wildlife – skelly10

Another One

I seem to be a magnet for birds in need of rescue lately. Today was a busy day with a house full of visiting family. In the middle of catching up and feeding everyone, I glanced out the front window and saw this little pigeon on the ground, leaning against the fence, just standing there in a patch of sunlight. I went out to see if he was injured and caught him fairly quickly because he couldn’t fly – one of his wings was a bit droopy, perhaps broken. I have a call in to a local wildlife rehabilitation place. Hopefully they can help.

Cozy

I’ve noticed this fawn and her sibling in the same spot the last couple of days. When they lay their heads down, they’re very hard to see. They blend in to their surroundings so well.

Seeing Spots

A little bit of “awww” for you.

I’ve been seeing a lot of these little spotted fawns around this month; however they are always seem to be in the brush, in the shade, or bouncing around like maniacs. This one stood still for a bit before high jumping it out of there. The light’s not great, but I gotta take what I can get.

SSSSee Ya

It was hard to choose just one photo to upload today. I snapped some closeups of a beautiful great horned owl (a permanent resident at the nature center), a pair of tiger swallowtail butterflies on the bank of the river (one crawled around on my hand for a bit) and this scaly guy.

I’m normally very careful when hiking around by the river, and today was no different. It was hot out and I knew there could be snakes around, so I was making sure to scan both sides of the path… right up to the point when I became distracted by some turkeys on the other side of the trail – that’s when I heard hissing and rattling right by my foot! I jumped, the snake jumped, we went in opposite directions and fortunately that was the extent of the drama. Phew!

So, since this guy nearly gave me a heart attack, he gets to be the photo of the day. The rest of the photos are at my Flickr account if anyone wants to see owls and butterflies.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skelly10/

Going Stag

I saw so many deer at the nature center today, and this guy was bossing all of them around.