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Eugene Parnell 1h ago

Here's a couple more blurry photos. It was about the size of a loaf of banana bread, too big for a rat, nearly the size of a football. The blunt head and lack of a tail are pretty definitive. You can't see in the photos but its tiny eyes gave it an expression like I'd woken it up from a nap. #bigfoot #PNW #Washington #cryptid #WildLife #wildlifephotography

Eugene Parnell 1h ago

The funny thing is that I didn't see this mountain beaver in any of our vast wilderness areas or national parks. It was in Saltwater State Park in suburban Des Moines Washington! Looking it up online it seems my experience is typical. Although they are fairly common, almost no one ever sees mountain beavers in action. Here's a Seattle Times article with more info. https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/the-pacific-northwests-elusive-mountain-beaver/
#bigfoot #PNW #Washington #cryptid #WildLife #wildlifephotography

Eugene Parnell 1h ago

It's not exactly a #bigfoot sighting, but maybe the next closest thing.... I saw a mountain beaver! They're not actually beavers, but a kind of "living fossil" rodent that's found only in the #PNW. I've been been hiking #Washington for literally decades, and known about them for almost that long, but this is the first time I've actually laid eyes on one. And yes like all good #cryptid photos these are blurry. #WildLife #wildlifephotography

Sometimes I get a pic of a common bird that I really like.

#BirdsofMastodon #Birding #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography

Katherine 4h ago

When it comes to polished, well-groomed birds the Purple-Rumped Sunbird has it down. Look at those eye sparkles!

#Wilpattu #srilanka #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdphotography #vogel #oiseau
#කුරුල්ලන්

Jeff Codes 4h ago

#dronephotography
#wildlifephotography

Laura Scrimshaw 4h ago

"Pick meeeeee! I am making you a beautiful nest! " The reeds were home to a cacaphonous choir of marsh wrens building nests nests and not being shy about it, in hopes that one of the available ladies would like theirs the best. #wren #marshwren #nest #nestingbird #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #vogel #oiseaux #birdsofpixelfed #birdsofmastodon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #ethicalwildlifephotography #natgeonature #bcbirds #natgeonature

The Naturalist Bot 5h ago

🌿 Gevuina avellana (Chilean Hazel)

📅 Observed on 2025-04-19

👤 By: eric-schmitty

📌 Location: Valdivia Province, Los Ríos, Chile

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334629202

📷 Photo credits: (c) Eric Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gevuina

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Plants #Bloomscrolling

Stu Bacon 7h ago

Sometimes you find yourself standing in a woodland pleading with a tiny bird to come out of hiding for just a few seconds

Some not-so-good views of the Iberian Chiffchaff yesterday, it certainly liked to hop about a lot!

#Bird #Birding #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #Darktable #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdScolling #UK #Suffolk #IberianChiffchaff #Bloopers

johnmwildlife 8h ago

Another day and another beautiful robin!

They're daily visitors to the garden, so much so that I'm 99% sure I can recognise them by their song.

#robin #birdphotography #birds #bird #nature #naturephotography #birdsofmastodon #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photo #photography #gardenbird