Charlie and the Nature Factory [Warning: Stunningly Beautiful Large Photo Images]

To continue the strange wildlife stories, I offer you this 44# beaver, captured in the Tempe Town Lake.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/12-news/2015/01/14/12-news-beaver-tempe-town-lake/21770163/

MM

Tonight's sunset was pretty cool.

Nice!

Kind of a cool effect looking into the sun right before it sets - almost looks like a solar flare thing going on with the wispy clouds.

Ice Flow

Saw this at the end of the pipe on my dad's property. Stream fed through this area and this is what I got during a colder day.

Whoa, is that ice?

Yup. That's ice.

Wow. We don't ever have cold long enough to get ice like that... but then we don't have the water either, so there ya go. Water makes ice.

Had a close encounter of the cat-kind this morning, waiting outside my garage.





He/she tried to follow me back into the garage. It was a thrill I wouldn't want to experience again!

Oh wow, a bobcat. Very cool. I've never seen one, though I'm pretty sure I found some tracks once.

How beautiful, PD. I'm too far into the mass of greater Phoenix for bobcats. We just have coyotes, hawks, and a great horned owl. Oh, and bunnies and quails.

MM

LadyV said:

Oh wow, a bobcat. Very cool. I've never seen one, though I'm pretty sure I found some tracks once.

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Yes, very cool when they are not advancing on you as you clang pots together. LOL.

MaryMumsy said:

How beautiful, PD. I'm too far into the mass of greater Phoenix for bobcats. We just have coyotes, hawks, and a great horned owl. Oh, and bunnies and quails.

MM

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And right now you have SeaHawks and Patriots invading

Yeah, it was pretty scary with that thing following me and crouching. -shiver-

parumpdragon said:

He/she tried to follow me back into the garage. It was a thrill I wouldn't want to experience again!

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Awww. . . it just wanted to adopt you and become part of your family

Beautiful bobcat. Thanks for posting the photos, PD. How big is it? It's hard to tell by the photo.

parumpdragon said:

Yes, very cool when they are not advancing on you as you clang pots together. LOL.



And right now you have SeaHawks and Patriots invading

Yeah, it was pretty scary with that thing following me and crouching. -shiver-

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That's how I stopped the Seahawks and Patriots from following me and crouching in my town.. stainless steel pots worked the best..

Lady MacBeth said:

Beautiful bobcat. Thanks for posting the photos, PD. How big is it? It's hard to tell by the photo.

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It's about 40 pounds, the size of a Large dog.

another visit today.

Some great photos through here!

Sharing some of mine. I usually travel to the UK and Ireland to photograph. I'm off to Iceland this summer. Can't wait!



















Anyone watch The Quiet Man movie? This is the bridge...

Those are all awesome!

It looks as though you followed the hobbits from the Lord Of The Rings

Welcome, Greendragon! Great pix!

Thankee!

PD, I think your bobcat has moved in.

Great pics, greendragon. I'm fond of animals, so I especially like the cows and the stag.

MM

A few more:

Awesome views. Cute bear cub! But I sure hope you had a long telephoto for that wolf shot!

pkbax said:

Awesome views. Cute bear cub! But I sure hope you had a long telephoto for that wolf shot!

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I did, but 1)wolves almost never attack people and 2)he was on the other side of a large pond/small lake.