Observation & photo submitted by @tighephoto (Michael Tighe) via Instagram #macarthurparklake
I am 6 feet from finger tip to finger tip. Big fish!
Again, I love the footwork that shows up in this shot of the Black Rail. The bird was still moving fast, but slowing a little in preparation of hitting the safety of the grasses on the other side.
Predation attempt on a seal at dawn at Seal Island
Last night, April 25, my roommates and I found two baby American alligators( this record is the second one) when we were fishing by a lake in Johnson Park, Piscataway, New Jersey. Both alligators were found hidden underneath twigs and litters by the water. This is kinda insane. Both alligators are about one foot long. Each has a metaltag with numbers on the right rear feet. Obviously, they were released or escaped form someone or some facilities. Having a alligators as a pet is completely illegal in New Jersey, also they are not able to go through the cold winter here. So I have no idea why they were appear in this small pond at a relatively busy park.
I captured both alligators after I spotted them. And reported to wildlife department immediately. NJ State Conservation Police will come to pick them up tomorrow morning.
For approximate scale, dog is ~german shepard size
photographed in captivity but collected nearby by others
This pair of now extinct Golden Toads was photographed at the entrance to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve where they were kept for visitors to the park to see since their observance in the wild was limited to only a few days a year during the onset of their breeding season (late May & early June). This species is sexually dimorphic, the males are bright orange or yellow and females are dark brown with red spots.
Date is approximate. 3 individuals (2 males & 1 female) seen sometime in April, 1987. My mother and father (@dmpeterson ) were living in Monteverde in the spring of 1987, staying with the Gavin family. I have been digitizing their old slides, and thought these ones were significant, so I uploaded them. The date and location are approximate, based on their best recollection.
Three native swallowtail larvae side by side for comparison. From left to right: Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), Eastern black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) and spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus). Note snake mimicry of both Eastern tiger and spicebush swallowtail caterpillars. Note aposematic coloration of Eastern black swallowtail. The adults of these three species participate in a Batesian mimicry complex in which they mimic the highly distasteful pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor)
My roommate saved it from a home depot. They spray painted the poor thing. We're unsure of how to remove the spray paint without hurting it, but it appears to still be alive and growing despite the spray paint.
Bonjour a tous quelle est ce poissons pêche dans un etang d esturgeon ??
Common Crane (lifebird) and Sandhill Cranes
Very Rare for NJ.
Found along the Delaware Bayshore. Location kept imprecise out of respect. Will edit location once it’s gone. Date is accurate
Batsto Lake, Wharton State Forest
The manatees are in the background near the trees
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, FL
You can't see it in the picture but he has a black tip on his tail.
This was not a captive ermine. Not sure how it got in the house, but it left through the open front door shortly after three photos taken.
March, 2017 Okefenokee Journal - I love using Stephen C Foster State Park as a base for our treks into the Okefenokee Swamp. "Sophie" has been at the Stephen C Foster boat ramp every time we have visited. She's been there many years and has filled that channel with babies each year. My daughter and I typically end each day in the swamp by saying goodnight to "Sophie". On this trip, while standing off to the side and admiring her for a few minutes, I caught her in a yawn. http://williamwisephoto.com/photographyblog/okefenokee-stephen-c-foster-state-park-alligator
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Lone male Nelsonii uses crosswalk.
ID Credit: Jerome Constant
This is the holotype.
Using a San Francisco Alligator Lizard as a pillow. There was no predation occurring here. The snake never acted aggressively towards the lizard. They just slept like this until the lizard wandered off.
A young Ocelot visiting water feature at Visitor Center headquarters. Tragically, the Ocelot was ill and found dead a few days later.
There were six Willets both on the beach at the ocean and in a temporary pool just off the beach on the south side of Oregon Inlet.
Trying to eat a pill bug (Armadillidiidae)
This is a fantastic location for alligator viewing!
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Is it a fish? Is it a slug? Is it a fishy anemone? I do not have a clue what this is!
It is about 30mm long and there were a few of them in the sand - outgoing tide nearly on the turn. Most were buried and only the "fan fin" was showing.
Resting on the wet sand, when the sand collapsed it arched it's face upwards (2nd and third photos) and seem to spawn capsule from somewhere - there are 2 floating in the 4th pic.
Totally hypnotic, by the time my sister-in-law and I carried on the brother had walked 2kms away from us!
Mid-water trawl
This photo lost some quality in scanning from an old slide. It shows a wild-born bird. The species is now extinct in the wild.
Look closely. This prickly pear is growing arboreally about 25' up in a Quercus virginiana. Other specimens are common at ground level.
on roadside vegetation in coastal coniferous forest; high drama encounter between this robber fly (right), snipe fly (lower left) and unknown diptera.
27 Jul 2017.
John Heinz NWR, Philadelphia Co, PA.
Apparently trying to eat a snake! I didn't realize what was going on when I took these shots, and I don't know the final outcome...
This is the bird that took me from North Carolina to Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.
Ph Sebastiano Morandi. messenger
Blue Dasher (female) ovipositing