Swamp Creatures

J-sews · **on:** November 09, 2008, 04:08:06 AM

I saw several today while out exploring the woods. Most were too fast for my camera though. Here are a few I managed to get pictures of. You'll have to look closely though, as their camoflage is excellent.

Whitetail Deer browsing in a thicket

zoomed in, same picture

Ruffed Grouse crossing the trail

zoomed in, same picture

A whitetail doe and her fawn, bedded down and chewing their cuds. Can you spot both deer?

Tarrodemierda · **Reply #1 on:** November 09, 2008, 04:41:04 AM

oh boy.....we can never produce so good camouflage,as mother nature does.i just love to spy animals outdoors doin their thing,surviving on this planet we are ruining.well luckily one day nature will put us down.

Leatherman123 · **Reply #2 on:** November 09, 2008, 04:49:15 AM

Very cool, Bob! What MT did you take along?

Poncho65 · **Reply #3 on:** November 09, 2008, 04:53:41 AM

yep nature is an amazing thing

thanks 4 the pics Bob

I'm Still Bison · **Reply #4 on:** November 09, 2008, 05:05:56 AM

It's a switch and pleasure to see deer alive and where they belong,instead of road kill,on my local roads.I wish I had a couple things going for me,namely a cable to connect the camera to the computer so I can download,and second to remember to take the thing with me when I go walking.I don't see swamp creatures but I spot enough herons and cranes wading in the creeks.

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #5 on:** November 09, 2008, 10:02:21 AM

Very, very cool picture's Bob

Mother nature still ownes the woods doesn't she

edap617 · **Reply #6 on:** November 09, 2008, 10:32:19 AM

Thanks for sharing the nice pics Bob. Is it alowed to hunt there at this time of the year?

donvito · **Reply #7 on:** November 09, 2008, 10:44:25 AM

Nice shots. I was somewhere in Jersey (don't ask where you need a gps anywhere you go there) two weeks ago, and in the middle of this small town there were deer eating leaves of a tree. I tried to snap some pics but it was too dark for my camera phone.

Another sighting that's burned in my memory is of a deer and her young ling in desert wish I had my camera then.

Neil · **Reply #8 on:** November 09, 2008, 11:20:26 AM

You should do a book of them, a woodland version of Where's Wally

Neil

Tarrodemierda · **Reply #9 on:** November 09, 2008, 11:57:28 AM

oh i forgot to ask,did u use any camo-suit while takin pics and what kind of objective or zoom did u use?
anyway those are great pics,man

J-sews · **Reply #10 on:** November 09, 2008, 03:21:33 PM

No special zoom lens or anything, just my regular Canon G9. I was able to get rather close because the wind was blowing, which I think kept the critters from hearing me.

So did anyone find the second deer in that last picture?