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Anne Whateley posted:Carolina wrens are absolutely notorious for building nests in weird human places. Just from your first pic I figured that's what it was. Thanks for being a good host! If you want to give them a hand (especially in winter), dried mealworms or unsalted peanuts would be a hit. Will wrens eat peanuts? I thought as a group they were insectivores, if not obligate insectivores.
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They do in my parents' backyard (and suet, and sunflower hearts, and cat food). If humans didn't exist, I don't know if they might eat all or almost all insects, but a lot of birds are a little more scavengey than they are textbook eaters.
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May 5, 2021 08:07
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Hey anyone want an extremely okay moth. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/05/giant-wood-moth-found-queensland-australia-school Like a pound of moth.
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Anne Whateley posted:Carolina wrens are absolutely notorious for building nests in weird human places. Just from your first pic I figured that's what it was. Thanks for being a good host! If you want to give them a hand (especially in winter), dried mealworms or unsalted peanuts would be a hit. We'll probably encourage them to relocate but after the babies are out on their own. My car has mysteriously been getting pooped on inside the garage somehow! In the meantime I'm enjoying seeing what's going on out there. This morning Wren poppa showed up and gave the momma a snack. Then they took off together for 15 minutes or so. Seems to be about as long as the mom leaves the nest so far. I'm still not sure how they're getting in and out, but the mice do so it's possible they're using the same entrance at the corners of the door where the mice chewed holes. Maybe I'll put more cameras up to solve this mystery, but not today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asP9Ld9oFtE
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Anne Whateley posted:Carolina wrens are absolutely notorious for building nests in weird human places. Just from your first pic I figured that's what it was. Thanks for being a good host! If you want to give them a hand (especially in winter), dried mealworms or unsalted peanuts would be a hit. My 'favorite' thing about Carolina Wrens is that every single bird guide I've ever seen has included a note on their page to the effect of 'A bird this small should not physically be capable of being this loud.'
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I encountered a prickly pal for the first time in awhile on my run this morning:    Apologies for the poor quality, the sun wasn't quite up yet.
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They’re so weird looking Man seeing this thread again brings back memories so I’m posting to find my,posts
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May 5, 2021 15:06
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Sankis posted:Was checking my window in preparation of putting in an AC unit in a few days when I opened it up and saw a bunch of these bugs. How small were they? Almost look like they could be springtails, were they a little hard to see with the naked eye?
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Will wrens eat peanuts? I thought as a group they were insectivores, if not obligate insectivores. Us weird rear end aquarium people have got you covered, yo: https://fluvalaquatics.com/us/bug-bites/
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poverty goat posted:https://i.imgur.com/BJU0z2n.mp4 My old apartment had a couple squirrels like this who'd hang out on my balcony, I used to leave an upside-down tin cookie lid with some water on really hot days & they'd sprawl out with their noses on the edge lol
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The Red Queen posted:How small were they? Almost look like they could be springtails, were they a little hard to see with the naked eye? The two pictures are from roughly the same distance. The ones in the second pic are tiny, and I think you can see some little ones in the first as well. The big one in the first picture was probably the size of... is "the hole in a pair of earbuds" an understandable reference? Sankis fucked around with this message at 00:30 on May 6, 2021 |
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Definitely could be springtails then.
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Not my pics, but this feels like the thread for it? Approximate 10% of the wild population of California Condors descended on this lady's mom's house and have been hanging out there for the past few days. https://twitter.com/SeanaLyn/status/1389745331085070343 https://twitter.com/SeanaLyn/status/1389997628302106627 Only a few more close ups of the condors in her timeline, most of them are of them flying from a long distance or sitting in a tree.
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May 7, 2021 06:36
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Cecropia hatched today, unusually small/red eyespots on this one. Odd color generally. 
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Bugsy posted:Approximate 10% of the wild population of California Condors descended on this lady's mom's house and have been hanging out there for the past few days. 
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Shiney McShine posted:here's a pink katydid my mom found one of these in her garden today.
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Funnily enough, green is the recessive colour allele. It's just highly selected for in the wild. In the absence of natural selection most katydids would be pink, yellow, or orange.
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Bugsy posted:Not my pics, but this feels like the thread for it? No, this thread is for wildlife that goons encounter and take pictures of, not talk about animals in general.
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empty whippet box posted:my mom found one of these in her garden today. I like that it looks like one of those rubber toys you'd get from those machines out front of the grocery store for $0.25.
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Literally A Person posted:I like that it looks like one of those rubber toys you'd get from those machines out front of the grocery store for $0.25. it seriously looks like she dipped it in pepto bismol. pink katydids are apparently super rare, and they usually aren't so vividly pink either.
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empty whippet box posted:my mom found one of these in her garden today. So pretty 
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Found a sesame seed sized Pseudoscorpion yesterday. That is on the large side for them.
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Man they look so odd.
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Great shot!
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May 9, 2021 02:11
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phone cameras have come such a long way since I started questing Sphecidae maybe?
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Maybe Ophioninae instead?
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joat mon posted:Maybe Ophioninae instead? Yeah! Also I love the word "koinobiont"
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Went to get some worms for snake, found a newt.
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The wrens that made a nest in my garage on a shelf on top a wound up extension cord now have hatched some babies. They're not really visible besides something moving around in there, but momma and poppa wren are both out on a lot of trips to bring back insects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icoQ2MeK0BI
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Slo-Tek posted:Found a sesame seed sized Pseudoscorpion yesterday. That is on the large side for them. This one seems stretched out. Could that mean it's either gravid or ready to molt?
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WOW. I thought they could only fly on a pathetic level like chickens, didn't think they could get THAT kind of air!
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A few mins ago I walked outside and my crow friend immediately flew over and perched in the nearest tree, so I put out some dinner for him and he came down and ate it right away. So that's pretty cool. Seems he's figured out that I'm me and I trade food for caws.
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The Red Queen posted:WOW. I thought they could only fly on a pathetic level like chickens, didn't think they could get THAT kind of air!  . all I know is we had one of those "walk around the corner and bump into each other, then freak out" moments where my dog REALLY wanted to investigate this turkey and the turkey really wanted nothing to do with it, and took off immediately.
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I studied these guys in grad school and about 90% of people would tell me “what, they can fly?” and then I had this weird comment from several people that turkeys “were the only bird that can fly straight up in the air” which a) I never got a good explanation what they meant by that, and b) can’t possibly be true regardless. The big fat males have a harder time but they can get up too.
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HELLO I went to the woods today and saw some babies on the move with their very concerned mama:  Also here is a spoder trying to be skinny:  I know the fowl is a hooded merganser, but skinnyspoder is elusive to me. Western PA. my cat is norris fucked around with this message at 04:04 on May 13, 2021 |
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Nice shots! It looks just like the long-jawed spider in this article, but unfortunately the species isn't indentified. Maybe Tetragnatha extensa?
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ArcMage posted:Went to get some worms for snake, found a newt. That's a redback salamander. They can be really common, sometimes with hundreds inhabiting one log (only saw that once, though). What kind of snake are you feeding worms to? I used to have a little dekay's snake that was really fun and she was a blast to feed worms to.
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