Please share your photos of nature, wildlife, etc.

[december-fire]

Almost done posting deer photos.

For now.

 

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Last deer photos (for now).

They were starting to make goofy faces at me; probably to get me to stop with the picture taking.

 

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Will you forgive me for posting two more deer photos?
For those of you who aren't familiar with White-Tailed Deer, you'll see where they get their name.

The deer photos I posted above were from last Wednesday, March 23.

These two photos were taken two days ago, March 29.
I didn't go out until 7:00 p.m. (sunset was around 7:30 p.m.) and I didn't expect to see anything.
However, I figured I could use the practice trying to take photos in low light situations, even if I just took photos of trees.

I saw 11 deer all in one spot!

Nature, like life, can be unpredictable.

 

[jordyonbass]

This isn't one I took but thought I would share, it happened to a club member from my father's club. I have no idea why it happened but an Orca ate their lure and they got this shot. Most people would try break their line immediately however they fought the Orca to get close enough to pull the leader and get the hook out so it wouldn't have fishing line trailing behind it. The Orca was unharmed, if not a little bewildered as to what had just happened. Never heard of or seen this before!

 

[sonnyjane]

This isn't one I took but thought I would share, it happened to a club member from my father's club. I have no idea why it happened but an Orca ate their lure and they got this shot. Most people would try break their line immediately however they fought the Orca to get close enough to pull the leader and get the hook out so it wouldn't have fishing line trailing behind it. The Orca was unharmed, if not a little bewildered as to what had just happened. Never heard of or seen this before!

Where were they fishing? Was there a fish hooked or it just went after the lure?

 

[WinkHPD]

This isn't one I took but thought I would share, it happened to a club member from my father's club. I have no idea why it happened but an Orca ate their lure and they got this shot. Most people would try break their line immediately however they fought the Orca to get close enough to pull the leader and get the hook out so it wouldn't have fishing line trailing behind it. The Orca was unharmed, if not a little bewildered as to what had just happened. Never heard of or seen this before!

Holy COW! That is such an awesome picture!

Wink

 

[jordyonbass]

This isn't one I took but thought I would share, it happened to a club member from my father's club. I have no idea why it happened but an Orca ate their lure and they got this shot. Most people would try break their line immediately however they fought the Orca to get close enough to pull the leader and get the hook out so it wouldn't have fishing line trailing behind it. The Orca was unharmed, if not a little bewildered as to what had just happened. Never heard of or seen this before!

Where were they fishing? Was there a fish hooked or it just went after the lure?

Still trying to find out more but not far from Sydney. Went after a lure apparently which I have never heard of, I've seen sea mammals swim around our spread of lures before but never try to eat one.

 

[sonnyjane]

This isn't one I took but thought I would share, it happened to a club member from my father's club. I have no idea why it happened but an Orca ate their lure and they got this shot. Most people would try break their line immediately however they fought the Orca to get close enough to pull the leader and get the hook out so it wouldn't have fishing line trailing behind it. The Orca was unharmed, if not a little bewildered as to what had just happened. Never heard of or seen this before!

Where were they fishing? Was there a fish hooked or it just went after the lure?

Still trying to find out more but not far from Sydney. Went after a lure apparently which I have never heard of, I've seen sea mammals swim around our spread of lures before but never try to eat one.

Ahh. I found an article about one getting hooked during a tuna tournament off New Zealand but they said the whale jumped on that lure getting caught, didn't swallow it: http://www.petethomasoutdoors.com/2012/02/angler-battles-killer-whale-on-new-zealand-fishing-trip-.html

We've had incidents of them stealing fish off a line, but never going after a lure that I've heard of yet! Crazy.

 

[sonnyjane]

Northern Flicker
Red-winged blackbird
Harbor porpoise
River otter with halibut

 

[december-fire]

This isn't one I took but thought I would share, it happened to a club member from my father's club. I have no idea why it happened but an Orca ate their lure and they got this shot. Most people would try break their line immediately however they fought the Orca to get close enough to pull the leader and get the hook out so it wouldn't have fishing line trailing behind it. The Orca was unharmed, if not a little bewildered as to what had just happened. Never heard of or seen this before!

Jordy, that's incredible!

After dealing with the situation, I imagine there must have been a lot of head-shaking and 'Did that really just happen?!?!'.

And back on shore a lot of stories of 'the big one that got away'.

Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

[december-fire]

Sonnyjane,

As always, I love your beautiful photos!

I hope you're having fun with your new camera.

Thanks for sharing with us.

 

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Canada Geese acting up.
The last photo shows the first goose getting bit.
I think it may be the time of year; I often see a goose being protective of his mate (i.e., being aggressive towards others).

 

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On a lighter note, here we have two Canada Geese flying in sync, as if one, graceful and picturesque.

The landing needs a bit of work.

 

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Mallard Ducks

 

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Black-capped Chickadee

 

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Female Mallard Duck

Gazing at diamonds

Or is it just the sun reflecting off the ice-covered lake?

To quote Kenny (sort of), the interpretation of a photo varies amongst the viewers.

I see diamonds!

 

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Female Downy Woodpecker

Who wasn't impressed by someone watching her eat breakfast.

 

[monarch64]

Spring is springing!

 

[jordyonbass]

As the big game fish season goes on the fish travel down the coast further and some of the big boats that can't be trailered follow the fish down the coast. A lot of the time the guys are too busy to take their boats down so they will pay people like my father ot myself to take their half million dollar rigs out to sea and trek down the coast to their new marina location. Dad is doing it for someone at the moment and sent me this pic, he's got one more day left to go.

It's a hard life sometimes...

 

[december-fire]

Spring is springing!

Monarch64,

Your photos definitely say 'Spring!'. So beautiful!

Our forecast calls for snow tomorrow.

 

[december-fire]

As the big game fish season goes on the fish travel down the coast further and some of the big boats that can't be trailered follow the fish down the coast. A lot of the time the guys are too busy to take their boats down so they will pay people like my father ot myself to take their half million dollar rigs out to sea and trek down the coast to their new marina location. Dad is doing it for someone at the moment and sent me this pic, he's got one more day left to go.

It's a hard life sometimes...

Thanks to your Dad for the lovely view, Jordy!

 

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Canada Geese

 

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Black-capped Chickadee

 

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White-breasted Nuthatch

The trails tend to be shades of brown this time of year.
This little guy added a bright spot and a bit of colour to the scene.

 

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Male Mallard Duck
Male Cardinal

A couple of flashy gentlemen who stand out from the scenery.

 

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Male Mallard Duck

He seems pretty happy.

 

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Chipmunk

 

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I don't think this little Red Squirrel has heard of portion control.

 

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Squirrel

 

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Beaver

One vigorous shake of the head and his hair is perfectly styled!