Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Wildlife => Topic started by: Rob'in'To on August 06, 2013, 08:06:47 PM
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Between all the Falcon watching this summer, work and just wanting to be home... here is a bit of non-bird stuff from the backyard.
Three young Raccoons that visit most evenings of the week. They love the bird bath basins (I give them fresh water at dusk).
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/rcn0_zpsd4724246.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/rcn0_zpsd4724246.jpg.html)
Here is mom. She was munching on something actually. Seriously, if she was that pissed at me, I might'a dropped the camera and ran.
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/rcn2_zps147c04fb.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/rcn2_zps147c04fb.jpg.html)
We have a regular visiting Skunk who also enjoys one of the bird bath basins. I shot this around 5:15am, had to crank the ISO up to the max, flash on obviously, full zoom so I wasn't spooking him, and used the picnic table for stability.
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/skunk_zps47972dd1.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/skunk_zps47972dd1.jpg.html)
Now for some other stuff...
A tiny little Jumping Spider of sorts sitting on a dime.
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/kewl3_zps4eb8541e.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/kewl3_zps4eb8541e.jpg.html)
A staring contest with a Zebra Jumping Spider.
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/zj5_zps7040a65c.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/zj5_zps7040a65c.jpg.html)
No idea on this species of Spider but love the red!
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/red1_zpsb7900a02.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/red1_zpsb7900a02.jpg.html)
A Common House Spider with egg sacks.
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/s0_zps16c463fe.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/s0_zps16c463fe.jpg.html)
Same spider.
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/woah_zps434ec6cf.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/woah_zps434ec6cf.jpg.html)
Someone enjoying a black ant the night of the huge rain storm we had a few weeks ago.
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/neat_zps4889b05a.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/neat_zps4889b05a.jpg.html)
I interrupted a pair of Candy-striped Leafhoppers in the garden. They are less than 3mm in length!
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/cslh1_zpsdf2c89a3.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/cslh1_zpsdf2c89a3.jpg.html)
One more Jumping Spider.
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/asp2_zps5aa31ed0.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/asp2_zps5aa31ed0.jpg.html)
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Some terrific photos there Rob. Love the spider on the dime.
Walter :)
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Love the coons. I'm envious. (Mine ran away when I tried to take their pics--and I was inside with no lights, so they must have been really alert.)
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Ya, the Raccoons rock! Sucks that the evenings are getting darker earlier so the photo opps are disappearing.
We actually had 7 in the backyard 2 weekends ago. It was nuts! Mom and her 3 kids, then another mom and her 2 showed up. And they were all getting along.
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Thanks Walter! The Spiders were everywhere for about a week and then gone... or crept away to hiding somewhere. I want more! I actually found a Black Jumping Spider in the house last week. A very small one but I was thrilled. We had a little session with camera and then I let him go outside. The lighting was bad as it was almost sun down. Ah well.