Eating a fish in front of the raccoon. The raccoon eventually took the fish but not until the otter had finished eating
Very odd porcupine daytime encounter, just peacefully foraging on some herbs
Video of otter pooping (with sound! ;) :
somewhat graphic (moreso 2nd and 3rd picture)
Not sure if roadkill or what but I've seen a few pairs of animals dead here recently 2 raccoons, 2 coyotes, etc. Just a tad strange.
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Swimmin around presumably catching all the little fish that kept jumping out of the pond
Northern Yellow? Southern Yellow? Eastern Red?
Saw him off on a cross country ski area peeking up over a hill.
the first time I have observed this animal, looking deceptively cute
The video gives a little better look at it. Had a mouse in its mouth.
Freshly dead in the road near Mesa Lakes, hwy 65, Grand Mesa National Forest, Mesa County, CO
we thought this was a beaver but maybe it is a muskrat
Mating River Otters! I can't believe they were in this ultra small waterway. Very vocal. Second time I've seen mating River Otters, the first was a few years ago at Berry Springs Park and Preserve.
Chasing a squirrel hiding between fence slats.
Otter latrine
I got to see it for about 10 seconds before it was gone, it was a lucky day!
Mama possum with babies on board looking for food around the backyard after last night's heavy rain and storms
This animal was washed over the handrail shortly after hurricane Harvey. It was unable to get back in the Bayou. Animal services were called and shortly thereafter helped it back into the bayou.
7:36pm - 7:38pm near the parking lot of the East Tower. After preening, it crossed the road circle and went North just East of the Butterfly Garden.
Seen with @trizzle26
Large area where the majority of the small trees were apparently cleared by beavers. Just uphill of a small creek.
Female eating Bluebonnet seeds.
It got stuck chasing a squirrel lol...he has done this before. He'll be fine. It's sight to see lol.
youngster sleeping didn't want to disturb it...it's alive trying to stay hidden, it was burrowing itself in the tall grass... so cute
The beaver has made a dam and a lodge in our local little creek. It has lived there for years but is very illusive.
Possibly skunk tracks.
Caught in a mist over a pond. Kept and deposited into McMurry University mammal collection.
About 5 minutes after Mud Snake crossing, A Great Blue Heron caught this snake. It eventually subdued and ate the snake.
Two month old cougar kill site using a collared cougar and verification by track and sign specialists and cougar biologists, with scratches on both a vertical tree and a horizontal, fallen tree.
NOTE: This type of scratching is relatively rare for cats in general. Most often, large scratches in trees are from bears.
Take a look at the texture of the palm pad!
Not trying to advertise, credit cards are just a convenient and well known size haha
Porcupine den in black spruce and tamarack sphagnum bog. Feeding sign visible in background. Porcupine emerged while I was there.
The fifth photo shows marten tracks going one direction and male fisher tracks going the opposite way. Photo six is the imprint of the marten when it jumped from a tree (the head was pointing to the right).
Prettiest Hare tracks!
Tracks everywhere on these trails
The tracks are in town but somewhat away from development (the old dump) and near the wildlife corridors of the Yukon River and MacIntyre Creek. The tracks cut through trees off of the trail in a direct route that eventually led to the steep valley of MacIntyre Creek and headed down the hill.
This possum had at least 4 babies that I watched it remove from a cavity in a dead hackberry tree. One fell and mama eventually came down the tree to retrieved it, stuffing it into it’s pouch along with all the others. All the while, a titmouse was pulling hair off of the mama possum’s butt.
Okay y'all... Beaver, River Otter (my first guess), or Nutria/Coypu...? There were 5 of them... Was pretty cool to see them coming back down Old River (which was completely dried up this past summer-late winter). Just really hoping they're not another invasive species (Nutria) & if Beaver or Otter, are left to do their good works & ecological services.