Dieter
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Post by Dieter on Feb 20, 2012 9:09:36 GMT -8
That's pretty funny==a surfing turtle!! Where's his board?? ;D
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Post by Double Take on Mar 7, 2012 4:36:39 GMT -8
 Male wood duck. This little guy was swimming in the gardens of Washington Oaks State Park. |
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Post by California gal on Mar 7, 2012 7:26:31 GMT -8
Great picture!
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Post by Elsordo on Mar 8, 2012 10:04:27 GMT -8
Quack
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Post by California gal on Mar 13, 2012 8:16:37 GMT -8
Gorgeous. Saffron finch?
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Post by California gal on Mar 13, 2012 11:34:27 GMT -8
I cheated a little. I was pretty sure it was a finch, but I had to do a bit of research to get the correct name.  |
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Post by artiesniecewannabe on Mar 13, 2012 11:54:44 GMT -8
Oh what a lovely zebra! And what is that other critter in the background? It seems to have its back turned to the camera, so I can't really tell if it's a horse or what.
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Post by artiesniecewannabe on Mar 13, 2012 12:32:10 GMT -8
Wondering will there be the possibility of a zedonk in that pasture in future...
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Post by California gal on Mar 25, 2012 18:15:16 GMT -8
CUTE!
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Post by artiesniecewannabe on Mar 26, 2012 9:28:41 GMT -8
A helping paw, eh?
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Post by Double Take on Apr 13, 2012 17:45:36 GMT -8
 Snow and Apollo Snow is happy having a German Shepherd to play with again. It doesn't seem to bother her that her "baby brother" outweighs her by 60 lbs or so. |
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Post by Double Take on Apr 13, 2012 18:06:53 GMT -8
These are pictures of a Swallow-Tailed Kite (one of six) that was flying over my house. I have tried a number of times to get a picture, but they always fly off before I could get outside with my camera. The picutes don't do justice to this amazingly beautiful and graceful bird. |
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Post by California gal on Apr 13, 2012 18:40:53 GMT -8
Wonderful pictures, DT. I have never seen a kite. I can imagine just by the shape that they are beautiful to watch.
Nice that Apollo and Snow get along so well.
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Post by Double Take on Apr 13, 2012 19:07:40 GMT -8
I always feel privileged when I see the Kites! They fly with such effortless beauty. A pair nest somewhere near me and I will see them regularly through the breeding season as they hunt for food. Most years I see the parents and offspring shortly flying together before they head back to South America for the rest of the year.
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Paradox Eyes
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Post by Paradox Eyes on Apr 14, 2012 3:17:43 GMT -8
The pictures of the Kites are wonderful DT! Have you had Apollo a long time? I don't recall seeing him in the family pictures before. Darling shot of him and Snow.  |
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Post by Double Take on Apr 14, 2012 5:02:07 GMT -8
The pictures of the Kites are wonderful DT! Have you had Apollo a long time? I don't recall seeing him in the family pictures before. Darling shot of him and Snow. I adopted Apollo right before Thanksgiving. He is super sweet and a fun dog, but he is so full of energy! |
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Post by California gal on Apr 19, 2012 12:12:42 GMT -8
My cousin in PA sent me this picture which he took in his back yard. A tailless squirrel! |
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Post by Double Take on Apr 20, 2012 3:22:31 GMT -8
I wonder if the squirrel had a close encounter or if he was born that way. I used to have a squirrel in my yard with a 2" tail and always suspected he had lost part of it to a dog or cat (or even a hawk, I suppose).
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Post by California gal on Apr 20, 2012 6:52:53 GMT -8
That's what I wonder. For a squirrel, a tail is like a cat's tail, used for balance. I guess he's learned to survive.
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Post by Elsordo on Apr 20, 2012 12:11:41 GMT -8
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Post by California gal on Apr 20, 2012 12:15:02 GMT -8
Oh, El Sordo, you could have given me warning! Snakes! I'm in complete agreement with Indiana Jones where they are concerned!  Still, he has lovely coloring.  |
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Post by artiesniecewannabe on Apr 20, 2012 12:24:45 GMT -8
One of the local museums has a ball python. Not a biter but a hugger, eh? He does have lovely coloration.
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Post by Double Take on Apr 20, 2012 17:37:52 GMT -8
How long is he, elsordo? He sure is handsome!
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Post by Elsordo on Apr 20, 2012 19:50:33 GMT -8
Thanks ladies. He really is a sweetheart. He had just shed last night and is really looking good. I really try and take great care of him. When he hatched ( a friend of mine owns his mom) he was around 9 inches and is a little over 2 ft now. he will only get to be about 3 and 1/2 feet long, he is a male and they stay smaller.
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Post by Paradox Eyes on Apr 21, 2012 2:57:35 GMT -8
Whoa! Didn't see him coming. As they've said, Chubby is a beautiful boa. Very handsome patterning and he is nice and plump isn't he? Do he appear with you in any of your shows? |
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Post by western666 on May 1, 2012 19:35:10 GMT -8
Awww Chubby is so handsome:) We have a rose hair trantula:)  thats her:) But unlike chubby she does not like to surf the web with us,she likes her own web space:)  heheheheh!!! |
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Post by artiesniecewannabe on May 2, 2012 2:58:29 GMT -8
Wow, she camouflages well! (And what a pun!)
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Post by Elsordo on May 2, 2012 18:33:49 GMT -8
nice ...I like spiders and snakes. you would think he would enjoy surfing the WEB.... I don't use any animals in my shows. I did use pythons and rabbits in them when I was a kid, but found (just like here) most folks are creeped out by snakes. hiss hiss. |
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Post by western666 on May 8, 2012 16:32:21 GMT -8
Very cool pictures Ace I love the one with the skunk eating the dogs food.I wish we got wild tarantulas around here that would be so cool ;D |
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Post by California gal on May 8, 2012 17:44:30 GMT -8
When we had the EQ in 1989, some of us staff went back into our buildings on the UCSC campus to help clean up a couple of days later--and found tarantulas wandering around the first floor. They had been dislodged/disoriented by the quakes apparently. They usually stay in the surrounding woods, sight unseen.
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heheheheh!!!