I haven't had rats in a while but I always love this video of Pepper bullying and grooming his brother Roscoe. I'm not sure if you can tell from the video but despite his fighting prowess Pepper is much smaller.
I've had my rosy boa since 2019, as a baby he was always a great eater, then once he was a few years old he stopped eating over winter, this year he stopped eating over winter as usual but it's July and he still hasn't eaten. I offer small adult mice once a week, I wave them in front of his face for a bit which used to always work, then I'll set them down in case he's shy and will eat while I've gone but this is never worked. I typically don't handle outside of cleaning.
Does he look healthy and is his setup ok? (it's where he's lived for years) How can I help tempt him to eat? When should I be worried and take him to a vet? Is prey size ok? He's pretty small
I should add he's always interested in the food, coming up to sniff it and rub his face against it but never any striking
I always think it's amazing to see all the exotic species, but what I think is even cooler is seeing normal species I see every day. Great egrets, barn swallows, sanderlings etc. It's funny imagining these "normal birds" living in completely different environments. The osprey in my backyard has to fend off asshole mockingbirds, but this one has to deal with parrots, that's crazy!! All across the world we are getting excited about seeing a barn owl or black crowned night heron, it's very nice and brings us together.
The photos are some wide-ranging birds I've seen, and that you may have seen as well
You can see she's scratching her face with her foot, but it looks like she's giving me a mean glare
These guys are amazing and way bigger than I thought they would be, although they do look a bit questionable from certain angles lol
North Carolina maritime forest, this bird was incredibly tiny, the leaves are live oak for some comparison. I think it's likely either a blue-gray gnatcatcher or a brown headed nuthatch as I saw both of those species nearby and both of them are small enough and blue-ish. I also was seeing and hearing Carolina chickadees, lots of wrens (house, marsh and carolina), common yellowthroats and tufted titmice as well as a bunch of other larger birds which I think are much less likely.
I didn't see a nest nearby so I didn't mess with the baby, but I'm unsure if it's old enough to fledge, it still looks very vulnerable to me.
I currently use a canon EOS Rebel T31 and have a 75-300mm lens, I've had this for years and definitely need to upgrade. I almost exclusively use my camera for wildlife photography and birding, so a fast shutter speed (for birds in flight) and high zoom (for far away birds) are very important to me. I'm wondering what the best direction to go would be? New camera? New lens? Both? Keeping things on the cheaper side (under $900) would be nice, but I can go a bit higher if needed, if anyone has anything used for sale I may be interested!! Thanks for the help!
Any recommendations? I'm staying in the north obx so I'd prefer not to travel far, but for really good locations I will. I'm not looking for any species in particular, I'm traveling from a bit away so all the new species are fun! (Saw an eastern towhee this morning which is new for me) I don't mind hiking, kayaking etc to get to good sites, if anything I prefer it because it means less people. Thanks!!
I found this beautiful box turtle outside by house and I'm concerned it has been moved or is a released pet. I live in a more developed suburban area, lots of pets and cars, there are yards but no close wilderness areas without crossing multiple roads. I have never seen a box turtle here before, only in a forested area a few miles away, but this is a different turtle for sure, it's bigger and has different markings. Ive lived here my entire life and I'm very outdoorsy, into birding and herping. I just don't think it's possible that this area is part of a box turtles home range, without ever having seen a box turtle before now, especially since she's quite large, so older. I didn't mess with her beyond moving her off the road (the steep curb trapped her on the road), but I'm very concerned she will be hit by a car or attacked by a pet. Would there be any reason for a box turtle to move home ranges? Is it possible she was actually living here the whole time?
I saw this very cool and long fish in southern Florida in February, salt water, but might have been somewhat brackish. He was probably 18 inches long. Just hovered in place near the surface of the water.
First one is my all time favorite, I love anhingas
I was looking through some of my old photos and found this one of a great white heron! Which was very surprising since as far as I was aware I had never seen one before. I assume that I took the photo thinking it was a great egret, which is why I only took one and why it's out of focus lol. Now I need to look through all my old photos and see what else I missed!
I've recently gotten Merlin bird ID because I thought it would be fun (and it is, especially when it identifies my dog as various species). I always assumed the crows I've seen my entire life were standard issue American crows, but without fail Merlin IDs them as fish crows!! I thought the stereotypical caw caw caw in movies was fake lol, like how bald eagles get played with a red tailed hawk screech. I didn't realize actually crows sounded like that.
There was 20-30 of these little guys pecking around on the ground in the desert, all of them looked the same so no obvious sexual dimorphism. Saw them during February.
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To already have 7 kids she wasn't young when they met.
<33 I love him so much, he's not that much of a baby anymore since he's turning 7, time flies