Mixed North American Wildlife Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[MrFotoFool]

I am going to start a new thread and see if it goes anywhere. I am inviting everyone to post their photos of North American wildlife below.

Rules:
1) Taken with a Sony Alpha camera.
2) Animals are free roaming (eg not in captivity like a zoo).
3) Taken somewhere in North America (even if they are non-native, like the parrots of Los Angeles).

As a courtesy, please list the species, location, and camera/lens. Also please insert image instead of attaching as a thumbnail.

 

[MrFotoFool]

I will start with a shot from my first outing with a rented Sony A74 and 200-600 lens, which is what convinced me to buy one.
Juvenile bobcat, Sweetwater Wetl;ands in Tucson, Arizona, USA.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 800

 

[MrFotoFool]

No other entries yet? I will keep adding until someone does! Here are two from around sunset tonight at my condominium in the Tucson Mountains (Arizona, USA). The javelina (aka collared peccary) is along an arroyo that runs behind our complex, though they regularly enter our complex to feed. The great horned owl is one of a pair that roost in a tree near my unit (above a small lawn the javelinas often graze on). Both with A74 (with battery grip) and 200-600 lens.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 2000

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 6400

 

[MrFotoFool]

Love it - keep them coming!

 

[Blake81]

Juvenile Bald Eagle - Sony A1 - 200-600mm - Central Arkansas

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Blake81]

Headshot of a Cardinal -

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 3200

North Eastern Arkansas.

 

[Blake81]

Barred Owl - Central Arkansas

• ILCE-1
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 400

 

[MrFotoFool]

@Blake81 Thanks for the posts; I love the barred owl.

 

[MrFotoFool]

Like my first shot, here is another (more recent) one from Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson (Arizona, USA). Desert cottontail rabbit with Sony A74 (with battery grip) and FE 200-600 lens. In full disclosure, I removed a pole on the left and extended the right using Photoshop Elements.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 400

 

[Jeff A]

You will, of course, be reported to the Pole Agency. Nice Wabbit!

 

[spudhead]

so I think these fit the bill shot in Florida 2016 great egret I believe

• ILCA-77M2
• 200mm F2.8
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 100

• ILCA-77M2
• 200mm F2.8
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 100

 

[MrFotoFool]

I love all the contributions! Last week I went back to Sweetwater Wetlands (same place from my initial post). This is in my city of Tucson (Arizona, USA). I had two snakes: desert kingsnake and western diamondback. Sony A74 (with battery grip) and FE 200-600 lens.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/14
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 3200

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[Doug Herr]

• ILCE-7RM3
• FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-7RM3
• FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-7RM2
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 400

​

Coyote: Sacramento County California
Fox: Denali National Park Alaska

 

[Doug Herr]

so I think these fit the bill shot in Florida 2016 great egret I believe View attachment 20126View attachment 20127

This bird is actually a Snowy Egret.

 

[MrFotoFool]

@Doug Herr Your coyote and fox photos are fantastic! I see coyotes often where I live in Tucson, but have never managed to photograph a fox in the wild. (I have had brief glimpses of gray fox in Arizona and California, but no photos). I am going to Rocky Mountain NP in three weeks and hope to see red fox there.

 

[Doug Herr]

• ILCE-7RM3
• FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 400

​

Black-tailed Deer: Sacramento County California

 

[MrFotoFool]

@Doug Herr Love the deer; another amazing shot. I am glad you found this thread.

 

[Doug Herr]

@Doug Herr Love the deer; another amazing shot. I am glad you found this thread.

birds OK?

 

[MrFotoFool]

birds OK?

Yes, absolutely!

 

[Doug Herr]

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 600mm F4 GM OSS (SEL600F40GM)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 600mm F4 GM OSS (SEL600F40GM)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 600mm F4 GM OSS (SEL600F40GM)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 400

​

all: Plumas County California, last week

 

[MrFotoFool]

@Doug Herr More great stuff!

 

[Jeff A]

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Coyote: Sacramento County California
Fox: Denali National Park Alaska

I don't know about the Alaskan Fox but in addition to your photography, your tracking skills must be great to get as close as you were to the Coyote. They are not known to like being close to humans, as far as I know. Well done.

 

[MrFotoFool]

One from this morning, a Costa's hummingbird. It was photographed on the grounds of Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum just outside my city of Tucson. They have a hummingbird aviary as well, but this one was wild on the grounds. Sony A74 with battery grip and FE 200-600.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Doug Herr]

• ILCE-1
• FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-1
• FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-1
• FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 1250

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 600mm F4 GM OSS (SEL600F40GM)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 500

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Anna's Hummingbird: Sacramento County California
Red-shouldered Hawk: Sacramento County California
Lawrence's Goldfinch: Sacramento County California
Calliope Hummingbird: El Dorado County California

 

[spudhead]

This bird is actually a Snowy Egret.

sorry I am British and was told that Is what the bird was so two more coming so one is the great egret and the other you will have to tell me what it is

• ILCA-77M2
• 200mm F2.8
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 100

• ILCA-77M2
• 200mm F2.8
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 640

 

[Doug Herr]

sorry I am British and was told that Is what the bird was so two more coming so one is the great egret and the other you will have to tell me what it isView attachment 20474View attachment 20475

Great Egret (second bird) is correct. The first bird is an Anhinga.

 

[spudhead]

Great Egret (second bird) is correct. The first bird in an Anhinga.

Thanks I am an occasional visitor to America but these are quite old from 2016

 

[Ralph]

I very much like this thread and all shots posted in it. There as animals in here as well as the snakes I may never see.
So I have enjoyed going through the full thread and will be back as more shots are posted in it..
Nicely done you all.

 

[MrFotoFool]

I very much like this thread and all shots posted in it. There as animals in here as well as the snakes I may never see.
So I have enjoyed going through the full thread and will be back as more shots are posted in it..
Nicely done you all.

Glad you are enjoying it. There may be snakes here you will never see, but you certainly have no shortage of interesting snakes in Australia!

 

[Doug Herr]

Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) in my back yard, Sacramento County California

• ILCE-7RM3
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 238.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 1250