Animals around your house...

Not at my house. But i been to my local Grocery Store, and these little guys were hopping around trying to feast on the bugs that swarm around the Lights.

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They were mostly just outside the entrance to the store, and we all know how that is no good for these animals.

But i did catch one and took it to a remote location on the property to get a photo with my phone. Yes he peed on me, but at least the Store has a bathroom to wash my hands in.

Awwwh, he is beautyful

Uhhh, hopping round in front of the stor is certainly not a good idea ! Couldn't somebody move them ?

I love these creatures, I miss times when I played with their cusins on South Portugal, I am glad you saved this one or should I say that you saved some bugs? ;(

Heres another photo from the same day.   These two were right by the entrance to the store.

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I found a funny caterpillar today - I googled it and it seems to be from Deilephila elpenor. Most interesting was the nose, it reminded me of a shrew
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At first I thought it was a slug
What a strange creature, - and in a way it is beautyful

Great pictures of a weird creature ! Thankyou for sharing

Simone, you've found such a strange caterpilar. Thanks to you I've read about it and here is another good example of an incredible creature. You identified it correctly as far as I could see and the caterpillar can adopt two poses, the elephant pose and the snake pose. That's quite bizarre. The common name, elephant hawk moth is because of its long nose but funny also that you think it looks like a shrew, probably an elephant shrew!

Nice day out so i took my camera out to see if i can catch something. And i did. a Little Squirrel in a Tree eating a nut


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That's great. One of the things I remember when I was in USA was that there were squirrels everywhere! They're quite funny creatures! Now, in the woods around Lisbon, there are also squirrels but I never have seen them. :)

Lovely critter , and great photos
It is surprising that he just keeps eating even if you are standing there with your camera

You must have good eyes, - he is almost impossible to spot in that huge tree

What kind of tree is it? Do you know ?

Well what tipped me to his presence was the nibbling of the nut he was eating. My camera is very good outdoors, but can be very stubborn with toy models indoors. I have no idea what kind of tree it is. it is one of many in my backyard.

We used to have Raccoons living in a tree back there, but now they seem to have moved on

Here is another Squirrel In my own tree Barking at me.

Im sorry for the Shakey ness of the camera, It was impossible to hold the camera still, as i dont have a tripod.  Hopefully you can see that he was not so happy to see me, despite trespassing on the tree that my parents planted in my honer when i was a baby



Here is a photo of the same animal

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Wonderful shots

I think it is good that ypu don't understand what he is yelling at you

Do I listen to an eagle meanwhile? Well, maybe it is not once your squirrel friend seems very calm in a tree that is not providing so much protection. I think it is just shy and telling you to please don't upload it on Facebook.

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Do I listen to an eagle meanwhile? Well, maybe it is not once your squirrel friend seems very calm in a tree that is not providing so much protection. I think it is just shy and telling you to please don't upload it on Facebook.

This was in the city so i doubt it was an eagle. we have several different birds around here but there often too high up to see.

Another Squirrel.

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Amazing photo of a wonderful little guy

I saw in our hotel in the turkiye that lizard. Philipp identify it als anatolian rock lizard.

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And i saw that bird, my eyes and my camera arent good enozgh to see it better but i think it is a White-spectacled bulbul

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On my way to deliver my son to kindergarden today, we ran into this guy, just wandering the streets! He was big, like the size of a goose, it looked quite out of place! I have never seen one before (European Grouse) and I read that they are normally quite shy, but judging from the way he strolled around in the middle of the streets looking like he owned the place, I don't think he has read that same book.  

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WOW !!!! That is ultra-rare

Do you think he was raised in captivity ?

He is beautyful

That thought didn´t even enter my mind?! Does that happen? I have no idea, maybe he has escaped from a zoo?! There is a lot of forest nearby, we do live in the country, but I never thought they would venture out into the open like this.
In any case, I hope he find his way to safety soon!

Yes ! Let's hope he will find his way to the forest and have a good life.
They are extinct in Denmark, - I suppose they are quite rare in Norway also ?

In Denmark there are very strict rules for keeping wild animals, all wild Danish birds are not allowed in captivity.
But of course some people always break the rules...I suppose that if somebody stole eggs from a wild grouse, they could have them hatched

I just googled "tiur" and "Siggerud" which is where I live, and actually a couple of newpaper articles came up (from 2001 and 2003), so apparently this has happened before, and he comes from the forest around here.

According to wikipedia there were around 300-400 000 of them in Norway in the 1960´s but the number had been reduced by 35% by the year 2000.

Here two monk parakeets in a park in Barcelona, although they are birds of South America have been living in all the cities of the Mediterranean coast in Spain, Andalusia and Madrid. In Barcelona they are very abundant and coexist with European birds and also with the rose-ringed parakeet.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Very nice birds.