Caley Thomas 2.0 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Wasn't sure where to post this, but thought this might be an acceptable location. Check out the video link below on youtube. Anybody have any ideas as to what would be the cause of this type of event? I have my ideas, but don't want to color the responses... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Caley Thomas 2.0 said: Wasn't sure where to post this, but thought this might be an acceptable location. Check out the video link below on youtube. Anybody have any ideas as to what would be the cause of this type of event? I have my ideas, but don't want to color the responses... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 14 hours ago, Clip said: @Aidan BI actually think I know this one but if you would be so kind to confirm or correct that would be great. Photo from early spring in Key West, FL. I think these are Tarpon. Huge fish hanging out near a boat dock in salt water. Yep! Atlantic Tarpon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 @Aidan BI see these more than any other fish in the same brackish water as some of the others I have posted. Duval County, FL. in the pools that form when the tide goes out around the rock jetty. What are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 10 hours ago, Clip said: That pup does not look very comfortable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 2/17/2022 at 3:17 AM, Clip said: @Aidan BI see these more than any other fish in the same brackish water as some of the others I have posted. Duval County, FL. in the pools that form when the tide goes out around the rock jetty. What are they? Look like Sergeant Majors to me. (A type of damselfish) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 13 hours ago, Trevor L. said: That pup does not look very comfortable... It is an old photo but if memory serves it was having a blast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Python Millipede https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107149535 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Giant Ameiva https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107149537 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Rusty Tree Frog https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107149536 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMe Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/14/2022 at 4:59 AM, Clip said: A close encounter with an armored critter. This was super fun. Just heading home from birding adventures in Brevard County, FL I lived there from 2014-2017 attending FIT. Also, I only saw one living armadillo while living there and many squashed ones. My wife didn't see any 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMe Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 10:00 AM, Caley Thomas 2.0 said: Wasn't sure where to post this, but thought this might be an acceptable location. Check out the video link below on youtube. Anybody have any ideas as to what would be the cause of this type of event? I have my ideas, but don't want to color the responses... Strange. My guess it was a magnetic field anomaly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMe Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 minute ago, MacMe said: Strange. My guess it was a magnetic field anomaly In my opinion, the birds aren't behaving in a way consistent with toxic fumes or electrocution, not that I've seen how birds behave when they do. They don't look like their falling, they look like they are flying. They look lucid/alert enough to detect that something is wrong as the first birds hit the ground and take corrective action. I suppose toxic fumes or electrocution could have affected the front birds causing them to fall and the birds behind them followed after trying to keep the flock together, trying to stick with the 'murmuration' (not sure what the term would be for these guys) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 43 minutes ago, MacMe said: In my opinion, the birds aren't behaving in a way consistent with toxic fumes or electrocution, not that I've seen how birds behave when they do. They don't look like their falling, they look like they are flying. They look lucid/alert enough to detect that something is wrong as the first birds hit the ground and take corrective action. I suppose toxic fumes or electrocution could have affected the front birds causing them to fall and the birds behind them followed after trying to keep the flock together, trying to stick with the 'murmuration' (not sure what the term would be for these guys) The news story I posted in the Birding News forum speculates that the birds were trying to avoid a predator from above. Theory is that the upper birds in the flock tried to evade a predator and ultimately drove the lower birds into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Variegated Squirrel 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 @Aidan BIs this a Scad too? If yes can you tell which kind? If not can you tell what it is? The photo was taken on the beach in Nassau County, FL. Which as far North and east as you can go and still be on land in Florida. I'm not sure if the fish was caught close to shore or not. August 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 @Aidan BI hope you don't mind two at once. This one was obviously dead when we came across it. Duval County, FL same park as many of my other fish where the St. John's River and Atlantic Ocean meet. December 2020 One more question do you id crabs and sea horses? I only have one sea horse but I would like to know id. I have a few crabs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 This spider was probably about 6 inches wide. Pinktoe Tarantula 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) I took this in Peru of some Common Squirrel Monkeys playing. This is a small clip of a larger video. I thought this part was kinda hilarious! Monkeys.mp4 Edited February 23, 2022 by Jefferson Shank 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 6:45 AM, Jefferson Shank said: This spider was probably about 6 inches wide. Pinktoe Tarantula Now that’s the reason I’d have trouble in the equatorial areas. Poisonous snakes? No problem. Spiders bigger than my fingernail? BIG problem ? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Now that’s the reason I’d have trouble in the equatorial areas. Poisonous snakes? No problem. Spiders bigger than my fingernail? BIG problem ? Spiders bigger than my fingernail, no problem! This is my friend holding the spider. I held it later then too... You just have to keep them calm and don't anger them. I know, it takes a lot of guts to trust them not to sting you or something! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmWarbler Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Avery said: Now that’s the reason I’d have trouble in the equatorial areas. Poisonous snakes? No problem. Spiders bigger than my fingernail? BIG problem ? Lol, same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 12 hours ago, Avery said: Now that’s the reason I’d have trouble in the equatorial areas. Poisonous snakes? No problem. Spiders bigger than my fingernail? BIG problem ? Me 3! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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