Splattering of pics from the past few weeks

[Dylan8i]

I've been pretty busy the last few weeks, and not around internet long enough to get some images uploaded ( was still looking at those posted). so heres a spattering of stuff from the last few weeks. non hav post editing work

pretty sure this is my first in flight bird shot... just a red winged blackbird, and not great at all.... d200 and 18-135




allegheny wood rat














thats all thanks for looking.

[Sushigaijin]

Cool wood rats, La Rue Pine Hills in southern illinois - where I go herping - has a trapping and conservation project with those going. Care to disclose a bit of info about them?

[Dylan8i]

Allegheny woodrat Neotoma magister, in PA is threatened, nationally it is under review.

It is the size of the norway rat, but looks more mouse like, has a furry tail and greyish dorsal fur with a white belly. Unlike their relatives the eastern wood rat, the allegheny wood rat lives in rock cliffs, caves, scree, etc. they are still pack rats, creating large cashes of dried ferns and veg matter. they are nocturnal and have a home range of about 30 meters ( although we have found some ranging even further). we have been trapping and tagging, taking dna samples (the hole punches in their ears) and other basic measurments... we have also put radio collars on a few and tracked them. Basic work for the PA game commision to find out where they are traveling, where current populations are etc...

heres some more of my better pics of them (some may have been posted before)- most are better than the photographer from the game commision got.



The one below has a radio collar, and is walking out of the handling bag (pillow case).








notice how much darker and singular color the juveniles (below) are compared to the adults (above)

[paulnj]

What kind of moth is that in the last image? I want one to pupate

[Dylan8i]

i'm not sure what kind of moth, it was pretty big though maybe 6 inches from wing tip to wing tip.