Beaver, Tits, Hairy Peckers and more

Is that the guy who just won a gold medal for the half pipe?

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Originally posted by BubbaGramps

Is that the guy who just won a gold medal for the half pipe?

I think they're twins.

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Originally posted by americanbulldog64

Umm i voted 5* f anybody who dont

Well, those who vote 1 are disappointed that there are no cock and ball pics

@HighGuy -- Thanks for adding some pics ... nice colored chickenhawk, and the red headed peckerwood (what a douche ... looks like he's on roids)

@Notech -- Wow, the pug escaped the death talons of that Red-tailed Hawk ... cool. I just saw a story on the news about a Great Horned Owl eating someone's Chihuahua ... also in California

Ok, I guess I can add some pics of the pug pup's attacker. Well, not the same individual, but of the same species. Red-Tailed Hawk, one of the most common and widespread across North America. You'll often see them while driving, perched on a telephone pole or light pole. It's a good spot for them to hunt. Drainage ditches with the grass cut short ... they can wait for mice, rats and voles and such and quickly drop on them.



Adults are easy to identify ... look for the red tail feathers. They're a fairly large bird, with a 4 to 4 1/2 foot wingspan.

They look different, depending on where on the continent you are, but the red tail on adults is constant.







A puppy is about all that this animal could manage to kill, and carry off to eat. Red-tailed Hawks average about 2.5 pounds, and as a general rule, birds can only carry about half their own body weight. So, the talons could definitely kill many small animals ... but they wouldn't be able to take it somewhere to safely eat it. They mainly eat only small mammals, lizards, snakes and birds.

Lots of cool animals in here. Lots of birds though, unfortunately I hate birds except the bad ass birds like Eagles and Hawks.

Since I tend to eat animals and not photograph them but still want to contribute here's a picture of a pig in it's natural habitat...



...the dinner table.

Yummm, pork ... probably the best all around meat. Thanks for contributing.

Yeah, I have a lot of bird pics. They're the easiest to photograph. I definitely try for cool shit, like bear, wolves, bobcats, cougars and wolverines ... but they're tough to find, and when you do it's usually too damn dark, and they take off running. Birds will just sit up in the tree and stare at you for a while before fleeing.

Great Hawk Pix!

We have a lot of them in the Sunny South.

Some guys train them to hunt squirrels as a sport. We have lots of bushy tailed "rats' too.

Thanks for the Hawk pics I can't seem to get Horni Yours are awesome!

They seem to fly when I get too close and whistling don't seem to work on birds

My new quest is a falcon that I've not id'ed yet that is attacking our pigeon's cage

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Originally posted by Notech

They seem to fly when I get too close and whistling don't seem to work on birds

My new quest is a falcon that I've not id'ed yet that is attacking our pigeon's cage

Driving up to them works the best. Your vehicle serves as a blind. Be ready though ... cause while they are familiar with cars driving by, as soon as you stop, they're watching you (like a hawk) and will fly away soon.

I'm guessing you've got a Peregrine Falcon harassing your pigeons.

These Peregrine pics were taken at the San Diego Zoo





@Webbie - thanks, and yes ... hawks do help control those bushy tailed rats

i prefer the bold eagle and the bold beaver

Wicked pictures Hornytologist!
What camera do you use? What's our lense combo? I'm thinking about starting shooting wildlife, but since I'm in a metro area, it doest kinda sucks.

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Originally posted by kayradis

Wicked pictures Hornytologist!
What camera do you use? What's our lense combo? I'm thinking about starting shooting wildlife, but since I'm in a metro area, it doest kinda sucks.

Thanks. I live in a metro area too, but if I drive about an hour in any direction, I can be in the sticks. You must have some wilderness somewhat near you up in Canada? Plus, there are many species of animals that have adapted to thrive around metro areas ... fox, coyote, hawks ... that you'll be able to find them without leaving the city.

As for my camera, I use a Sony a300 dslr. Lens - Sony 70-300mm G series. The lens is new and I am still learning how to use it. Many of the pics on here I shot with a Sony DSC-H9, a point and shoot camera. It had a 15-X zoom, which is pretty good, 8.1 megapixels I think ... so if you're just getting into it, maybe think about something like that to start with.

Hope to see your results on here soon.

Haven't been out in a while, but I did fianlly manage to spot a Golden Eagle in the wild finally. Western central Wisconsin

Look at the tree trunks (legs) on this thing. Guess they've got some pretty strong talons for bringing down small deer.



And here's some beaver for you all, Northwestern Wisconsin



I was hoping to get tail-slapped, but it did not oblige. If they feel threatened, they will slap their tail on the water, making a loud noise. Guess he's used to people or had no young to protect.

cool eagle pic Horni. I once got the opportunity to see a bald eagle catch a bass and fly to a near by tree to eat it while I was fishing and not catching bass. No camera in the boat

This is the most recent bird pic I've taken. It was in a canal that is next to the hobby shop I was at (new airplane time) 3 weeks ago.

Mallards are common year round here.

@ Horni

I hope you saw that I'm actively taking pics again.

And here is my latest fail bird pic. (it's an osprey)

At the place that I fly my RC planes....



I know it's not good, it was a long way off,



(to prove my point) (from the innutz)

looks like he might be carrying a fish. Yeah, you can't get a good shot unless you're close ... but those will do. The first seahawk posted here so far.

I've been busy and haven't been able to take pics lately, too busy to even sign on to wbw pretty much .... my daughter was born on the 16th. She's healthy and doing great.

Congratulations !

Last weekend I took a drive to Stony Gorge Reservoir about 50mi.away and found this Osprey nest. There were two young ones trying to fly when I spotted it.
One was able to launch and glide toward the dam on the lake. The one here couldn't get it yet. It knew I was there
and didn't really like that and wanted to leave.

Closer now.





It was an amazing sight