Land/Water Wildlife

It did cross my mind whether or not they were edible.

 

@NigelJ they do look similar to the large Australian Witchetty grubs which the Aborigines eat.

 

@strongylodon That was my first thought Witchetty grubs, then I rembered not common in the UK.

 

Brownsea Red squirrels from today's visit.

 

Gordon the gastropod, snapped while he was racing along the windowsill. I was rather pleased with this as it's hard to get a photo of the mouth parts of snails.

 

An amazing shot @Dave W!

 

Thanks. It was a case of right place, right time and a bit of patience.

 

Fantastic shot @Dave W and good to see you. Vxx

 

Thanks Vicky XX

 

A few pictures i've just come across, taken earlier this year

 

Lovely clear shots.

 

We frequently put leftovers out for our resident possum but now it has competition.

 

Ricky the Raccoon?

 

It is a cute little dude, I am going to see if it likes macaroni tonight. Before they developed the woods across the street we had several of them and they were better neighbors than those we have now.

 

I photographed this white-tailed doe early last fall and did not get around to really looking at the photo closely until recently. It was startling to see the animal has blue/green eyes! The photo was sent to the New York State Conservation Department to see of they could explain the the unusual eye color. One of their biologists suggested Leucism, but when I looked up Leucism it said it does not affect eye colour. Whatever it is, this animal is unique, literally one in a million. Hopefully, she will not be "harvested" during deer season.