Wildlife Pics

[Idaho44]

Hawk with California Quail prey (in my backyard).

 

[NeoBlackdog]

Hawk with California Quail prey (in my backyard).

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Looks like a Cooper's Hawk. Good photo!

 

[Bobbygun]

Some critters we saw while out shed hunting this Spring.

 

[Mikej]

Looks like a Cooper's Hawk. Good photo!

I could never tell in the little bit of time I get them in my yard if they're Cooper of Sharp Shinned?

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I could never tell in the little bit of time I get them in my yard if they're Cooper of Sharp Shinned?

A Beginner’s Guide to IDing Cooper’s and Sharp-Shinned Hawks

The differences are subtle, but shape and size can help in a big way.

www.audubon.org

 

[Bolt_308]

My brothers cat caught this lizard Friday, and then brought it into the house and let it go! It was running around all over, under the couch etc, super fast and very hard to catch! They finally caught it, but it was wild for a while there . . .

They live in Eugene, and I was VERY surprised to see a lizard of that type and size running around that area. At first I wondered if it was a pet lizard that had escaped or something!

The whattheherp.com website identified the photo as a Western Fence Lizard. I had no idea we had lizards of that size around here.

Smartass cat bringing it in the house and letting it lose!!

 

[sobo]

My brothers cat caught this lizard Friday, and then brought it into the house and let it go!

Smartass cat bringing it in the house and letting it lose!!

My cat does that with mice and birds all the frik'n time. Even brought in a bubbleguming rat once! Caught her running through the living room with it. I yelled at her (wrong thing to do), and she dropped it. Damned thing took off, running through the house, while the GF was screaming her foo' head off. That was fun...

Went through four traps before I finally caught and killed the bloomin' thing...




EDIT: To fix a misspelling that @Tlock was so adept and discovering...

 

[Bobbygun]

My brothers cat caught this lizard Friday

I found this lizard in our yard while playing bocce ball last week. He is skinny compared to the one you pictured, but over a foot long. I've seen a few lizards around here, usually around my woodpile, but never one this big

 

[MTpockets]

I've seen a few lizards around here, usually around my woodpile, but never one this big

Alligator Lizard

They are great for killing yard pests.

 

[Bolt_308]

I found this lizard in our yard while playing bocce ball last week. He is skinny compared to the one you pictured, but over a foot long. I've seen a few lizards around here, usually around my woodpile, but never one this big

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According to Whattheherp.com photo identification resource, it identifies it as a Southern Alligator Lizard. ANOTHER lizard I had no idea we have in Oregon!

 

[Bolt_308]

Alligator Lizard

They are great for killing yard pests.

Ha you beat me too it- with WAY better images ;-)

 

[Mikej]

A Beginner’s Guide to IDing Cooper’s and Sharp-Shinned Hawks

The differences are subtle, but shape and size can help in a big way.

www.audubon.org

I had to laugh at that! That guy/bird-Nerd said at the beginning that they're hard to tell. Then he goes onto juvenile or adult. The he tells you the differences, very subtle differences! I've got a pic somewhere of one of them that sat on the fence for a minute eyeballing my honeysuckle shrub at the corner of the house, just before he crashed it to flush the sparrows, or whatever was in there at the time. Only other times I see them, 'bout once a week, they're flying low and stealthy about 6' off the ground hoping to grab a bird from the feeders. I'll figure it's coopers because of the gray back.

 

[MTpockets]

Ha you beat me too it- with WAY better images ;-)

I would like to give a less-nerdy answer, but I spent most of my young life in the woods. I used to refer to those as snakes with brakes because they appeared to slither through the grass like snakes, but they use their stubby legs to steer, swerve, and stop.

 

[DeanMk]

Alligator Lizard

They are great for killing yard pests.

Skip to the part where he eats Tukwilla!