What could they possibly be doing up there? There's nothing to eat!

There's a fair bit of grass a bit lower on the ledges they spend a lot of time on. Scrawny pines too, they'll eat the bark and fresh growth. And they like to munch on lichen.
I found a young one that had been separated from mom and was not looking too good. Definitely won't survive long. Thought about goat curry but...

[mcphee]

apologies....there was quite a bit of back and forth in the IKON (i think) thread about why animals would be above the tree line.

[mcphee]

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some whitetail stoke from yesterday

[Boissal]

apologies....there was quite a bit of back and forth in the IKON (i think) thread about why animals would be above the tree line.

Missed that, sorry for the obvious explanation...

[old goat]

saw this guy behind the house one day

A reminder that if you sit there and don't say anything people will think you're smart.

[Conundrum]

November black bear cubs in a tree on a chukker hunt.

June ram about 75 yds from raft trip camp.

August group of five goats. Tough to see in the pic. About 250 yards from backpack camp around 10k.

[stapes]

These Cooper’s hawks have been hanging out in ours and neighbors’ backyards and alley. Not sure if they’re nesting or what. I’ve seen 3 together at once. Saw 2 go for a squirrel. Think it might be the parents and their offspring.