Wildlife & Related

[SAnd]

Snapping turtle we found in the street by my house last year. We moved him out of the road. Not sure where he came from or where he was going.




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Panzergater!!

That just popped into my head when I saw that.

Thanks all for posting.

[Irving]

I've only ever seen the painted turtles here, and rarely at that. I had no idea we have snapping turtles here. We also have soft shelled turtles as well, according to the research paper I was reading when looking for info on that Ornate Box Turtle above.

[buffalobo]

I've only ever seen the painted turtles here, and rarely at that. I had no idea we have snapping turtles here. We also have soft shelled turtles as well, according to the research paper I was reading when looking for info on that Ornate Box Turtle above.

Have one of their nests on one of our butt/pass corners. Must be eggs in it now. They are much more aggressive the last week or so when I go out on deck.

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[Hummer]

Just 5 days later, the Western Kingbird chicks are growing up fast. Looks like four young in the brood.

[MarkCO]

Biggest Buck I ever saw in person. Sorry for the crappy photo. Was the best I could do at the time.

[Hummer]

Biggest Buck I ever saw in person. Sorry for the crappy photo. Was the best I could do at the time.

He's a beauty, awesome spread, I've never seen one like that during hunting season. The biggest bucks I've seen in Colorado are on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal property, all of it fenced in and no hunting.

[Irving]

Daughter said this was a LadyBug larva. I looked it up and she was correct.

[Hummer]

A group of Band-tailed Pigeons visited the tray feeder at the cabin today. Band-tailed Pigeons are a Colorado native that live in mountains and generally breeds in the Ponderosa Pine and Douglas Fir forest. Here they have moved up into the Englemann Spruce and Subalpine Fir at 8500'. They are not often seen in the flatlands. Nice birds, shy and somewhat skittish. Their primary predators are Goshawk and Cooper's Hawk.

[Hummer]

We've invited this fellow to join us for dinner along with elk steak and boletus edulus mushrooms from the yard.

[newracer]

Caught this little guy in the front yard tonight.

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