I ran into a herd of moose backpacking in the Uintas.
What Animal have you seen in the wild, that was a rarity for you ?
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I was on a game ride in South Africa in the lat 90's. The driver asked us what we wanted to see. I said a cheetah. She said that she hadn't seen one in six months. Sure enough, a little while later we got to see a wild cheetah.
Bald Eagle at Grapevine Lake, TX
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We had a king eider winter just offshore one winter when I lived in Massachusetts. A couple years ago I finally saw a curlew up close. Have heard them in Ireland all my life, but they're pretty elusive. They're also almost finished in Ireland. Last I heard there were only about 100 nesting pairs left.
Driving through a mountain pass my wife and I came across an adult moose. It was the biggest animal I’ve seen in the wild. It seemed as if it’s antlers were as wide as our Suzuki suv, and it stood well above the roofline. It ambled along in front of us, I thought about passing it, but chickened out. Eventually it confidently walked down an steep scree bluff like the champion that it was. Powerful and delicate at the same time.
The elusive bittern, at Fern Ridge reservoir at the southern end of the Willamette valley in Oregon. They are easy to hear, making the same sounds as gurgling plumbing, but hard to see.
Three animals that I have seen only once in the wild, I could not tell you how rare they are but are stuck in my memory.
1. A bald eagle in northern Saskatchewan
2. A fin whale somewhere off the coast of Antartica
3. A small group of Southern Rockhopper penguins on South Georgia Island
1. A bald eagle in northern Saskatchewan
2. A fin whale somewhere off the coast of Antartica
3. A small group of Southern Rockhopper penguins on South Georgia Island
I live on the edge of the Everglades, and we have egrets, herons, ospreys, and storks flying past the house and walking through our back yard on a regular basis. Scaub ducks pass through each winter.
But I've only seen an alligator in the water behind our house once, and it couldn't have been much more than a foot long - just a toddler. I would've thought that I'd see more gators.
But I've only seen an alligator in the water behind our house once, and it couldn't have been much more than a foot long - just a toddler. I would've thought that I'd see more gators.
A few minutes ago while walking the Chilly Dog l noticed and heard a weird noise in the sky. It turned out to be easily well over 100 sandhill cranes flying high on a southward trajectory with this year's babies. In the springtime they rest in the hayfield across the river from my community on their way to their calving grounds. Very loud birds...
Just recently saw a bald eagle over Lake Murray, Lexington, SC. I work at Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, and turns out there's actually an occupied nest right behind a billboard next to our office building.
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I believe this is a first for me. Fresh water crawfish in Babcock Webb WMA in Charlotte County, FL. He was just making his way from one side of the gravel double track to the other when I turned back for an ID. Then it was on!
Put the empty tin can behind him, tap in front of 'em with your stick. Backs right into the can, dump him in your bucket. Repeat 30 or more times, steam or boil, then eat! Lotta crawdads in Oregon!
A crawfish boil is on my bucket list.
Went camping /fishing for two days. The bald eagle that hangs out at the lake made his appearance again!
The local LSU alumni chapter has an amazingly fun boil every year, we rarely miss it. Everything gets thrown in ... "Never bring your dog to a boil," it is said.
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A family of baboons on the way back to Asmara, Eritrea come the Red Sea.
Definitely not a rarity, probably the most common venemous snake here, but what a pretty specimen. Was driving my golf cart at work when something said, "stop, that line of leaves seems too perfect"
Looks like agkistrodon contortrix... A coppahaid!
Eastern copperhead - Wikipedia
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Looks like agkistrodon contortrix... A coppahaid!
Eastern copperhead - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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If you mistake that for anything OTHER than a copperhead, you need your eyes checked. Such a gorgeous animal.
