(he’s wondering what I’m doing…)
(he’s also wondering what I’m doing…)
(He’s yelling at me, lol)
Amazing weekend for wildlife!
Totals: Too many birds to count, 1 huge black bear running away (hence no photo), 3 moose, 3 deer, salamanders and bugs! Also caught the first fish of the season (catch and release of course), two nice little largemouth bass!
(P.S. this weekend has me definitely thinking about getting a telephoto lens!)
Saw a woodcock on the side of the road during a night drive down a back road through the woods. I’d never seen one before, very neat little bird, and it seemed pretty unafraid of my hanging out the car window snapping shots of it in the beam of the headlights!
We saw 3 moose this weekend! Two were later in the evening (a mother and calf), wouldn’t have gotten a clear shot, but this guy was just chilling in the forest flicking his ears (the blackflies are out!)
Saw tons of tracks around the area where we saw the moose the previous evening:
On our way back, we figured we’d been incredibly lucky to have seen the moose – we weren’t expecting to see these two deer! Saw another deer on the night drive too.
This bug was so cool, but after much google-ing we were happy we hadn’t touched it. Apparently it can cause a chemical burn on your skin. It’s called an Oil Beetle. Clearly we’ve got a male and a female here!
We can’t pass up checking under stumps/logs to see what’s under there:
Our little bent Chevy had a growth spurt in the course of about a week!
He’s still just as bent, but a lot more colourful and bigger!
Remember this little face?
She’s all grown up at around 9 months old, she’s gotten a lot bigger, and so has her personality! She loves to play fetch and ninja cat (explanation here), and keeps my sister on her toes night and day!
(She’s such a little lady…)
(Trying to bite off a piece of cucumber)
(Mid-meow asking for more cucumber)
Poor Chevron (Chevy) was born with a spinal deformity, but he’s super friendly and always rushes to the front of the tank when I peek in.
I got a new camera on Boxing Day (Canon Rebel T2i). I’ve had a hard time figuring out what settings to use since fish don’t really stay still, but here’s what I’ve got so far!
Chevy’s sidekick is Golden, a peachy/golden coloured guppy, they always hang out together, it’s pretty cute.
After a long drive down to Maryland, we arrived at 6:30am in time to see the sunrise and a pod of wild dolphins along the shore.
We saw tons of hermit crabs, so much fun to catch!
No idea what this little guy is, but he was really quick!
We have no idea what this tiny tiny dark blue crab is either…
This dead puffer was sitting on the beach, about the size of a football.
This is a mole crab:
This shell was covered in other shells…
Another amazing weekend of great weather and lots of time spent outside!