The Nature Photography Thread

[NetBSD]

ohhh can i play, ive been waiting for a spot to post these pics i took 3 years ago with my crappy walmart cam. lol.


2 mountain butterfies mainting while i was working on my old truck, they were at it for hours





these guys are huge and so beautiful but rarely seen in my parts

[Aundrea]

WOW Neat pic. Thoese are coool!!!

[count dewclaw]

Beautiful Cecropia moths! We see them from time to time here in central NY.

[tyflier]

I wanna Play!!

I have a TON of decent field herping photos, so I'll share some of my favorites, and what they are:


My daughter identified and caught this little gophersnake all by herself. We were walking along the road, it came out and she yells, "Daddy! A Pituophis!!" and she ran up to it. Of course...she waited til I gave the go ahead before she picked it up, but...she properly ID'd it without any input from me...she's 4, by the way...



Crotalus cerastes cerastes-Mojave Desert Sidewinders. Second picture is a gravid female.


Banded Desert Gecko-Coleonyx variegatus variegatus. She is gravid...two nice eggs in her belly in this picture...


Longnosed Leopard Lizard. Sorry...don't know the latin classification of this one.

continued...

[tyflier]

Couple of neonate Panamint Rattlers-Crotalus stephensi. These guys are all babies, with only a tiny little, soundless button for a tail.


Hatchling Western Longnose-Normal Phase-Rhinocheilus lecontei


Great Basin Gophersnake-Pituophis catenifer deserticola

Thanks for letting me share!

[Loren]

A Clarus phase Long nose from The vicinity of Bishop- near that little town of Benton.

Notice even the eyes lack the reddish colors. Every Clarus I have seen pics of had normal reddish brown eyes. I think this one might have technically been anerythristic. Should have kept it.

[tyflier]

Wow, that's cool. I will definitely check the Clarus phases more closely now. I never noticed...

Here is a nice big female from my area:


I found several Clarus phase this year, but I never thought to check the eyes...

Here's another from the same area. I can't see the eyes really well, but it does appear to be more brown than grey...

Interesting observation. I will definitely be on the lookout from now on...

[Loren]

I've always wanted one, but am looking for one with fairly clean white areas(I may not ever find one, but thats ok, its low on my wish list). This one was very peppered, similar to those you found. Still neat though. Didnt notice the eyes till I got home and looked at the pics.

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow nice snakes guys

[drache]

we went to the Jamaica Bay wildlife refuge today
we were hoping to see some diamondback terrapins and that we didn't
but we saw some other stuff
please pardon me if I post too many photos of geese flying, but it's hard to decide - I ended up with over a hundred
that place is like some kind of hub of the goose world right now, with flocks of all sizes swooping in and taking off - it was awesome