Nature Watch, Your Flora and Fauna Photos and Stories

Waltesefalcon · Oct 2, 2022

From Friday's commute.

Pvt-Public · Oct 2, 2022

Outside of my garage. I know my pictures are terrible, one day I might get a real camera. 😁

Hetcins1 · Oct 5, 2022

Walrus · Oct 6, 2022

GuiltunderGlass · Oct 6, 2022

This is an awesome thread with some great(!!!) photography, wish I found it sooner, but here goes:

Was out cycling on Cañada Road (San Mateo, CA), as I crested a small hill there was this beautiful rattle snake siting in the middle of the road. He was close to a meter long and thicker than my arm. I got off my bike as I wanted to usher him off the road using my bike so he wouldn't get runover. Right as I'm about to walk out into the road, some lady in a Mercedes comes flying up the hill and just barley catches his head under her tire. I motioned for her to stop, but it happened so fast. He started flailing around and was pretty badly damaged. I managed to move him off the road and in spite of him doing his best to strike at me, he was clearly not going to make it, so I put him out of his misery with a large rock. Wish I could have stopped that car...

Found this little guy in the same area on a different day, just sitting on the side of the road with no apparent injury.

140dave · Oct 6, 2022

Some wear masks, some play with dead bats they find on the side of the road

GuiltunderGlass · Oct 7, 2022

140dave

Some wear masks, some play with dead bats they find on the side of the road

Dead bats need love and online exposure too!

Walrus · Oct 7, 2022

TwinPeaks · Oct 7, 2022

I'll post a couple from a few rolls recently developed. Both were shot with a Canon F-1 with a 50mm lense, with CineStill Double X at 200 ISO

Walrus · Oct 8, 2022

Wish I could say this was taken by me but it was sent by a friend. I love owls ever since I I held one on my wrist (thick leather gloves) but I rarely see them in nature. This would blow my mind

Archer · Oct 9, 2022

Visited our elevated park today for a walk - bult on top of an old train trestle...

The leaves are getting started on their colourful journey...

Park has been built with donations - they have done a great job...

Plan to head back in a week or so, and the colours should be full on by then.

Cheers, Al

pdxleaf · Oct 9, 2022

Salmon River Trail, Mt. Hood, Oregon. Nice little hike. Fish are coming back upstream and dying this time of year.

Aludic · Oct 10, 2022

Just returned from a trip to Africa. Wow, just wow.

Archer · Oct 10, 2022

Doing some fall cleanup yard work today on our day off for Thanksgiving weekend. Spotted some wild strawberries in the back lawn...

This Cabbage White was sunning itself trying to warm up...

And this Red-bellied Woodpecker entertained us with song and some pecking for a while...

Maeve enjoyed time in the sun, and chasing bugs and flies...

pdxleaf · Oct 10, 2022

Box Elders everywhere.

Spiders in the house get crushed (wife's rule) but box elders are allowed to be escorted off the premises.

Edit: this is actually a western conifer stink bug, not a box elder. We also have box elders. They are both "bugs" and both require the same response after my wife discovers one.