Any entomologists out there?

[teletripper]

Saw this fucker on the side of the house yesterday, it's about 4-5 inches across. And yes I know it's a moth! What kind?

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Black witch!

[Timberridge]

It's not blending in very well.

[Ski220]

And this?

I should have taken one of it copulating with another of like.

[old goat]

It's an osprey

[Jax]

I love big moths, but hate the little pesky ones. Sphinxmoth is my favorite, feeds on flowers just like a hummingbird but without the aggression.
https://www.butterflyidentification....ed-sphinx-moth

My old dog loved to chase down and eat moths. He caught one of those giant grey ones like you posted, and spit it out. It was literally more than he wanted to chew, lol.

[Jax]

^^ that link is really good for identification by state, btw

[tgapp]

It's an osprey

ehh i was gonna say a juvenile bald eagle but you might be right. you can tell by the way he carries his fish.

[teletripper]

I love big moths, but hate the little pesky ones. Sphinxmoth is my favorite, feeds on flowers just like a hummingbird but without the aggression..

Those are cool we see those quite often.

[Ski220]

Good link. Thanks.

It's a Promethea Moth.

https://www.butterflyidentification....promethea-moth

[MakersTeleMark]

ehh i was gonna say a juvenile bald eagle but you might be right. you can tell by the way he carries his fish.

Yesterday on the river I watched an osprey dive and grab a trout, then circle above my boat a few times showing off its catch. A minute later it drops the fish and almost hit's my buddy's boat in front of me because out of the blue a huge bald eagle went to snatch it out of its talons. Was quite the splash and general site to see from directly below it. A mile down the river the monster bald was perched on a railroad pole with a very "don't fuck with my section of the river" look to its beak.

[teleee]

Yesterday on the river I watched an osprey dive and grab a trout, then circle above my boat a few times showing off its catch. A minute later it drops the fish and almost hit's my buddy's boat in front of me because out of the blue a huge bald eagle went to snatch it out of its talons. Was quite the splash and general site to see from directly below it. A mile down the river the monster bald was perched on a railroad pole with a very "don't fuck with my section of the river" look to its beak.

Bald eagles are assholes. There are a bunch of them hanging out here on our section the Snake River. That is pretty much there MO, they hang around waiting for an Osprey to do all the work and then harass them until they drop their fish.


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[PB]

Well, how do you think the fish feels about all this?!?! Not very well, thank you.

[old goat]

Bald eagles are assholes. There are a bunch of them hanging out here on our section the Snake River. That is pretty much there MO, they hang around waiting for an Osprey to do all the work and then harass them until they drop their fish.


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Bring back DDT.

[hutash]

It's an osprey

No it's not. you can tell by the curve in its neck that it is a vulture.

[highangle]

No it's not. you can tell by the curve in its neck that it is a veterinarian.

Lucky for OP it isn't a vegan.

[garyfromterrace]

No it's not. you can tell by the curve in its neck that it is a vulture.

No fuck that! Colouring suggests fish eagle!