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- kman
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Re: Wildlife
Raiding the backyard hummingbird feeders (3 pics).
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- Mark Curtis
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Re: Wildlife
Ah, those bear shots are funny and awesome!
Here's another shot of my quite accommodating owl friend...
Here's another shot of my quite accommodating owl friend...
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Re: Wildlife
Not certain, but believe this may be a Swainson's Hawk.
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Adverse conditions may exist-CDOT
- ChrisRoberts
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Re: Wildlife
Yeah, I'd say its a Swainson's Hawk. Theyre pretty common.
Though it could be a juvenile Rough Legged Hawk
Though it could be a juvenile Rough Legged Hawk
- abqben56
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Re: Wildlife
The helmet effect looks like a Swainson's. When and where was the picture taken?Alpineair wrote:Not certain, but believe this may be a Swainson's Hawk.
- abqben56
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Re: Wildlife
Not as good as a bear, but this guy was haunting our feeders a couple of months back. That's pigeon on his bill.
- ChrisRoberts
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Re: Wildlife
Snakes! I see love seeing snakes along the way, though they are often hard to find.
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Re: Wildlife
rking007 wrote:Attack of the giant mutant killer squirrel!
Attack of the mutant, bird eating squirrel.
"Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're right." -Henry Ford
"Slow and steady wins the race (unless you're racing someone who is fast and steady)."
"Slow and steady wins the race (unless you're racing someone who is fast and steady)."
Re: Wildlife
Northern Desert Scorpion!!
Those bear shots are awesome!
- OnyourLeft
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Re: Wildlife
RMNP on Father's Day.
- TaylorHolt
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Re: Wildlife
Looks like you need a new X-ING sign for your backyardkman wrote:Raiding the backyard hummingbird feeders (3 pics).
“If you're bumming out, you're not gonna get to the top, so as long as we're up here we might as well make a point of grooving." -Scott Fischer
- TaylorHolt
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Re: Wildlife
A very cooperative pika on Lincoln
“If you're bumming out, you're not gonna get to the top, so as long as we're up here we might as well make a point of grooving." -Scott Fischer