Wild Animals

[shep]

Back entrance to Epcot..

 

[Queenie]

Back entrance to Epcot..

Yikes!! That looks scary as heck. I'm terrified of snakes and had the mis-fortune to have an encounter with one near the Beach Club last Oct, scared te living daylights out of me.

 

[shep]

Yikes!! That looks scary as heck. I'm terrified of snakes and had the mis-fortune to have an encounter with one near the Beach Club last Oct, scared te living daylights out of me.

This guy would sink down in the bush if someone got close..
He LOOKS completely harmless...

 

[Disney_Mama]

Florida spider at one of WDW golf courses

Florida turtle also at WDW golf course

Florida wall climbing frog at SSR. Found one in our room as well.

 

[handicap18]

Here's a Cardinal I was able to get a pic of last year. He moved around way to quick to get a lot of shots. I think I got 2. This one is cropped. Taken with my 70-300mm lens at the 300mm end.

I also got a few of some Blue Jays feeding from a bird house in our front yard:


I read an article in a photo mag last year about getting great up-close shots of squirrels. I tried it a few times last year, but got nothing. I'm definately going to try it out again starting in the spring.

Use peanuts as "bait". Set up your camera on a tripod with the camera facing the peanuts. Put the camera a few feet away then set your camera to remote shutter. Step back far enough so you can see everything, but you wont scare off the squirrel, but close enough so your remote will work. When the squirrel starts eating the peaunts, use your remote shutter to take a few pics before he runs off from the sound of the shutter going off. Wait for him to come back and do it again. Could make for some great shots. Worth a try if you've got some extra time and things are quiet.

 

[Virgo10]

Florida spider at one of WDW golf courses

That's a writing spider. We usually see several of them around the house during the summer. Here's one.

I'm not very knowledgeable about spiders and I still haven't found out what this one is. The colors are beautiful though.

Another unknown but we call them Grinch spiders because of the green face looking thing on their back.

 

[NostalgicDad]

Another spider photo. I've heard these referred to as zipper spiders but I have no idea if that's accurate.

 

[DVC Jen]

 

[Virgo10]

Another spider photo. I've heard these referred to as zipper spiders but I have no idea if that's accurate.

Yup, all of the above.

The largest orb weaver in our gardens is the black and yellow argiope (Argiope aurantia). Actually, only the female is large, the males being much smaller by comparison. Although big enough to deliver a bite, these spiders are not poisonous or aggressive. The black and yellow argiope is also called banana spider, yellow garden spider, zipper spider, golden orb weaver and writing spider.

 

[Metallicat]

A few nights ago I was sitting on the back steps getting a breath of fresh air. in the darkness I hear a growling sound that sends me flying into the house. the next night my husband calls me from outside and says "I think I found your monster, I heard it growling" so I go out and look and this is what I found.

 

[Virgo10]

A few nights ago I was sitting on the back steps getting a breath of fresh air. in the darkness I hear a growling sound that sends me flying into the house. the next night my husband calls me from outside and says "I think I found your monster, I heard it growling" so I go out and look and this is what I found.

ARGGGG! Is that a killer possum?

 

[Metallicat]

ARGGGG! Is that a killer possum?

I don't know but it sure is ugly. I nicknamed it Drac. short for Dracula.

 

[wkrider]

From my recent Alaska trip:

From our Jan. 2007 stay at the Wilderness Lode Villas:

From our Jan 2007 stay at Vero Beach:

 

[dcg0317]

Here's some I've shot.

 

[AndrewWG]

Here's some I've shot.

Wow! Great shots! What lens do you use with the 20D? I see focal lengths of 430mm, etc. I am looking for a lens that will give me this type of closeup photography of birds.

 

[JR6ooo4]

Page three seems a good space back from those "pro" shots before me, Heheheheheee

Found in a forest preserve near our house:

This guy is such a poser. Would you expect any less from San Fran Bay?

This one did not let me get to close...

Mikeeee

 

[Steve's Girl]

This is a flying squirrel that frequents our bird feeder in the summer time. DH was able to get a picture of it "flying" (they actually glide). But, I can't find it right now.

This is from last winter. I think it is a ladderback woodpecker (sorry Andy for not answering your question about what type of bird this was a while back). I took a few of a cardinal in the snow covered pine trees outside my office window yesterday, but don't have it uploaded yet. So much to do, so little time!

These were from a trip to the east coast this past July.

 

[Gdad]

Nice thread Mark- and nice pictures all- Here are a few of mine...

Sorry- I started looking for all kinds of critters but never got past the birds. I'll post some more later.

 

[AndrewWG]

This is from last winter. I think it is a ladderback woodpecker (sorry Andy for not answering your question about what type of bird this was a while back). I took a few of a cardinal in the snow covered pine trees outside my office window yesterday, but don't have it uploaded yet. So much to do, so little time!

Geez! It's about time I got an answer to that one!

 

[dcg0317]

Wow! Great shots! What lens do you use with the 20D? I see focal lengths of 430mm, etc. I am looking for a lens that will give me this type of closeup photography of birds.

Thanks Andy, I was using Canon's 300 f/4 IS lens with Canons 1.4 II extender, I'm now looking at getting Canon's 400mm f/5.6 lens. Here's a few more some with the extender and some without, also most of these have been cropped but still make nice 5x7 or 4x6 prints. I also like to use it to shoot Butterflies and Dragonflies because it has a mim focous distance of just under 5 feet.
Here's a link to the Canon forums of pics others have shot with the 300mm f/4 lens.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=163433

Red-Tail Hawk shot through the trees a couple weeks ago.