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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidEccleston View Post
    Mark, what are you putting out to attract all the wildlife?


    Here's a shot Magda took while picking me up from work today. This is 20 feet from the parking lot. We've never had a good shot of a beaver before, and here she is with an 85mm, and a very brave and/or hungry model.
    Nice shot. Right place, right time. And pretty close if you were using an 85.

    We're caught in a bit of a vicious circle in our yard. We have several outdoor cats (strays we've spayed who hung around). We feed them twice a day, but often the raccoons will barge right in and eat the cat food before the cats can eat their fill. So I started throwing out cheap dog food for the raccoons to eat while cats have their food. It works, more or less. Lately we've seen the foxes munching on the dog food as well. The foxes are cute and very skittish and this is the first time in years we've seen them. The raccoons come in larger numbers in the late spring (with all the young ones) and then taper off to one or two later in the summer. It's a bit of a balancing act for sure. All the houses on this side of the street have large tracts of woods behind them, so there is no shortage of wildlife. I used to see deer all the time, but with the cats around now, I don't throw bird food on the ground any more and that was what used to attract the deer.

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    One of our outdoor cats. Unfortunately this one is a bit of a sot and can usually be found staggering around in a drunken stupor.

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    That does sound like quite the animal balancing act. Hopefully word of your free meals doesn't get out too far in the raccoon circles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidEccleston View Post
    Here's a shot Magda took while picking me up from work today. This is 20 feet from the parking lot. We've never had a good shot of a beaver before, and here she is with an 85mm, and a very brave and/or hungry model.


    Beaver munching on plants by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr
    I have gotten real close to beavers before, but never when they are out of the water. It is not often you get to see their feet and tail. Well done.
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    Just saw this guy sitting outside my office window.

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    Nice one Mark, those ears probably have a story to tell.
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    I'm sure he (she) was listening to the approaching thunderstorm.
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    Nice bunny. Looks like Mike Tyson saw him first.

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    mama bear wasnt very happy about having her picture taken. a lot of braches in the way but i kind of like the contrast. pretty hard to make adjustments on live bears , specialy when they are grumpy and 50 feet away lol
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    85mm f5.6 1/125 sec iso 400

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    If anyone knows what's eating this snapping turtle's face, we're curious...


    Snapping Turtle by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


    ...And, here's my very brief documentary on the life-cycle of the frog:

    Becoming a frog by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


    Frogs by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


    An ex-frog by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

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