KevinG Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 The crawleys are starting up again. I just had to take pictures of this guy Contia tenuis - Sharp-tailed Snake, the ones I commonly find. Kevin Goto, Lafayette,CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 "Critters Encountered While Fossil Hunting"http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?sh...ic=1684&hl= I thought that this thread was that thread. They should be merged... anyone object? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 yes, your honor. my client wishes to change his plea to a non sequitur! will the aminals be ok if you do that? and i can't help, because i have a bad back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Saw these three and many more today.I guess the weather was perfect for Gar breeding season.You can see the two males hovering right behind Big Momma.There were Gar everywhere.In the picture under almost every ripple is 2-3 male Gar trying to court a female.Love is in the Air....Or I mean water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinG Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Nice, catch any :-) Ever look at Texas photo forum? Kevin Goto, Lafayette,CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Nice, catch any :-)Ever look at Texas photo forum? No, didn't catch any of the Gar.I actually dangled my roostertail lure right in front of them! They had other things on their mind I'll take a look at the photo album you mentioned.....thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj aurora Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Awesome pics everyone! I will add a modest one caught in the FL Keys (Marathon) of an osprey and his lunch.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 The other day I had a turtle lay eggs right outside of the kitchen window. I'll follow it up with pictures if they hatch. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Fantastic Worthy!! I will look forward to the hatchling pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinG Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Is it a wild one or your pet? Hope the cats and other guys stay away. Kevin Goto, Lafayette,CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Is it a wild one or your pet?Hope the cats and other guys stay away. It's a wild one, I'll put a screen around the nest hole and wait . It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Ghost Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Ok, this is my first try at loading pictures. Hope it works. Stuff from my yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Man love all the pics, guys--it's so nice to be around animal lovers. Hey Auspex--since you seem to really know your hawks--I saw one on fossil hunt three weeks ago that I have never seen before. It was the size of a good-sized redtail, but it was black with a gray underside, and he had a red stripe on the side of his face. He definitely had the curved raptor beak. Any idea what I saw? This sighting took place slightly South of Austin Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Auspex--I just snooped around online and I think what I saw was a crested Caracara--is that possible here in texas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Lotsa' Caracara there. Further south, in the lower valley, I've seen 100+ in one field where a chicken farmer dumped his waste. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Ok, this is my first try at loading pictures. Hope it works. Stuff from my yard. Love that Pilleated wood and Is that a rose breasted grosbeak, I cant tell. Uhm......... about the second pict, please tell me that's not an impression of where a bird hit the window. If it is did it survive? Wild Turkeys are super cool and you have lots. Your lucky to live in such a beautiful place. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I've never seen one here in Texas before! He was cool. So are they more scavengers, or are they predators? He was on the side of the road so I figured it was eating carrion. Just got a glimpse of him as I was driving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Caracaras are in the family Falconidae, so they come from a long line of high-speed bird hunters, but they look a bit like vultures because scavenging carion what they do for a living: classic case of convergent evolution. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Thanks--I think they look like secretary birds in a way, with shorter legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Caracaras are in the family Falconidae, so they come from a long line of high-speed bird hunters, but they look a bit like vultures because scavenging carion what they do for a living: classic case of convergent evolution. I love Caracaras, I saw a pair in a field in Kaufman county which is east of Dallas about 50 miles. I guess they range pretty far North then too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Since no one objected, I merged the two topics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Here are some nasty little critters encountered at the North Sulphur River in Texas. Better check yourselves when returning home from there I'm definately going to from now on Baby leeches... hmm, maybe I'll bring some home for a little bloodletting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 As a kid, we would swim in an old farm pond. After swimming, we would have to pull the leeches off of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Since no one objected, I merged the two topics. i object! wait - um, what did you do? with regard to your leechfests as a child - you do realize, don't you, that it's entirely possible to share too much information with others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megateeth Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Sometimes while out diving dolphins will come to the boat (never while I am on the surface - dang). Anyhow here are just a few photos that I shot. I have a bunch more dolphin and scenery photos here: http://www.megateeth.com/photos.htm Megateeth Fossils - Megalodon Teeth, Other Shark Teeth and Info about Megalodon shark tooth collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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