NY Wildlife

[RandomWiktor]

Since my intro post had some folks surprised that NY isn't one big sprawling mass of concrete ( ) I thought I'd share some of my photos of our beautiful wildlife! I'll add 3-5 new pics to the thread daily. Here's a few to start off:

Common Snapper

Water Snake (and some sunnies)

American Bullfrog

Narceus americanus (often called "north american giant millipede")

Virginia Opossum

 

[jobeanator]

where in ny are you at? i live in upstate ive never seen a millipede that big!

 

[Stephanie Logan]

Whoa, those are some great photos!

Did you have to get really close to shoot, or do you have a nice telescopic lens?

 

[dmmj]

I always thought of it full of concrete and surly people.

 

[jackrat]

Awesome pictures! I must admit how surprised I was when I spent some time in Queens. Greatest folks you'd want to meet! Taught me a lesson about pre -judging people.

 

[Isa]

Really nice pictures You are a very good photographer!

 

[RandomWiktor]

Thanks folks!

dmmj, been to much of the US and New York has the nastiest people I've ever met, hands down. But it's not all of us!

Stephanie, a little bit of both? I don't have a telescopic lens, but I have a decent enough zoom lens. However, I am generally not further than 5-10 feet from what I'm photographing - and many (like the milli) I'm right up close!

job, I'm in the Hudson Valley. N. americanus is distributed widely throughout North America though, so I'm sure there's some near you!

And I decided that only posting photos daily is boring, so here's a few more:

Wood frog

Red winged blackbird

A... beetle. Of some sort.

Painted turtle

Larval salamander

 

[Yvonne G]

I LOVE your nature shots! Keep 'em coming.

 

[Scooter]

What great photos! Please keep them coming!

 

[terryo]

I could look at your photo's all day...more please.

 

[Tom]

Great pics. I've been to NY several times, but only in the city, unfortunately. It has not been pleasant in any way. I think that would be like visiting downtown L.A. and deciding all of CA was terrible like that. I'm certain I would love the country up there.