Unusual Animal Sighting

[jonsensback]

Saw a albino doe at Jeruselum Mill area of GP State park around Christmas the first time and about a half dozen times since..

Kept the exact location to myself to keep any DA poachers from killing her.

[crabsnbeer]

I saw a republican in Annapolis one time. Another time I thought I saw a fiscally conservative democrat down there paying for his own meal but I was mistaken.

[Eastside Terp]

pretty sure I saw one of these earlier today .......

Coopers Hawk

it was sitting in a tree at the side of the road as I rode by and the one thing that struck me was the black striped tail so this is what my google turned up .......

but then again , it could have been this, since it has a similarly striped tail .....

Sharp Shinned Hawk

on another front, came home from a party last night at around 11 and there were a dozen deer standing in the middle of my court .......

they are always out back but don't usually see them strolling down the middle of the street .......

[zenwalk]

pretty sure I saw one of these earlier today .......

Coopers Hawk

it was sitting in a tree at the side of the road as I rode by and the one thing that struck me was the black striped tail so this is what my google turned up .......

but then again , it could have been this, since it has a similarly striped tail .....

Sharp Shinned Hawk

on another front, came home from a party last night at around 11 and there were a dozen deer standing in the middle of my court .......

they are always out back but don't usually see them strolling down the middle of the street .......

I used to have a coopers hawk visit my rowhouse when I lived in the city. Their plumage does all sorts of things throughout the year so yours could have looked slightly different but definitely a prime suspect.

[Eastside Terp]

my sister sent me a picture this week taken by my BIL of a good size timber rattler that he came across in Gambrill State Park just outside of Frederick ......

I started googling and it seems that they are becoming more common and mountain bikers have been seeing them frequently in several parks ......

I always thought they were further west and rarer ........

[canis]

Coopers and Sharpies can be a problem in identifying. The Sharpies are smaller than Coopers, but the thing that does it for me is to get a look at the tip of the tail when the bird is in flight. The Coopers' is rounded and the Sharpies is flat.......... see the links in ET's post.

[Seadog]

my sister sent me a picture this week taken by my BIL of a good size timber rattler that he came across in Gambrill State Park just outside of Frederick ......

I started googling and it seems that they are becoming more common and mountain bikers have been seeing them frequently in several parks ......

I always thought they were further west and rarer ........

The range of the timber rattler extends from southern New Hampshire south through the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and west to southwestern Wisconsin and northeastern Texas. Populations were once found on Long Island and in most mountainous and hilly areas of New York State, except in the higher elevations of the Adirondacks, Catskills and Tug Hill region. They are now found in isolated populations in southeastern New York, the Southern Tier and in the peripheral eastern Adirondacks.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7147.html

[The Eternal White Belt]

This is Sunsades here again. The sighting I had at Compass Pointe Golf Club was 100% absolutely NOT a wild cat. This thing had very large, thick legs......very unlike a wild cat.

Sorry!
Deano

hikingtrails@hotmail.com

Holy crap are you serious? You really created a thread in 2009, never posted again, and then three years later you come back to conduct threadomancy? Seriously? You are insane. You are so insane, that I had to log into this forum after months of inactivity to tell you this. I'm afraid you might hurt someone - like they might find you eating someone's face or shooting up a college campus. And stop posting your email address - it's not a smart thing to do if you value your anonymity and privacy.

I'm guessing you saw a gorilla or a rhino.

[Eastside Terp]

The range of the timber rattler extends from southern New Hampshire south through the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and west to southwestern Wisconsin and northeastern Texas. Populations were once found on Long Island and in most mountainous and hilly areas of New York State, except in the higher elevations of the Adirondacks, Catskills and Tug Hill region. They are now found in isolated populations in southeastern New York, the Southern Tier and in the peripheral eastern Adirondacks.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7147.html

I am pretty familiar with their range......

when i said further west, I meant further west in maryland ........

they are becoming pretty frequent all around the frederick area and other points east of where I typically associated them in maryland ......

speaking of rattlers, my oldest who lives in cali had to fend off a pacific rattler that was striking at one of her dogs in her yard the other day .......

[Eastside Terp]

our dog had a red fox cornered in the yard yesterday .......

he was chasing him back and forth for a few minutes before the fox got by him and squeezed out under the gate .......

the dog stayed down in that corner of the yard for hours pacing back and forth with his nose up in the air ......

[Eastside Terp]

Saw a albino doe at Jeruselum Mill area of GP State park around Christmas the first time and about a half dozen times since..

Kept the exact location to myself to keep any DA poachers from killing her.

we were vacationing in the finger lakes region a few weeks ago and one day coming back from the geneva area we saw some white deer inside the fenced in area of the old seneca army depot ........

we thought we had really scored a rare sighting and were pretty excited .......

the next day we were on a fishing charter out on seneca lake and I mentioned it to the captain and without missing a beat he asked, "up at the old army base?" and told us a story .......

so I googled it later and lo and behold these white deer, which are not albinos, have their own web sites and are quite common.......

http://www.senecawhitedeer.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_white_deer

[dandrews]

I saw a republican in Annapolis one time. Another time I thought I saw a fiscally conservative democrat down there paying for his own meal but I was mistaken.

lmao too funny

[durango46]

we were vacationing in the finger lakes region a few weeks ago and one day coming back from the geneva area we saw some white deer inside the fenced in area of the old seneca army depot ........

we thought we had really scored a rare sighting and were pretty excited .......

the next day we were on a fishing charter out on seneca lake and I mentioned it to the captain and without missing a beat he asked, "up at the old army base?" and told us a story .......

so I googled it later and lo and behold these white deer, which are not albinos, have their own web sites and are quite common.......

http://www.senecawhitedeer.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_white_deer

thanks for sharing....cool pix...

never heard of white deer before now
albinos yes


had the pleasure of getting sika and whitetails

[jabba2]

Saw a cougar probably 200 yards down the road from my house in southern Lancaster County in mid May this year. Just walking alongside the road by a cornfield. They aren't known to populate PA anymore, but then with the abundence of deer statewide, not to mention rabbits and other small mammals, it makes sense that cougars would live here. The one I saw was not an adult, but may have been a released pet, or just starting out on its own.

[DkBlue]

I am pretty familiar with their range......

when i said further west, I meant further west in maryland ........

they are becoming pretty frequent all around the frederick area and other points east of where I typically associated them in maryland ......

speaking of rattlers, my oldest who lives in cali had to fend off a pacific rattler that was striking at one of her dogs in her yard the other day .......

I have killed three Eastern Diamondbacks in back of my house in the last ten years. They are protected but we have dogs and got a pass.

[jonsensback]

This is far from unusual these days, but have seen alot of coyotes in Harford County lately and more so in the APG area.

And they aren't cross bread or mixed with dogs either, pure yotes appearance wise.

[Eastside Terp]

I have killed three Eastern Diamondbacks in back of my house in the last ten years. They are protected but we have dogs and got a pass.

wow, how big were they? ......

my daughter is having fits with southern pacific rattlers and her dogs in the Lake Tahoe area ........

she has also had a cougar on her property and a bear tear up her chicken coop ......

[DkBlue]

wow, how big were they? ......

my daughter is having fits with southern pacific rattlers and her dogs in the Lake Tahoe area ........

she has also had a cougar on her property and a bear tear up her chicken coop ......

All were about five feet. A few blocks away they cleared a vacant lot to build a Walgreens. I guess when they do a burn the snake hunters came in and they found eight on the lot including a pregnant female.

There are a ton of citrus rats that hang out in citrus trees and palm trees and it keeps them and a lot of blacksnakes around.

[Eastside Terp]

All were about five feet. A few blocks away they cleared a vacant lot to build a Walgreens. I guess when they do a burn the snake hunters came in and they found eight on the lot including a pregnant female.

There are a ton of citrus rats that hang out in citrus trees and palm trees and it keeps them and a lot of blacksnakes around.

I would love to see one in the wild ........

my daughter lived in Florida for a while prior to moving to California .......

she saw a coral snake in the wild while there which is not that common .........

whenever I am in the orlando area I try to stop by here .......

http://www.reptileworldserpentarium.com/

the viewing area is so close to George Van Horn as he milks several kinds of venomous snakes ......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUittDHf_0Y

[DkBlue]

I would love to see one in the wild ........

my daughter lived in Florida for a while prior to moving to California .......

she saw a coral snake in the wild while there which is not that common .........

whenever I am in the orlando area I try to stop by here .......

http://www.reptileworldserpentarium.com/

the viewing area is so close to George Van Horn as he milks several kinds of venomous snakes ......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUittDHf_0Y

It was interesting in that all three were under the same palmetto bush and really hard to see even though their colors are striking when out in the open. The yard guy called my attention to it as it rattled at him.

The dogs spotted the other two but the dogs seemed to know to keep their distance and bark.

Sounds like your daughter knows her wldlife. Coral snakes more common further south.