Clip Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 @SeanbirdsThis turtle seen yesterday in Orange County, FL looks different to me than the other turtles I have seen in Florida so far. It may just be the angle or that it doesn't have a bunch of moss growing on it's shell but I'm hoping it is something new to me. Can you help me id it? I looked online some but didn't find anything with this pattern on the shell. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 I'm pretty sure this use to be a bird but posted it here in case I'm wrong. Old photo 2015. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 A falcon, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Clip said: I'm pretty sure this use to be a bird but posted it here in case I'm wrong. Old photo 2015. No, it's a rodent of some kind. The front part that looks like a beak are the incisors, and you can see molars on the lower mandible. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 7 hours ago, Trevor L. said: No, it's a rodent of some kind. The front part that looks like a beak are the incisors, and you can see molars on the lower mandible. Good observation skills! I didn't see the teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodi Nielson Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 @Clip That just looks like a Florida Box Turtle to me. Their shell patterns can be pretty varied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/13/2021 at 12:14 PM, Clip said: @SeanbirdsThis turtle seen yesterday in Orange County, FL looks different to me than the other turtles I have seen in Florida so far. It may just be the angle or that it doesn't have a bunch of moss growing on it's shell but I'm hoping it is something new to me. Can you help me id it? I looked online some but didn't find anything with this pattern on the shell. 33 minutes ago, Jodi Nielson said: @Clip That just looks like a Florida Box Turtle to me. Their shell patterns can be pretty varied. Nope! Peninsula Cooter. Neat find! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Also @Clip your signature says “mammals: to be determined from photos”. Do you need help IDing any mammals in your photos? Just thought I’d ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/3/2021 at 8:02 AM, smskelton said: My wife and I were walking down a riverside trail on Cave Creek near Portal, Az one evening at dusk, bird watching when she stopped and said “I think there is an owl looking at us from across the creek.” This area is one of the few areas in the US where you can see the Whiskered Screech Owl. Looking through the binoculars, we could just see two ears and the top of a forehead above a pine branch. The head looked to be about 3 ½ inches across with ears. We sat down and waited for more movement. Eventually we found that we were wrong. It wasn’t a Whiskered Screech Owl, but a Chiricahua Fox Squirrel that was huge. They have a huge bushy tail and are around two feet long. This one was being very cagey and kept itself screened in the branches well. Researchers are worried about the survival of this squirrel in the Chiricahua Mountains after a big fire threatened its habitat and teams of watchers have been combing the forest for sightings. In the picture, looking into the foliage you can see the size of the tail. This species is now known as the Mexican Fox Squirrel. Super awesome find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heme42 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Saw this big bullfrog a few months ago. For comparison, the little guy on the same log a few weeks later 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 10 hours ago, Seanbirds said: Nope! Peninsula Cooter. Neat find! Sweeeeet! Lifer!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 11 hours ago, Jodi Nielson said: @Clip That just looks like a Florida Box Turtle to me. Their shell patterns can be pretty varied. I always see Box Turtles on land so I ruled them out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seanbirds Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Clip said: I always see Box Turtles on land so I ruled them out. They can swim, but that would still be a very unlikely situation to see one in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodi Nielson Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 6 hours ago, Seanbirds said: They can swim, but that would still be a very unlikely situation to see one in. and Duh again. Didn't even register that he was in water. I'll be quiet now...lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch58 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I've run across a few unusual man-made "birds". Antonov -124.... third largest cargo plane in the world, it was HUGE. Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Bell AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopter Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopter Northrup Grummond E-2 Hawkeye 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 On 12/14/2021 at 7:40 PM, Seanbirds said: Also @Clip your signature says “mammals: to be determined from photos”. Do you need help IDing any mammals in your photos? Just thought I’d ask. Probably! I just have so many things going on with photos I have not gotten around to counting them up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMe Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 On 12/10/2021 at 8:23 AM, Clip said: Found growing off the trunk of a tree near Brainard Lake in Colorado. I have no idea what this is. Even anyone else does please let me know. perhaps a slime mold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smskelton Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Tis may seem weird, but we were bird watching in the Sulfur Springs Valley about 100 miles from Tucson when we heard this roar and looked up. A New York Air National Guard cargo jet was flying over. Probably headed to Ft. Huachuca in southern Arizona, but it seemed to be headed straight for Mexico. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirVive Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Wasn't exactly while birding but I know a few of you like these things - and I don't have a clue. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 6 hours ago, SirVive said: Wasn't exactly while birding but I know a few of you like these things - and I don't have a clue. @Seanbirds Any ideas what this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 9 hours ago, SirVive said: Wasn't exactly while birding but I know a few of you like these things - and I don't have a clue. 2 hours ago, Clip said: @Seanbirds Any ideas what this is? Location and habitat, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 4 hours ago, Seanbirds said: Location and habitat, please? Sorry not mine so I don't know. It is @SirVive's lizard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Just now, Clip said: Sorry not mine so I don't know. It is @SirVive's lizard. I know. I was asking him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirVive Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 I thought only birds were so hard to id that you needed such info In my greenhouse in Vancouver WA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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