JohnJ Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Shadows of pain from last weekend... The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter 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 My wife would die to have an encounter like this. Wonderful pictures. Now all you have to do is train it to find the Megs for you. Sounds like a good plan, one meg for one sardine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Shadows of pain from last weekend... The baby cluster is way cool! "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...
matt cable Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 The baby cluster is way cool! I agree. Thankfully, I don't have to worry about that in Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I don't have a picture of this or anything--but back in the 90's I went fishing in Brushy Creek off Parmer Lane, and I heard something making its way through the scrub brush, and I figured it was a deer that didn't realize I was sitting there. Well imagine my complete shock when an EMU came prancing out of the bushes! I was dumbfounded--I was new to Texas and had no idea that ranchers here raised emus (it was a craze in the 90's--everybody thought emus would be a huge cash cow but the emu thing never caught on). So consequently, some ranchers just let the emus free and many survived since Texas terrain and weather isn't a whole lot different than Australia. I haven't seen one since, but I am always on the lookout. They are really cool. After that encounter, I discovered an emu ranch a few miles from there, and I would drive out there just to visit the emus. They would come up and peck your arm (didn't hurt) as if to say hello! Well one day I drove out there and was shocked to see that about half the emus had green heads! I was like WTF? Turns out the rancher had painted the fence green, and the dumb emus pecked at it so much before it dried that they got covered in green paint! Texas is a very strange place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megateeth Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 My wife would die to have an encounter like this. Wonderful pictures. Now all you have to do is train it to find the Megs for you. Sounds like a good plan, one meg for one sardine. Thanks for the compliments on the photos. I have only had that happen three or four times. I was lucky to have my camera that time. I keep saying the same thing about the megs. I was at a diving trade show called Our World Underwater in Chicago in the 80's. There was a guy that had a whole slide show and presentation. His friend lived on the water and would throw something (I can not remember what) in the water and trained a local dolphin to play fetch and gave the guy gave the dolphin a fish. One day he was sitting there and the dolphin came back with a Spanish coin. He kept feeding the dolphin and it would bring back coins. They finally followed it to a wreck in about 10 feet of water full of coins. I wonder if he kept feeding the dolphin after they found the wreck. It was a wild presentation and I will never forget it. They had hundreds of slides of the dolphin bringing in coins. Anyhow I have dreamed of doing that with Meg teeth for years. Or coins whatever the dolphin wants to bring me. With my luck it would just be a dead fish. Megateeth Fossils - Megalodon Teeth, Other Shark Teeth and Info about Megalodon shark tooth collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I enjoyed this topic and all the pics. Heres a couple more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Ghost Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 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. Thanks. One more year and its all paid for. Yes, RB Grosbeak. The Pileated just started coming to my feeders recently. A morning dove hit my sliding door. This is the worst leftover impression I've ever seen. It was definitely dead. As far as turkeys, I had to remove those feeders in the picture and replace them with a turkey-proof feeder. I'm a birder and keep track of the birds I see on my property (7 acres with woods, meadow, pond and yard). I've gotten 122 different species so far in 14 years. Life list in US just broke 400. By the way, used to live down in Texas back in the late "80s - Austin was great but too hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I'm a birder and keep track of the birds I see on my property (7 acres with woods, meadow, pond and yard). I've gotten 122 different species so far in 14 years. Life list in US just broke 400. Good yard-list! Habitat rules . What was your most unexpected sighting? 400 US is a pivotal number; congrats! (By "pivotal", I mean that each lifer becomes exponentially harder from here on out; excitement level up, frequency down). My US list is kinda' stuck... "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...
Pool Man Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 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. We have these guys here in Florida, I seem to only see them in the middle of the state. And they always seem to hang out with vultures. Thanks for the info guys! I've been trying to get a picture of and ID those birds for a while Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 here's some pics of the pine barrens for everyone... the last pic is the world famous inversand marl pit. lots of fossils there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Dinosaur Prov. Park just after super Make you think of Bamby Burgers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 here's some pics of the pine barrens for everyone... The Jersey Pine Barens are really special; I wish I could just walk out my door and be there Gotta' love the pitcher plants, and the marl pits have given up bird bones Great pics; thanks! "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...
megateeth Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 here's some pics of the pine barrens for everyone... Beautiful pics!!! I lived in PA for 30+ years and while I love Savannah I miss the colorful autumns in Erie. Megateeth Fossils - Megalodon Teeth, Other Shark Teeth and Info about Megalodon shark tooth collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 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. Well I guess they hatched some time today. I only found this one and took it down to the river. Oh if you look at the tip of it's nose you can see the egg tooth. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Looks like a river cooter.Do you have an ID on that little baby?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 This is the one that I saw lay the eggs. But I think your right on the ID. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 341 replies and nobody has encountered these? Maybe I missed it. Sioux Co, Nebraska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Gove County, Kansas - Kenny picked the stuff up, I took the photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 I really like dung beetles; they remind me that there are worse occupations than retail... "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...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 I really like dung beetles; they remind me that there are worse occupations than retail... Lolololololol!!!!! But you could be a mushroom. They keep you in the dark and feed you bull&^%$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 341 replies and nobody has encountered these? Maybe I missed it.Sioux Co, Nebraska Yep, me too, Sioux Co., Nebraska If you believe everything you read, perhaps it's time for you to stop reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Saw these guys out there too. If you believe everything you read, perhaps it's time for you to stop reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAUfrogger Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Here's a couple I've encountered on recent hikes... You can be hit by a boat and die You can be attacked by a shark and die OR you could fall off the couch and die GET OFF THE COUCH - go scuba! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAUfrogger Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Ran into this little shark while looking for fossils on the beaches of Washington state. It was still alive (surprised us!) and my husband quickly picked it up and took it back to the ocean! You can be hit by a boat and die You can be attacked by a shark and die OR you could fall off the couch and die GET OFF THE COUCH - go scuba! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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