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[Skychief]

Great thread and beautiful photos all.

Longcruise, I'm see a couple subjects in your top photo, though they are certainly camouflaged! Awesome!

Keep them coming guys.

Best regards, Skychief.

 

[Baxter]

I see da boid but could only find 12 of the 16 rams!

 

[longcruise]

I see da boid but could only find 12 of the 16 rams!

Dere's two boids! They are ptarmigan at about 12,500'

Some of the rams are in the rocks. They just about disapear with the rock background. They were over a mile away.

There were over a hundred elk in the herd. I have a video of them and I'll post it if I can figger out how.

 

[Crane Senior]

I missed this topic somehow. Great photos. I always carry a camera but usually forget to use it.

If there is time it sometimes comes to mind.

Gonna make this one a guessing game.

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There are 16 legal rams in this picture taken through a spotting scope.

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A few elk switching drainages.

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Not a very good picture. A fox that sneaked into camp one night.

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Is that a chukar in the first pic? Great shots, thanks.

 

[Baxter]

Dere's two boids! They are ptarmigan at about 12,500'

Some of the rams are in the rocks. They just about disapear with the rock background. They were over a mile away.

There were over a hundred elk in the herd. I have a video of them and I'll post it if I can figger out how.

I went back to the ptarmigans and clearly see both birds now; I saw the bird half-hidden...but missed the one in full view.
The elk photo is pretty fabulous.
The truth is, I couldn't see any of the rams, but I'll believe you that they are there and that you didn't just photograph some rocks.

 

[longcruise]

"you didn't just photograph some rocks"


Or did I..........?

 

[Brent]

Zapus hudsonicus - or Prairie Jumping Mouse. Hops around like a kangaroo. Lives in front of my house.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Zapus hudsonicus - or Prairie Jumping Mouse. Hops around like a kangaroo. Lives in front of my house.

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I remember watching a TV show about them.

 

[Kestrel]

Worlds greatest birddog and best buddy.

 

[Ames]

 

[Kestrel]

 

[longcruise]

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Trying to remember how this goes. Is it "red touch yellow, Jack good fellow. Red touch black, bad for Jack."

 

[Ames]

Many out there.
I was taught "Red touch yellow, kill a fellow. Red touch black, venom lack".
Found him under a manzanita bush in the Chiricahua national monument.
Had to remember the rhyme quick as all he did was chew on my fingers. And had to convince myself that the rhyme only works on solid bands. The black crossovers don't count. It can mess with you while being bitten.

 

[longcruise]

I have read that the coral snake has fixed fangs and chews when it bites!

 

[Mad L]

I have read that the coral snake has fixed fangs and chews when it bites!

They have Rear Fangs, that is why they 'chew' to get those molars in ya.
Red to Yellow, Kill a Fellow. Red to Black, Venom Lack

 

[Mad L]

Came across this fine lad the other day driving through Genoa, NV in search of a barn I like to photograph. Still waiting for a good snow.

 

[Ames]

I have read that the coral snake has fixed fangs and chews when it bites!

That one's a Sonoran Mtn. Kingsnake, Lampropeltis Pyro Pyro. Harmless unless you are a lizard.

 

[Mad L]

A pair of doe street walking behind the Carson City, NV capital building a couple days ago.

 

[longcruise]

This one was playing possum in the middle of the road while I was pursuing antelope.

 

[Capnball]

I caught a sailfish in Mexico. Fought him for almost an hour. Once in a lifetime fish. Got him up close to the boat and I let him go. The captain and the mates were yelling and carrying on but I just couldn't kill that beautiful fish. If I turned him into a trophy all the meat would just go to waste. This was as good a shot as I could have hoped for.