Northern Water Snake Youngster Northern Water Snake Youngster Northern Water Snake Skin Pattern Hiking in the ravine, up to Taughannock Falls, near Cayuga Lake, NY- we were surprised by the yell of “SNAKE!” Just as surprised to see in the running ice cold waters of the river, a 1 year old or so Norther Water Snake...
Hairy Tailed Mole Hairy Tailed Mole Hairy Tailed Mole Tail Hairy Tailed Mole Vestigial Eye Hairy Tailed Mole Front Foot Hairy Tailed Mole Feeding Hairy Tailed Mole Feeding Hairy Tailed Mole Feeding When I was a boy of about six years old, I saw an episode of the old black and white Superman TV series, it could have been the pilot...
American Toad American Toad American Toad American Toad This was one of the first amphibians I had ever seen as a child. Many large toads would come out and sit on a large wall near our house to eat bugs on muggy nights. It was this toad, the all American Toad, Bufo americanus. The Genus was changed to Anaxyrus in 2006...
The Flattened but Prehensile Tail Relaxing on Tree Trunk Top of Head can be Beautifully Colored Depending on Light and Emotion Full Body View on Tree Uroplatus fimbriatus Skin Uplcose It Turned to Check out the Camera Lens The Lateral Body Fringe The Amazing Foot The Amazing Tail This is a Big Gecko Species EYE SEE YOU A Fork...
Mystery 13 Northern Racer Eating Eastern Garter Snake Northern Racer Eating Eastern Garter Snake Northern Racer Fans, Friends- Any guesses?  Hint, some might have thought spaghetti would have been easier. Mystery 13, what the heck was that?? Okay, I guess this was lucky 13 or something like that. I have a new mystery photo...
Male Spadefoot Toad, Saratoga Springs, NY Classic Diverging Yellow Lines on the Back, Male Male Attempting Amplexus, with ?Eggs from Other Females Clinging to his Back Snout of a Female, Showing Glandular Area Upclose of Eggs that Appear to be Deposited in Sheets Eggs Upclose, One Appears to be Attacked by a Fungus The photos...
Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica, Glandular area at end of dorso-lateral fold Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica, skin of leg torn off (de-gloving) by car-hit Well, semi-skunked for the night in that there wasn’t...
Barred Owl, Dead, Aprox. 7:15 pm March 13, 2011 Barred Owl, Dead, Aprox. 7:15 pm March 13, 2011 The Amazing Talons of the Barred Owl The AmazingThe Amazing Talons of the Barred Owl The Amazing Beak of the Barred Owl Our Facebook page has some “just after it happened” posts relating to this, but in content not much...
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Barn Owl Stands Tall Barn Owl Barn Owl Kestrel Kestrel Eagle Owl Eagle Owl Eagle Owl It stayed overcast for the day, 3/12/10, despite some hope of higher temps and break through sun as we had heard from the always correct weatherman. The even turned to be WAY too crowded, probably from great promotion, and also from the fact...
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Turkey Vulture Hunkered Down Turkey Vulture Notices its Being Watched Turkey Vulture Shrouded in Snow Even the Vultures Tail Wasn't Spared in this Storm Deciding the Photo Session was Over, the Vulture HOP/SHAKES Into the Woods! Sunday March 6 and Monday March 7, 2011 may not be our final word in Upstate NY as far as...
categories: Birds, VERTEBRATES
