The Nature Photography Thread

[ProXimuS]

Man I saw a tiny skink in my backyard yesterday, but he was waaay too fast and far away for me to get to him to catch him. I wish I could've gotten pictures, though. I've only seen one skink in my yard before(really those two are the only two wild ones I've ever seen) and he was stuck in the pool with a little brown earth snake(I saved them of course....)

[ConcinusMan]

They're more common and plentiful than you might think. A wild skink likes to be present, but not seen.

[ProXimuS]

Well I wish they'd let me see them more...I'm nice I promise

[Steveo]

They're more common and plentiful than you might think. A wild skink likes to be present, but not seen.

I think this is true of most lizard-types. I don't specifically look for them, but I very rarely see any when looking for snakes. Kinda like milk snakes; I know they're there but I'll be damned if I can find any (I just need to do more night herping!).

[ConcinusMan]

Just saying that compared to most lizards I've herped for, they're not so out in the open in your face, running around and climbing fences and rocks. They stay hidden more.

[ProXimuS]

Not true for anoles. At least around here. You see them eeeeeverywhere

[Steveo]

Found this while out for a few hours yesterday.
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It rained early Friday afternoon and I had already made plans for that evening, but I decided to go out afterward. I went to a place that is fairly good in the daytime but I got skunked. On top of that, park personnel shadowed me and asked me to leave when I got back to my car because the park closes at 10 and I was there until midnight..

[guidofatherof5]

Nice bull snake (Pituophis catenifer sayi).

[ProXimuS]

Wooooo, Cool find, but sorry about the skunking....

[ProXimuS]

I found this scary biiiiig bug in my backyard today. Then I showed my grandpa and he said it was a moth that hasn't opened his wings yet. That's what I was thinking he looked like, but the wings were too small, but I could see all the fuzziness and his proboscis.

So here he is when I first found him:
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