wildlife

[ian mcdonald]

Sounds dangerous.

[Chris Johnson]

My goodness, so it eats meat too? 

Hmm - could have chosen my word more carefully  How about undiscriminating herbivore.

[Anthony Darby]

Polyphagous?

[Tristan_He]

Yes, though I was thinking about this the other day. Polyphagous = 'eats many things' vs Omnivorous 'eats everything'. Just scientific convention rather than any real precision in the terms themselves.

[Anthony Darby]

Yes, though I was thinking about this the other day. Polyphagous = 'eats many things' vs Omnivorous 'eats everything'. Just scientific convention rather than any real precision in the terms themselves.

Yes. I despair when I see birds described as "seed predators". Conjures up the vision of some fierce avian ambushing unsuspecting seeds and pecking them to death. Also, substitution the word grazer to mean any animal that eats bits of something else without killing it, when I was always taught that grazers ate grass, and there were other words to use, such as browsing, which was nibbling bits off bushes or coral etc. Black rhino = browser; white rhino = grazer.

[Roma]

Some recent Squirrel pictures taken from my kitchen window.  The one with four was taken at lunchtime today.  It's unusual to see so many that close.  It did end in fighting

[annew]

If you want to export one or two......

[ichristie]

Great pictures of the squirrels we have one sometimes and a pair of woodpeckers had a walk yesterday frozen solid I went to feed my friends, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[Anthony Darby]

Not bread, I hope.

[fermi de Sousa]

Cake?
 
Feeding on the kniphofias this morning, New Holland Honey-eaters
cheers
fermi

[Roma]

Not all wildlife is welcome in the garden
This viola which I got from a friend has been sitting on the middle step at my front door for at least two months
Look where I found it this morning - well pruned too and deer tracks all around

[ichristie]

Oh Deer good in the deep freeze? cheers Ian

[art600]

 

Oh Deer good in the deep freeze? cheers Ian

 

[Anthony Darby]

Last night I spotted this Emperor Gum moth (Opodiphthera eucalypti), that had been attracted to a security light, in Remuera, Auckland. Female, but not sure if she'd mated. We'll see if the eggs are fertile. It's an Aussie import.

[fermi de Sousa]

We have a resident local dove or crested pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes in our garden.
Not easy to capture on a "point and shoot" camera, so not the clearest of pics,
cheers
fermi