The Nature Photography Thread

[Stefan-A]

Eastern PA, I thought just eastern garter at first too, but wiki lead me to believe checkered because of the pattern, though I'm definitely no expert.

Then it's definitely an Eastern garter (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis).

You can find our Photograpic Library among our articles, if you want to see pictures of some of the other garter species.
http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets...raphic_Library

[chrom0]

Thanks!

[GarterGeek]

Eastern PA, I thought just eastern garter at first too, but wiki lead me to believe checkered because of the pattern, though I'm definitely no expert.

There are only three native members of Thamnophis in PA: Eastern Common Garter, Eastern Ribbon Snake, and the Short Headed Garter Snake. The Short Headed Garter snake is considered rare and only lives in the north-western part of the state. I hope this helps for future encounters!

[reptileparadise]

Couple of shots I took today...
A little bit of late summer,



And some autumn. Nothing special going on here. Its way to dry for good 'shrooming' and we had some early frost sadly...

[reptileparadise]

One of the worlds most lethal mushrooms...


And others...





A little bit of editing going on here. I didn't like the original, but this is okay I guess.
"psychodelicious"

[Stefan-A]

Very nice. I haven't been able to take any photos worth posting this year.

[guidofatherof5]

Very nice group of photos.

[gregmonsta]

Pretty fungi

[drache]

lovely mushrooms
the a. muscaria are such a bright red; where I grew up they were more of a dull brick colour

[mustang]

dosnt mario jump off that middle red one?