The Nature Photography Thread

[Lori P]

Tiki helping me herp, lol



Someone lost their head... this was probably some poor hunting beagle left to starve or shot. No bullet hole in the skull tho.



It was a nice walk even tho I didn't see any snakes. Maybe when it warms up a bit more. :-)

[Sid]

Here's some from today 8/22/08:
Habit below a local lake.

Unk Bettle, about an inch and a half long.

And found several Slimmey Salamanders

[reptileparadise]

Took some of the frog eggs out of the water. It started freesing again and some of the eggs where above the water level. (besides that, I think my cyrtopsis will like them...)
They are developing quite well!

[Stefan-A]

It's a really nice day here today, in the 60's and sunny, and I took a nice long walk in our woods... hoping to get lucky and see some garters, but alas, it was not to be. I did get some pics tho, so thought I'd drag you all along with me...

Not sure what critter lives here. There were many of these mounds right next to our creek. Any ideas?

Voles or shrews. Probably. My guess is the latter.

[Zephyr]

Voles or shrews. Probably. My guess is the latter.

Nein. Those are crayfish burrows.

[Stefan-A]

Okay. Emphasis on the word "guess".

[adamanteus]

My guess was Cave Trolls, either that or Lori just stuck her finger in the soil and made the hole!

[Stefan-A]

My guess was Cave Trolls,

Then you would have made the same mistake I did; I pulled the alternatives from our local fauna.

[Lori P]

LOL-- cave trolls, yes, I thought that too, but I believe Kyle must be right on. :-) I couldn't think of what would make mud burrows, now I'll have to go look more carefully for crayfish!! Thanks Kyle!!

Sid, I never knew what those huge beetles were called-- here they're usually called chicken food if they don't run fast enough, lol... Unk beetles. Cool.

[Zephyr]

LOL-- cave trolls, yes, I thought that too, but I believe Kyle must be right on. :-) I couldn't think of what would make mud burrows, now I'll have to go look more carefully for crayfish!! Thanks Kyle!!

Sid, I never knew what those huge beetles were called-- here they're usually called chicken food if they don't run fast enough, lol... Unk beetles. Cool.

Bess beetles, patent leather beetles, etc. Usually sell on the 'net for $4-5 dollars. Each.