All-around Naturalist Thread

[DucksAreBest]

I am a birdwatcher, but I observe all other living things too (though I'm still a bit tentative about spiders)! Currently I'm in an insect craze!

I enjoy photography hiking, and being alone in nature.

One of my most embarrassing moments was when I was taking a picture of a bird in my neighbor's tree when a construction but working there came around the trees and saw me. I just turned and pretended to photograph the leaves near me. Not a repeat experience!

One of my coolest was when I find a little beetle stuck in some ice where he must have been overnight. He had a little air bubble near his head and was moving, so I cracked the ice and watched over him for a while. At first he moved super slowly (like slow motion!) but once he warmed up he went back to normal.

One of my favorites was when me and my friend were birding in a pond reserve, and we saw a Northern Pintail (a type of duck)! We both started hopping up and down and quietly screaming. The pintail was so graceful and remarkably big!

I participate in eBird, iNaturalist, and NestWatch.


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A pair of House Finches

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Unknown plant

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Some adorable type of stink bug!

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Black-capped Chickadee

The Black-Capped Chickadee is one of my favorite birds. (We have a lot of them here)

 

[cooingdove]

hi, this thread is so cool, i love taking pictures of insects and plants, thought i'm usually to slow to catch pictures of birds. i also write essays on varius plants, bugs, birds and such and post them on my "newsletter". here are a few of my fave photos of insects/spiders:

a monarch on a new England aster

a monarch on a rugosa rose

some type of garnen spider

a candy striped leafhopper

another greenish candy striped leafhopper

an adoreable little grasshopper

an adoreable little grasshopper from a different angle

EDIT: i have so many more, PM me if you want your eyes to hurt.

 

[DucksAreBest]

hi, this thread is so cool, i love taking pictures of insects and plants, thought i'm usually to slow to catch pictures of birds. i also write essays on varius plants, bugs, birds and such and post them on my "newsletter". here are a few of my fave photos of insects/spiders:View attachment 2575204
a monarch on a new England asterView attachment 2575211
a monarch on a rugosa roseView attachment 2575214
some type of garnen spider
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a candy striped leafhopper

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another greenish candy striped leafhopper

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an adoreable little grasshopper
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an adoreable little grasshopper from a different angle

EDIT: i have so many more, PM me if you want your eyes to hurt.

I love you photos! They're so beautiful!

 

[turkey girl 0964]

I choose all of them.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I tried starting a bird journal a couple days ago, so that's what the sketches are in! Ignore my terrible spelling if you read it...
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I think the book I'm using for it is way too big! It makes it almost impossible to fill up a page! It's 11'' by 14''.

This is AMAAAAZING! What an artist you are! Don't EVER throw this away or give it away. You will get better, but KEEP THIS!!! Also, date it, write the dates you saw these birds, it's the beginning of your Life List. Birders keep track. Cooking, gotta run. ❤

 

[BigBlueHen53]

hi, this thread is so cool, i love taking pictures of insects and plants, thought i'm usually to slow to catch pictures of birds. i also write essays on varius plants, bugs, birds and such and post them on my "newsletter". here are a few of my fave photos of insects/spiders:View attachment 2575204
a monarch on a new England asterView attachment 2575211
a monarch on a rugosa roseView attachment 2575214
some type of garnen spider
View attachment 2575210
a candy striped leafhopper

View attachment 2575226
another greenish candy striped leafhopper

View attachment 2575228
an adoreable little grasshopper
View attachment 2575229
an adoreable little grasshopper from a different angle

EDIT: i have so many more, PM me if you want your eyes to hurt.

I think your garden spider is some kind of orb weaver. Beautiful!!!

 

[PioneerChicks]

The Black-Capped Chickadee is one of my favorite birds. (We have a lot of them here)

They are one of mine too! So friendly and cheerful. Tough too!

 

[PioneerChicks]

I choose all of them.

What is one of your favorites?

 

[turkey girl 0964]

What is one of your favorites?

Mammals. And chickens.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

This is a wonderful thread and you have some great contributors! Does anybody live where there are marine mammals like otters? Whales, dolphins?