Some of the Wild Animals I have been privileged to see

Some of the Wild Animals I have been privileged to see 

Over the years I have been very privileged to see so many Wild Animals in nature on our various walks, hikes etc ..and even in our own garden there are plenty of different species to see.
I thought I would share some of my favorite ones that I captured on camera.
We were in the Smoky Mountains in North Carolina whilst sitting on a log in the middle of the forest as you do.
Keeping very, very quiet a Mama Black Bear moseyed on by with her two baby cubs.
​They played for quite a while and for the finale Mama bear got up and has a good ole scratch on a tree trunk.
One of those magical moments I keep collecting in my memory.
So thankful.

If you have followed my blog for a while you will know who these cheeky chappies are ..that visit me throughout the day ...this year unfortunately we have not seen any new babies ..that is the first time in 19 years !!!

This was last year when Daisy was obviously feeding and was asking for some lunch to feed her babies.

All are welcome at our front porch to eat from our feed bowls ...this day a gorgeous misunderstood Opossum came to see what was on the menu.

In West Virginia on the famous Blue Ridge Parkway we saw many deer and the most gorgeous Spring scenery.

We were lucky enough to spot this White Tailed Deer ..it was not at all anxious about us being there.
There must have been a very tasty morsel on the old front porch.

This Male Turkey was running down the hill towards us ...may be to "Gobble' us up do you think ???

Perhaps he wanted to visit with this scrawny female Turkey ..we will never know.

We happened one day to glimpse this beautiful Blue Bird ....obviously with a tasty morsel to feed it's babies.

This beautiful Large Flying Sexton Beetle ..do you know that two of the beetles are often seen burying small mammals like mice etc...to feed on later ..this one seems to have a taste for eating a piece of these Omphalotus illudens commonly known as the  Jack O'Lantern Mushroom

This innocent looking 'Army Worm' can cause havoc ...it grows inside a large web like nest on trees and will in the end kill the tree ....they can devastate areas ...Below you will see three further photo's of them on the trees ..they are sort of creepy don't you think ??

Under the eaves's of an old abandoned house a Hornet's nest can be easily seen.

I wonder why something so beautiful can be called 'Dragon' Fly !!!   Apparently the origin of their name is a bit of mystery. The origin is not definitive, but there are many wonderful folklore stories to explain the origin of the name.

It was a lucky day when this Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly decided to have a rest on the 'colander' that I planted my Million Bell flowers in ..they visit our garden often but it's rare to be able to photograph one so closely.

On the Blue Ridge in the early morning we woke up to this wonderful show of nature ...all of the trees were frosted ...it was a glorious sight ..they soon became unfrosted when the Sun came up.

One of my Buddies down in the swamps of the Gulf of Mexico ...we see many Alligators but this chappie wanted to pose for me ..he was about 10 feet long  !!

A smaller one enjoying the heat of the day.

One Winter's day I heard a commotion outside and found the excited chirping of hundreds of Red Winged Blackbirds on their migration ..dropping in to Maisonvogue for a top up of food ..they stayed around most of the day .. also many of them were
​ in our neighbors gardens.

Because of our Wild Flower garden etc...we had a large amount of wasps and bees on the flowers ...the constant buzz of the bees ...this Bumble Bee I caught being a very busy bee filling itself with as much pollen as possible.

One day we were just driving along and came across a large Sounder of Wild Boar ...there were about 12 of them ...this one wanted his photo taken ...so I didn't argue and just took it !!

I am very lucky to have seen so many more animals in the Wild than these ....it's something that I keep deep in my Soul ...to see a Wild Animal in it's natural surroundings is such a privilege to be able to share even just a fleeting glance of it's day with it ...makes me very happy 
I hope you enjoy looking at the photo's I have taken and the small tidbits of my knowledge about them 

Happy Days 

Janet 

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