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SEEMEFIRST 5/20/2022 6:51pm
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Titan1 wrote:
I live next a lake, and I take my dog down there most mornings for a walk….we seen all kinds of bird…sandhill cranes, geese, all kinds...
I live next a lake, and I take my dog down there most mornings for a walk….we seen all kinds of bird…sandhill cranes, geese, all kinds of ducks, red tail hawks, Ospreys, Mule deer, red fox, coyote, raccoons, bald eagles in the winter….this morning I saw a bunch of these bald faces vultures (not sure what their actual names are?) eating a dead fish…my dog wanted to play with them.




motorick5052 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551422/s1200_8B4C73AF_DFAC_40A7_8F54_43AF8E62A4D4.jpg[/img] Are these the type of vulture that you’re seeing out by your lake? (I couldn’t see a clear shot in pics!) if so those are...


Are these the type of vulture that you’re seeing out by your lake? (I couldn’t see a clear shot in pics!) if so those are commonly referred to as Turkey vultures!
Or at least that’s what they’re called roun’ here in the land o’ the redneck! Ha😎🤪
We call 'em Turkey Buzzards down here.
Nature's janitors.
EZZA 95B 5/20/2022 7:00pm
5/20/2022 7:00pm Edited Date/Time 5/20/2022 7:20pm
Sydney Funnel-Web. Only the 5th time I've seen one in person (twice walking past me in my shed).

I named him George.😃





*I live 2 hours north of Sydney

"The Sydney funnel-web spider is a species of venomous mygalomorph spider native to eastern Australia, usually found within a 100 km radius of Sydney. It is a member of a group of spiders known as Australian funnel-web spiders. Its bite is capable of causing serious illness or death in humans if left untreated."
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1911 5/20/2022 7:34pm
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motorick5052 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551430/s1200_5C9A99E9_2B80_422B_B6F3_593C78D24FD9.jpg[/img] This guy (mountain lion!) got hit by a car out on State Hwy 81 just south of Hwy 152 (approx 25-ish miles west of OKC)...


This guy (mountain lion!) got hit by a car out on State Hwy 81 just south of Hwy 152 (approx 25-ish miles west of OKC) back in 2012 or so…
Okla Game commission speculated that he was a juvenile male about 2- 2 1/2 years old and 130 pounds when he was hit crossing the road just before dark.

Most thought they weren’t in Oklahoma any longer but this incident puts that belief to rest!
Kinda scary thinking back on all the solo night MTB rides I’ve done over the years out in the western part of the state! 😳😵‍💫❗️
Poor guy.
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1911 5/20/2022 7:38pm
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Titan1 wrote:
I live next a lake, and I take my dog down there most mornings for a walk….we seen all kinds of bird…sandhill cranes, geese, all kinds...
I live next a lake, and I take my dog down there most mornings for a walk….we seen all kinds of bird…sandhill cranes, geese, all kinds of ducks, red tail hawks, Ospreys, Mule deer, red fox, coyote, raccoons, bald eagles in the winter….this morning I saw a bunch of these bald faces vultures (not sure what their actual names are?) eating a dead fish…my dog wanted to play with them.




Utah Lake, Saratoga Springs temple in the back ground?

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Titan1 5/20/2022 7:45pm
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Titan1 wrote:
I live next a lake, and I take my dog down there most mornings for a walk….we seen all kinds of bird…sandhill cranes, geese, all kinds...
I live next a lake, and I take my dog down there most mornings for a walk….we seen all kinds of bird…sandhill cranes, geese, all kinds of ducks, red tail hawks, Ospreys, Mule deer, red fox, coyote, raccoons, bald eagles in the winter….this morning I saw a bunch of these bald faces vultures (not sure what their actual names are?) eating a dead fish…my dog wanted to play with them.




1911 wrote:
Utah Lake, Saratoga Springs temple in the back ground?
Yup!
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Sully 5/20/2022 7:45pm
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EZZA 95B wrote:
Sydney Funnel-Web. Only the 5th time I've seen one in person (twice walking past me in my shed). I named him George.😃 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551449/s1200_IMG_0181.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551450/s1200_IMG_0184.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551457/s1200_Screen_Shot_2022_05_21_at_12.10.23_pm.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551456/s1200_Screen_Shot_2022_05_21_at_12.10.49_pm.jpg[/img]...
Sydney Funnel-Web. Only the 5th time I've seen one in person (twice walking past me in my shed).

I named him George.😃





*I live 2 hours north of Sydney

"The Sydney funnel-web spider is a species of venomous mygalomorph spider native to eastern Australia, usually found within a 100 km radius of Sydney. It is a member of a group of spiders known as Australian funnel-web spiders. Its bite is capable of causing serious illness or death in humans if left untreated."
I would have named him ‘Squish’. Then I would have rescued the beers and burned the house down in case he had friends/family living with him.
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1911 5/20/2022 7:52pm
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We see about 10 or 15 a year around the house.
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EZZA 95B 5/20/2022 7:57pm
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Sully wrote:
I would have named him ‘Squish’. Then I would have rescued the beers and burned the house down in case he had friends/family living with him.
You're supposed to catch them and take them to the hospital, or wildlife park, so they can extract their venom for anti-venom... I just let him do his thing.😂
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Titan1 5/20/2022 7:59pm
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Here are a couple bald eagles from this past winter (sorry the pictures are awful)…plus and a pile of ice from the lake after a windy storm that blew through.





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rollin64caddy 5/20/2022 8:22pm
5/20/2022 8:22pm
I found this tarantula on the trail I was hiking 2 weeks ago. Also saw 2 rattlesnakes within 3 minutes on another trail. I wasnt able to get a pic of the rattler. They were pretty decent size and I stayed away.



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NorCalRedRyder 5/21/2022 1:36am
5/21/2022 1:36am
mxracer816 wrote:
Saw this guy on my way home from work. He was crossing the road in a rural area, no houses close so I let him slide...
Saw this guy on my way home from work. He was crossing the road in a rural area, no houses close so I let him slide. Plus they are on the protected list here in Texas I believe.
Rattler?
NorCalRedRyder 5/21/2022 1:38am
5/21/2022 1:38am
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Poor guy.
Agreed. I hate seeing any animal get killed that way and knowing he probably suffered pretty bad before he passed.
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NorCalRedRyder 5/21/2022 1:46am
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1911 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551467/s1200_354FED48_38F5_4677_BB6E_BBB8BBF59B04.jpg[/img] We see about 10 or 15 a year around the house.


We see about 10 or 15 a year around the house.
In your house or just in the vicinity? I have a good friend who lives in Phoenix and everytime I go to slip my foot in a shoe, boot, or anything, I pound it off the ground several times. Then take a wooden spoon to make sure everything is out. What kind of damage can their sting do?
NorCalRedRyder 5/21/2022 1:48am
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rollin64caddy wrote:
I found this tarantula on the trail I was hiking 2 weeks ago. Also saw 2 rattlesnakes within 3 minutes on another trail. I wasnt able...
I found this tarantula on the trail I was hiking 2 weeks ago. Also saw 2 rattlesnakes within 3 minutes on another trail. I wasnt able to get a pic of the rattler. They were pretty decent size and I stayed away.



Where do you live out of curiosity? 2 Rattlesnakes in 3 minutes? Oh hell no.
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mxracer816 5/21/2022 4:36am
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NorCalRedRyder wrote:
Rattler?
Yes sir, timber rattler. Pretty common around here, but they're really good at staying out of sight. Not the biggest one I've seen, but definitely one of the bigger ones!
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Boxvan446 5/21/2022 6:08am
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Saw this albino about a week ago visiting a buddy in the neighboring town.

Also had these guys out at my pond last week.



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Boxvan446 5/21/2022 6:11am
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Had otters 2 years ago on my deer camera

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1911 5/21/2022 8:43am
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1911 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551467/s1200_354FED48_38F5_4677_BB6E_BBB8BBF59B04.jpg[/img] We see about 10 or 15 a year around the house.


We see about 10 or 15 a year around the house.
NorCalRedRyder wrote:
In your house or just in the vicinity? I have a good friend who lives in Phoenix and everytime I go to slip my foot in...
In your house or just in the vicinity? I have a good friend who lives in Phoenix and everytime I go to slip my foot in a shoe, boot, or anything, I pound it off the ground several times. Then take a wooden spoon to make sure everything is out. What kind of damage can their sting do?
6 years in this house, I do not remember any inside the house, usually 2 or 3 a year in the garage. The rest outside. Our last house I do remember a few inside the house.
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Bigoldbeef 5/21/2022 10:08am
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Caught this guy on camera the other night
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Jeremy A.K. 5/21/2022 10:36am
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Just got this fella ,there was 2 last year that I was getting pics of every night .
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rollin64caddy 5/21/2022 11:40am
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I found this tarantula on the trail I was hiking 2 weeks ago. Also saw 2 rattlesnakes within 3 minutes on another trail. I wasnt able...
I found this tarantula on the trail I was hiking 2 weeks ago. Also saw 2 rattlesnakes within 3 minutes on another trail. I wasnt able to get a pic of the rattler. They were pretty decent size and I stayed away.



NorCalRedRyder wrote:
Where do you live out of curiosity? 2 Rattlesnakes in 3 minutes? Oh hell no.
I live in San Diego. They're not too uncommon out here but I dont see them that often.
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I live in Iowa. Off my deck I've seen deer, rabbits, squirrels, mink, raccoons, possum, eagles, buzzards and hawks. Lots of wild turkeys and geese in the field down the block. Over the years I've lots of foxes, coyotes, woodchucks, muskrats and a mountain lion that scared the bejesus out of me when it ran accross in front of my Triumph on a gravel road one night.
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FLmxer 5/21/2022 6:42pm
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1911 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551467/s1200_354FED48_38F5_4677_BB6E_BBB8BBF59B04.jpg[/img] We see about 10 or 15 a year around the house.


We see about 10 or 15 a year around the house.
NorCalRedRyder wrote:
In your house or just in the vicinity? I have a good friend who lives in Phoenix and everytime I go to slip my foot in...
In your house or just in the vicinity? I have a good friend who lives in Phoenix and everytime I go to slip my foot in a shoe, boot, or anything, I pound it off the ground several times. Then take a wooden spoon to make sure everything is out. What kind of damage can their sting do?
Had lots of those at one of our beach house rentals. Got called many times by the guests. It's like a wasp sting. Found this rare scarlet king snake today at the farm. He eats other snakes and is a really cool find. Just have to always know the rhyme... Red and black a friend of Jack. Red and Yellow kill a fellow.

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motorick5052 5/21/2022 6:52pm
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Bigoldbeef wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/21/551537/s1200_6C808E48_E7EF_4327_941F_5C2A2C74387E.jpg[/img] Caught this guy on camera the other night


Caught this guy on camera the other night
The pic is just small enough on my phone I can’t quite make that out? Is that also a mountain lion, large coyote or even a wolf?
Sorry, just can’t quite make it out?
Cool pic tho! 👍
Bigoldbeef 5/21/2022 7:04pm
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[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/21/551537/s1200_6C808E48_E7EF_4327_941F_5C2A2C74387E.jpg[/img] Caught this guy on camera the other night


Caught this guy on camera the other night
motorick5052 wrote:
The pic is just small enough on my phone I can’t quite make that out? Is that also a mountain lion, large coyote or even a...
The pic is just small enough on my phone I can’t quite make that out? Is that also a mountain lion, large coyote or even a wolf?
Sorry, just can’t quite make it out?
Cool pic tho! 👍
I think its a bobcat but I'm not positive, it doesn't appear to have any spots? Definitely not coyote or wolf. Southeastern Ohio right on WV border.
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motorick5052 5/21/2022 7:54pm
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Ah, now that you say Bobcat I think yer right!
Those ears definitely look like a bobcat now!
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I just returned from our place in South Africa. Here's the camera trap footage we got over the last couple of months that is taken from under the decking. Good to see our resident leopard back, we haven't seen it for years.







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Piston Slap 5/21/2022 11:00pm
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Mama beaver -destroying every tree on levee and trying to drain my lake......68 pounds.


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motorick5052 5/21/2022 11:12pm
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Say…thats a nice beaver ya got there!? Haha 😵‍💫🤪😎

(Damn 68 pounds is flippin’ huge!)
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Boomslang 5/22/2022 1:34am
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EZZA 95B wrote:
Sydney Funnel-Web. Only the 5th time I've seen one in person (twice walking past me in my shed). I named him George.😃 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551449/s1200_IMG_0181.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551450/s1200_IMG_0184.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551457/s1200_Screen_Shot_2022_05_21_at_12.10.23_pm.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/20/551456/s1200_Screen_Shot_2022_05_21_at_12.10.49_pm.jpg[/img]...
Sydney Funnel-Web. Only the 5th time I've seen one in person (twice walking past me in my shed).

I named him George.😃





*I live 2 hours north of Sydney

"The Sydney funnel-web spider is a species of venomous mygalomorph spider native to eastern Australia, usually found within a 100 km radius of Sydney. It is a member of a group of spiders known as Australian funnel-web spiders. Its bite is capable of causing serious illness or death in humans if left untreated."
I ain't scared of much but on land its Spiders and the bugger will give me nightmares. In the ocean it's Sharks.

How poisonous is that Funnel Web spider?
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