Wildlife Action Pictures

[klarie]

Today I think.. I show some of my diary when I am out. As initially stated I won't picture any offensive pictures - trophies.
However its okay to share some experience. What I am confronted with.
That are traces on what boar acts on a meadow. - Natural behavior. - The farmer who is using this meadow sometimes for hay making sometimes he puts a few weeks cows there.
As a result cows dung result in worms feeding and the worms proteins attract later on the boar.

No I do not think we will compensate. The farmer was incompliant to some regulation in the lease contract that means no cows manure sprayed. He however sprayed despite the fact it is an area where manure may not be used or fertilized at all. This shall be poor grassland and cut only once or twice a year at all. But its difficult to argue on that topic.

 

[klarie]

What is this.. did a photo trap readout today from a non radio camera placed close to a former quarry.

So if you look close there is an animal to be seen.. We are currently trying to identify what species...
Make a guess..
This red line is where you need to look.
The arrow -> this seems like tail by the first look but closer look perhaps piece of wood opposite.

 

[Jean Mercier]

What is this.. did a photo trap readout today from a non radio camera placed close to a former quarry.

So if you look close there is an animal to be seen.. We are currently trying to identify what species...
Make a guess..
This red line is where you need to look.
The arrow -> this seems like tail by the first look but closer look perhaps piece of wood opposite.


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Looks like a wolf with head turned towards the camera, look at the 3 faint dots on the head: nose and two eyes. Just a guess, I am certainly not an expert in wildlife.

 

[Roach]

Not really wildlife as they come by everyday and rip through the grapes…

 

[Lord Ripon USA]

I’m on the Columbia River in the western US shooting ducks to end the year.
I thought I would share some photos of the varieties. We are shooting for the international members who probably never see them.

for starters, this is a Chesapeake Bay retriever, a breed that was developed in the United States specifically for big water duckhunting in harsh conditions.

Certainly welcome in any Grenadier that I might own.

this is a pair of Canvasbacks, a highly prized, large, fast flying duck. Absolutely delicious table fare.

The bird on the left is a drake Goldeneye, the bird on the right with a blue bill is a Bufflehead Drake.
All welcome in the boot of the Grenadier.

More drake Goldeneyes.
I am out here looking for fully plumed specimens for my collection, so the pictures will typically be drake heavy.

 

[AngusMacG]

What is this.. did a photo trap readout today from a non radio camera placed close to a former quarry.

So if you look close there is an animal to be seen.. We are currently trying to identify what species...
Make a guess..
This red line is where you need to look.
The arrow -> this seems like tail by the first look but closer look perhaps piece of wood opposite.


Bobcat? U have those in Germany?

 

[klarie]

@AngusMacG this was the first thought by my co hunter, my spouse and myself. the shape of body, almost not noticeable tail, the shape of head seem mostly close to a bobcat. We have bobcats in Germany, most in region Harz approx distance north 300km and also in the region Fichtelgebirge close to border CZ (Czech border region) . In state of Hesse where we live only 4 bobcats are noticed of which on male was killed by car accident one female died from mange. The other 2 females have radio collars and monitored in a region far away. But I know bobcats can walk long distances have enormous regions. A new species seen in state of Hesse is the golden jackal. smaller than wolves and higher than foxes.. was my second thought but tail doesn’t fit. Neither shape. A domestic doc boxer type with a short tail.. perhaps.. most fitting is indeed a bobcat.

 

[bemax]

What is this.. did a photo trap readout today from a non radio camera placed close to a former quarry.

So if you look close there is an animal to be seen.. We are currently trying to identify what species...
Make a guess..
This red line is where you need to look.
The arrow -> this seems like tail by the first look but closer look perhaps piece of wood opposite.


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A Labradoodle?

 

[bemax]

@AngusMacG this was the first thought by my co hunter, my spouse and myself. the shape of body, almost not noticeable tail, the shape of head seem mostly close to a bobcat. We have bobcats in Germany, most in region Harz approx distance north 300km and also in the region Fichtelgebirge close to border CZ (Czech border region) . In state of Hesse where we live only 4 bobcats are noticed of which on male was killed by car accident one female died from mange. The other 2 females have radio collars and monitored in a region far away. But I know bobcats can walk long distances have enormous regions. A new species seen in state of Hesse is the golden jackal. smaller than wolves and higher than foxes.. was my second thought but tail doesn’t fit. Neither shape. A domestic doc boxer type with a short tail.. perhaps.. most fitting is indeed a bobcat.

Wouldn’t a bobcat have a different back? The bow here is facing upwards which seems to be the wrong way for a bobcat to me. I just had a glance at pictures at google and couldn’t find one with such a back (while standing and not sitting!) at the first look.

 

[Maulwurf]

Do you have a photo of the place without the animal? Then you can rather get an idea of the rod.

Just claim it's a lion. Then you will get the fastest free competent opinions from specialists.

At least that's how it worked in Berlin...

 

[klarie]

I worked a bit on the picture. The cam is a bit aged.. It is likely a fox and head turned away from cam. No reflections from eyes.

This is a boar. Same area and reflecting eye

Worked with picture correction and filters. the ears and rod / tail seem quite like a fox.
mating period has started.

 

[Maulwurf]

It looks like a fox to me. For a lynx, the creature would be too petite. Of course, jackal could be according to the latest occurrences in Hessen, but somehow the silhouette does not fit. But I don't like to say whether that says my eyes or my feeling.
Or just a domestic cat model Chernobyl?

 

[klarie]

It looks like a fox to me. For a lynx, the creature would be too petite. Of course, jackal could be according to the latest occurrences in Hessen, but somehow the silhouette does not fit. But I don't like to say whether that says my eyes or my feeling.
Or just a domestic cat model Chernobyl?

According to the enhanced / modified picture - I came to the same conclusion.

 

[Maulwurf]

Trotzdem ein lustiges Spiel für die Augen...
Was siehst Du: Das Tier nach rechts von der Camera weggehend? Oder entlang der Kamera ziehend?
ich habe mal ein wenig die Augen verdreht. Und plötzlich ist der von links betrachtet 1. Hinterlauf nicht mehr der Linke, sondern der Rechte.
Und die vermeintliche Rute lässt sich auf dem Foto ohne Tier schemenhaft erahnen- also doch nur ein Ast. Retuschier mal den Schwanz-Ast weg.
Mit verdrehter Perspektive wird plötzlich ein wegschauendes Kalb daraus...

Nevertheless, a fun game for the eyes...
What do you see: The animal to the right away from the camera? Or pulling along the camera?
I rolled my eyes a little. And suddenly the one seen from the left is 1. Back run no longer the left, but the right.
And the supposed rod can be vaguely guessed in the photo without an animal - so only a branch. Retouch the tail tim away.
With a twisted perspective, a calf looking away suddenly becomes...

 

[Maulwurf]

I have to disagree - for a calf, the club is too deeply visible.

No matter how exciting. How many times have I sat in front of the computer and have puzzled over such pictures.

 

[Logsplitter]

Our trail cam picked up this hyena 20 mins after we went into our tent

our tent