Your day's wildlife

[Dave 123]

A Dark Spectacle moth

 

[Gillstay]

There is what I presume to be a female Goshawk taking hens around here. Don't expect I will see it for a photo,
but makes you very aware of the wildlife.

 

[rockyroller]

I don't know how to post a link

you put your cursor in the address bar & select copy, then go to your post & click your cursor in the body of the message & select paste

 

[rockyroller]

busy night on the patio

cat

possum

 

[Dave 123]

Slightly better in the trap this morning…

Dark Spectacle

Black Arches

Oak Eggar

Ruby Tiger

Hornet

 

[Dave 123]

Some more bee in flight pics

 

[BoldonLad]

Swans and their signets this morning, and, a couple of geese.

They always choose to brows right next to the road, when there is a pond and large expanse of grass adjacent.

 

[BoldonLad]

You will have to take my word for this one, a rabbit running across the cycle track

 

[sevenfourate]

Saw a large deer whilst dog walking yesterday. As ever these things are so flighty: you just have to grab whatever shot you can. Even with an iPhone 15 ProMax which should be about as good as phone cameras get:…..I was along way away - fully zoomed in; and this was as good as i could get…….

 

[Alex H]

Curlew in the garden of our holiday house on Shetlend

EDIT apparently this is a Whimbrel, which is a species of curlew found in Shetland. Confusing no?

 

[rockyroller]

Curlew in the garden of our holiday house on Shetlend

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EDIT apparently this is a Whimbrel, which is a species of curlew found in Shetland. Confusing no?

I have a particular fondness for this bird. 40 yrs ago, when I first moved out of my parents home & moved to Boston w/ my girlfriend, friends of her family let us use their vacation house on Cape Cod for about a week. kind of like a honeymoon. our cat saw a carved bird on a window sill & attacked it, breaking it's long bill. we searched, w/o the internet of course, for a custom wooden bird carver. we had to get it fixed before the owners returned. that's when he told us what it was. sure enough he did an amazing repair job & I don't think the owner ever knew the wiser

saw this one (related?) this past Spring on Martha's Vineyard. but it's bill isn't as long & isn't curved so I guess it's not a Curlew?

that was a great cat btw Majdi

 

[Dave 123]

@rockyroller the internet says Willet.

 

[Gillstay]

Curlew in the garden of our holiday house on Shetlend

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EDIT apparently this is a Whimbrel, which is a species of curlew found in Shetland. Confusing no?

Brilliant photo and a bird with a huge world range if you look it up.

 

[Dave 123]

This afternoon I was concentrating on staying upright on a paddle board at Mothecombe Beach.
Clearly I was concentrating as I didn’t see this happening…..

 

[rockyroller]

what is this. keep in mind it's the northeast U.S. I'm guessing woodchuck aka groundhog

https://www.massaudubon.org/nature-wildlife/mammals-in-massachusetts/woodchucks-groundhogs