Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Day two of camping in one of California's loveliest lands. We have seen many interesting animals so far!
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Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Last night we found this absolute unit by the restrooms. https://images.plurk.com/4HBO2TIGqVGRtd0DQiZ4Me.jpg https://images.plurk.com/33ijqdnZ5HyvA0GLQbweBB.jpg
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Some sort of ginormous beetle.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
And today while hiking we saw a lizard with a blue back! idgiebay can post a picture when she's around.
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Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Plus many things that have tried to get into our sister in law's food so far: seagulls, squirrels, and last night's trash pandas that only our sister in law was awake to see.
yule to come
2 years ago
whoa next level horns on that beetle
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Right? I've never seen anything like it!
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Plus we saw a pair of turkey vultures flying really low over our destination when hiking this morning.
yule to come
2 years ago
oooooohhhh
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
And there's a small family of ravens in the campground. Right now one of them is making some neat noises.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
But possibly my favorite thing so far was coming out of our tent to find one of the ravens sunbathing right outside!
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
At first I was worried he was sick or having heat stroke or something. I've never seen a bird do that before.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Then I went back in the tent to look it up and by the time I came out again he was chilling with the fam.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Oh, just found this evidence of our nightly visitors. https://images.plurk.com/3TKGWWTISx8X9nYMCgF6gr.jpg
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Looks like trash panda footy prints to me.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Trying to identify the beetle. It may be a darkling beetle (what a metal name)?
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
We think the lizard was an island fence lizard! https://imgs.plurk.com/QBo/QeZ/kW8TpMQL8UmOXVIwAe7Q3FIUkty_lg.jpg
https://images.plurk.com/35YOfwGy4AykmnbZqf7Lpa.jpg lizardo!
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
So basically our usual lizards, but fancier. :-D
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
We actually saw two at first! They were bobbing heads at each other, but one got scared away when we showed up.
gremlin wife
2 years ago
heh heh the one who held his ground won
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
That's what I was thinking. I wasn't sure if it was a mating dance or stand off.
https://images.plurk.com/7M0oH9nCEzPsZLvMTQUi8k.jpg https://images.plurk.com/6hBjaht4JDg0iTE2MtL3ZX.jpg swallows!!
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Desperately trying to identify this big water bird we just saw!
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
The closest we've come to is maybe an immature yellow-crowned night heron?
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Or... another giant, white bird just passed us right before we saw that one so maybe it was a juvenile of that species... Still looking.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
They came back! Both the white bird and the grey bird are hanging out in the same tree now.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
We thought they may be a parent and juvenile child, but we're pretty sure now that the white one is a great white egret and their babies are white.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Also they seem kind of pissed that the grey bird decided to hang out in their roost (the campers at that spot said the egret sleeps there).
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Anyone more familiar with birds have any idea what the dappled grey one could be? I think it kind of looks like a young yellow crowned night heron or maybe a bittern. Not sure about the last one because I think this one's head is thicker than a bittern. More egret or heron like.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Wish we could have gotten better pictures, but they're way up in that tree and it's getting dark.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Ooh, maybe a black crowned night heron juvenile? Hmmm...
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
I think that might be it! A juvenile black crowned night heron. We were able to get a better view of it than pictures and I feel pretty sure of it. I'm definitely not finding anything closer.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
They're in wetlands across North America, and we're right on the ocean with a very marshy area just up from the shore.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
OMG I teased the poor thing!!
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
It finally started squawking so I was able to confirm what it was!
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
And it started to respond to the clips of the calls that I was playing!
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
But I did it too long and it took off looking for the "other heron." I feel so guilty now. T_T
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
It's still squawking in the hills nearby omg I'm so cruel.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Feeling so guilty never doing it again omg omg omg.
Dead Fledermaus
2 years ago
Every squawk is a dagger in my heart.
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