Wildlife, living next to nature

[Nirvana]

[Nirvana]

Sorry so big

[Carruthers]

A pair of House Sparrows has built a nest in a working traffic light on New York's Upper East Side.

I suppose that the warmth generated by the light was one factor in them choosing this site.
The signal appears to be on a pole rather than suspended above the road, so the proximity of pedestrians and vehicles can't have been of too much concern to the birds.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Releasing an ungrateful young moose from barbed wire. About 1:20 he shows why Moose are so dangerous, they're not satisfied to knock you down they want to tap dance on you. I imagine a 1500 pound Bull Moose, or even a 1000 pound Cow Moose, tap dancing on you, might be uncomfortable.




Suggest full screen.

[orthodoc]

My Adobe flash crashed and I couldn't see your video, Bruce. But ... they exist independent of us, as they should. If they tap dance on one of us from time to time, it's just the universe talking.

[Gravdigr]

I helped you, ya bitch.

He coulda been talking to Baby...

[xoxoxoBruce]

Foxes have a ball.
http://i.imgur.com/5D1ZdQG.mp4

[glatt]

that's awesome.

foxes are really adapting to living in people's back yards. It's kind of unreal.

[xoxoxoBruce]

When I was on Cape Cod a month ago, I saw several in broad daylight, in residential neighborhoods, beside the road. They showed respect for cars but no apparent fear.

[Gravdigr]

I was on photo safari the other afternoon, and happen to see a couple of turkeys in a field. I stopped and snapped a couple pics, and thought, this road curves around this field, and gets closer. So, I pulled down the road a piece and did get a little closer, about ~200 yards away from them.

It was readily apparent that one of them was a tom because as soon as I stopped GC1, he went full thanksgiving turkey on me and started swelling up. He strutted (literally walking back and forth, vogue-ing in front of his intended), and drummed (that's when the tom drags his wingtips on the ground, while stomping his feet rapidly. This is what makes the hen say "He's for me!!".) for the hen. Every time he got close to her she would lay down almost flat on the ground. He would drum up near her and she would jump and trot a few steps away. She's not quite 'ready', so to speak.

Meanwhile, in the bushes, another hen was taking all this in. She wasn't nearly as picky about things. She came right out and just took the cock, took it, I say. She laid down, and, when tom came up to her she didn't haggle at all, she said "Get after it!", and he did, too.





Now, I'm sure there are lots of pictures of mating wild turkeys, but, I consider myself very lucky to have photographed a mating pair of turkeys, in flagrante delicto, no less.

Hand-held, full 24x zoom, ~200-300 yards out.

[Gravdigr]

Here's an unprocessed screen cap of one of the failures to launch:

[infinite monkey]

I glanced at the second picture and thought it was a turkey on a gorilla.

(sooo sleep deprived I'm hallucinatin')

[Gravdigr]

I've had a little trouble sleeping for the last several days.

Sleep is highly overrated.

[Nirvana]

Were you at my house Grav?

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

Were you at my house Grav?

I didn't think anyone saw me...