Pictures of non game animals

[Riomouse911]

Ladybug on a lavender blossom in the yard.



Honeybee on a lavender blossom in the yard.



A couple of honeybees on a flower. This is by the pool.



I bumped into this Mojave Green out in the desert by Edwards AFB. We were searching for the body of a murdered woman. (Her remains were found about 1.5 miles S of this area we were searching.) Luckily it was chilly and he wasn’t in a bad mood, I got pretty close when I spotted him.



My buddy ran into this Caiman while fishing in Costa Rica.



And a friendly young sea turtle I spotted wading in some shallows in The Bahamas.



Stay safe.

 

[Rpod86]

They might be game animals but not here their in a neighborhood they come up to dads house every day and just hang out

 

[irving]

I saw this Long-tailed Weasel when I was out birding yesterday.

 

[Riomouse911]

I saw this Long-tailed Weasel when I was out birding yesterday.

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That is really neat!

I’ve never seen a weasel, mink, wolverine or fisher anywhere but on tv.

Stay safe.

 

[irving]

Thanks! First time I've seen one out in the wild. Besides being impossibly cute, its movements were incredibly fast and fluid. It was chasing something around, but stood up a few times to look around.

 

[Buzznrose]

That is really neat!

I’ve never seen a weasel, mink, wolverine or fisher anywhere but on tv.

Stay safe.

They are all pretty nocturnal critters in my experience, and I’ve seen most near dark, after dark, or very early in the morning.

Mink tend to frequent beaver houses and dams, and are pretty much water-based.

 

[Rubone]

On my property in the summer.

 

[Rubone]

GBH

 

[Rubone]

Non Game for me....

 

[Speedo66]

It’s 8 below zero right now,, have this fluffed up blue jay at the suet feeder, trying to stay warm.

With the wind blowing like it is, good luck!

 

[Speedo66]

Now it’s the woodpecker’s turn.

 

[Armored farmer]

I need the help of the THR "brain trust"..

It's -5 degrees. 25mph sustained with gusts over 40mph.
We were running bin fans on one of our northern farms when the crappy weather hit. I went on up to shut down the fans, and spotted this guy all by his lonesome.
I honestly don't know what he is?
I want to say Sandhill crane, but I haven't looked it up. We occasionally get groups of cranes flying through and I can recognize their call....but this guy is alone. I swear he looks like an emu. He has snow on his back.
I took his pic, then left him alone.
it was a crappy day.
#1 son had frozen pipes at his house. His truck wouldn't start....
AF to the rescue

 

[Rubone]

Sandhill Cranes

 

[WisBorn]

I need the help of the THR "brain trust"..

It's -5 degrees. 25mph sustained with gusts over 40mph.
We were running bin fans on one of our northern farms when the crappy weather hit. I went on up to shut down the fans, and spotted this guy all by his lonesome.View attachment 1122785 View attachment 1122786View attachment 1122787
I honestly don't know what he is?
I want to say Sandhill crane, but I haven't looked it up. We occasionally get groups of cranes flying through and I can recognize their call....but this guy is alone. I swear he looks like an emu. He has snow on his back.
I took his pic, then left him alone.
View attachment 1122788it was a crappy day.
#1 son had frozen pipes at his house. His truck wouldn't start....
AF to the rescue

It looks like an emu? Anyone raise them around the farm...

Sorry to hear about the pipes. Wearing my winter coat in Charleston SC this is a big cold snap...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

I took his pic, then left him alone.

With the wind and snow, I think that bird is a "dead duck", if you catch my "drift".

 

[Armored farmer]

It looks like an emu? Anyone raise them around the farm...

I swung through the little fart of a town about two miles away.....there was an unfortunate soul outside his house. I stopped and asked him if he had answered his stupid question of the day yet.....?
EMU? No. Nobody in this town!

I drove past the giant bird once more as I headed back home.
I wondered what the giant breast and drumsticks would look like on our Christmas table. I decided that he looked a little stringy....and hypothermic.....even though I think the Sandhill is also known as....ribeye-of-the-sky?!?
I left him in peace.

 

[22250Rem]

Update time for this interesting thread.. We have broadwing hawks nesting near the house, I believe. They are always in the tall pines on one side of the house and perching in the trees in the woods on the other side of the house. Back on the morning of June 28th I checked a mouse trap behind the garage and next to the woods, and found a dead mouse in it. I usually toss them into the woods and let nature recycle them. That morning I spotted one of the hawks up in a tree less than 25 yards away. I was in plain view of the hawk so I decided to put the dead mouse on the lawn between the garage and the woods and place a trail cam there. It took less than a half hour before I got a pic of the hawk. Too bad the mouse isn't visible in the photo but the camera was pointed right at it and I got a nice hawk picture and the mouse was gone. I read that they also like to hunt chipmunks and I haven't seen any of those around this year since the hawks moved in. Here's the pic of one of the mouse disposal crew.. ..

 

[22250Rem]

GBH
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Reminds me that I have some GBH ( Great Blue Heron ) pix here on the computer. There's tons of them around the great lakes. Being on a bay and marshland area I see them daily. Often watch them hunting in the marsh where they will remain absolutely motionless for long periods of time while waiting for a small fish, frog, or other food to come by. They are protected by law so they qualify as "non game". .

 

[rabid wombat]

@Speedo66 the white squirrel…Olney, Illinois?

 

[plainsdrifter]

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My little friends who only show up once a year. They are not the same one as you can tell by the colors. Bottom left one is hissing at me.

 

[Speedo66]

@Speedo66 the white squirrel…Olney, Illinois?

It was in southwest OH.

 

[Speedo66]

Mama snapper ready to lay some eggs near Asheville NC.

 

[Terry G]

Living in the woods I see Deer, Turkey's, Coyotes, Vultures, Fox and untold other birds and wildlife.

 

[I6turbo]

41 pound Boston Terrorist on the open range.

 

[22250Rem]

Glad to be contributing to this fascinating thread again. Kicked back in the Adirondack chair on the deck having coffee just before 7 A.M. today and spot a Bald Eagle coming across the bay carrying something. Grab the binocs as he turns and I see he is headed toward me carrying a fish. Then he lands in a big tree limb 130 yards out back, standing on the fish and proceeds to start eating it. It was quite a neat sight with 10X binoculars until I suddenly thought to grab the Canon Rebel with the telephoto lens which was 10 ft. away . Got some good shots but they weren't quite good enough to post here. Until I got them downloaded and was able to zoom in digitally and save a copy here on the computer. Here's one of the Eagle pulling his fish apart..... . The sun had just become obscured by clouds so it could have been better photo-wise but these are the best I got before he left with his half eaten fish.