These were cows,i hardly see moose bulls over here,the hunters wont let them live long enough.Thanks for the pictures, Bison. It must be nice have to large mammals like those so close to the house.
Have the Bulls shed their horns already or are those cows?
I suppose that you and I are the only ones interested in wildlife and the photography of same. I was hoping that this thread might help generate some posts through the winter, but that hasn't been the case.
I saw a wild hog Saturday but could not get a decent picture. I have many hog pictures but all of them have only dead hogs. Posting dead hog pictures should no doubt be on a different website...eh?
How big a pond do you have there?.QUOTE]
It's about 300 x 200....feet
Or 100 x 66 meters.
The depth varies greatly from 14' to almost nothing a few years back.
The squarel, is that a white species,..or albino?[/
It's not an Albino and it's not a specific species.
It's a "genetic color variation". This gene will remain recessive in most squirrells that have it. In other words, the offspring of this squirell will most likely have a normal color patterm, white under, and grey-brown on top, and tail. But it will occur again at some time in future generations.
There are some areas where this gene has become dominant and all or most of the squirells are white or a white and brown non typical pattern. It's speculated that in these areas the white is favorable, as it relates to survivability. Perhaps predators are less likely to see it, for some reason. I don't think that's the case here.
I concluded that it's not Abino because the eyes are black, and an albino has red or blue eyes.
Ever heard of a fox squirell?I ve seen a squirrel that was very light. Thought it might just been old. We are gettin alot of black squirrels invading from the great white north. About 15 years ago there we none hear.
Only our stupid Gov-ment uses metric,..the rest of us still use standard.How big a pond do you have there?.QUOTE]
It's about 300 x 200....feet
Or 100 x 66 meters.The depth varies greatly from 14' to almost nothing a few years back.
It's not an Albino and it's not a specific species.
It's a "genetic color variation". This gene will remain recessive in most squirrells that have it. In other words, the offspring of this squirell will most likely have a normal color patterm, white under, and grey-brown on top, and tail. But it will occur again at some time in future generations.
There are some areas where this gene has become dominant and all or most of the squirells are white or a white and brown non typical pattern. It's speculated that in these areas the white is favorable, as it relates to survivability. Perhaps predators are less likely to see it, for some reason. I don't think that's the case here.
I concluded that it's not Abino because the eyes are black, and an albino has red or blue eyes.
One can hardly get a metric bolt here if his life depended on it.
Robert,.....CLEAR YOUR INBOX,....its full!!
Taken todaynice pic again but,
What's the matter,..there's still leaves on that tree!,..you don't have winter there or..
Al we have here is brown,grey and black squirrels,..brown are the most common.
And we have these little chipmunks.