Bat found on side of building, taken into care and eventually released by bat rehabilitator D. Wilkins
Big mahalo to @damontighe for shining his UV light on this beauty. The round things are likely diverticula of the digestive system, being pushed against its exoskeleton by a load of eggs.
Kudos to @nmcnear for finding this explanation on BugGuide.
In Davis Mountains State Park. See 3rd photos for evidence of roosting, lots of poop below
This is about the 6th melanistic Eastern Chipmunk I have heard of in MA. It was in very good condition, so it was donated to a state mammal research collection.
Male red fox looking after his babies :)
Florida Bluet riding a sandwich through the inky void. This is not an altered photo, nor was this my sandwich.
Visiting Trichostema parishii at the California Botanic Garden
A California Ground Squirrel foraging a fallen orange in the historic orange grove.
Chomp.
the squirrel and dove were inseparable!
I haven’t ever tried to find out what kind of bats these are. The population is thick though and all the shafts are full of them.
I watched it stalk and hunt several pocket gophers. It was too full to eat the last one, which it cachEd in some soft soil. (Last photos)
Being eaten alive by a Puget Sound Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. pickeringii). It was originally struggling, but once the snake got the head in its mouth, it stopped.
Two leucistic juveniles ‘possums :)
This leucistic robin has been loitering in the yard searching for food, fighting/mating with other robins for the past several days (5/10/21-current). Striking contrast to other traditionally-marked robins. Beautiful specimen!
Alive but did not seem well. It eventually crawled underneath a container.
Appendage-like growth out of the throat of this toad. Very odd. Was rigid and sturdily attached.
Nonnative from the Mediterranean region.
Terrance the weasel paid a visit to our store and stole some greek salad.
This bat was foraging over the Feather River and over the road during mid-day. It then landed on a rock low on a road cut and hung upside down on the rock (in the sun). When we returned later, it was gone.
A life species for me! This little squirrel was digging seeds out of the snow under the bird feeder. I've thought we might have flying squirrels here because sometimes late at night, we hear the typical sounds of red or gray squirrels racing along the outside of our log cabin walls, but likely not either of those diurnal species.
Photos taken through window glass and screen (left on to prevent window hits).
I was taking photos and scared it. It ran into to me and bit me on the nipple and wouldn’t let go. Here’s the news article https://www.the-sun.com/news/2169452/snorkeler-attacked-nurse-shark-nipple/
Big shoutout to Rich, Chris, and Billy at Caloosa Marina for getting it off of me.
Hurt a lot.
Spotted on the ditch beside the road. Stopped to look at our car.
These are very grumpy meat balls on 4 legs: spending most of their lives underground, then emerging to feast on swarming termites with the first heavy rains before going underground again (well, with a little reproductive activity in-between).
We first discovered 2 frogs on a sandy dirt road, but a few metres onwards there were dozens of them!
Observou-se um grupo com aproximadamente 15 saguis, entre eles filhotes, próximos a um corpo d’água.
O sagui-de-tufos-pretos (Callithrix penicillata) é uma espécie de saguis (Callithrix) endêmica do Cerrado brasileiro.
Surprised to see this bat mid-morning at Sausal Pond. Looked to be catching insects and dipping into the pond for a drink.
When I woke up this morning I didn't know I'd be taking a selfie with a duck. Or running after it as it tried to take off from a wet road, which they never can. Or driving one-handed to release it at the nearest body of water. Any similarity between our hair is coincidental. Rescue mission: successful! The duck is on the left.
Male above, female below. The male is abnormally pigmented, leucistic, with the normally yellow underparts almost completely replaced by white.