Mini Challenge #255 - Going Wild!

JAG

Since our last challenge was about domesticated animals, this one will be about wild animals! Post your best wild animal shots. To make it easy on some of you, your wild animals can be in the zoo, but be sure that it is a true wild animal, leave out the petting zoo animals. It's open to any animal that is truly wild. Please no farm animals, regardless of their wild behavior! So if all you have is bird shots, give us your best. This challenge will start immediately from the time of this post, till November 3, 2017 at 12PM Alaska time (which is -1 from Pacific time).

Here are some examples of what I am looking for:
Bear standoff (this was a zoo shot)

Multi-tasking bear in the wild (shaking and walking while relieving itself!) Denali National Park

Visitor in my front yard

Soon to hibernate - Fall in Denali National Park

Silver Coat

Prepare for landing!

Sunbathing in St. Thomas USVI

grandmaR

Good idea. Since I'm going to be on a trip from now until November 9th I guess I have to figure this out tonight. I'm trying to use photos that I have not used before

1) Sea Turtle -

(snorkeling in Kauia

2) Sea Lions
(chasing our boat off Peru)

3) The Monkey with the Pink Vagina.
This one needs a little of the backstory. I was in a boat in Tortuguero sitting next to two little girls who were about 10. This monkey was hanging upsidedown eating something on a branch below. They pointed at the monkey, giggling and said that the monkey had a pink vagina.

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1. Osprey
   

2. Red Deer
   

3. Hippo
   

JAG

Lovely starts @grandmaR and @Jørgen_Bjerring

Cavalier

Oooh...I love wild animal shots. Here are my entries:

1) Washington state coast - Just hanging and watching the humans pass by.

2) Handsome Tulle Elk - California central valley

3) California coastal squirrel - Morro Bay, California - at the rock.

JAG

Lovely set Jo ( @Cavalier ) thanks for participating!

slpollett

Those raccoons!!!

I don't have a lot of wildlife photos (unless you count butterflies, lol) and the few I have don't even compare to what's been posted already. But...I do have a couple that I can share.

1. Bear crossing the road at Yellowstone NP.
   

2. In a friend's back yard
   

I'll post another when I have more time.

Sherry P.

pegelli

Dolphins making wild water

Hedgehog

Puffin

JAG

Thank you for participating Sherry and Pieter ( @slpollett and @pegelli ), lovely images!

lkbart

Baby gators

Bison on the road in Yellowstone

This wild turkey kept tapping on my dirty window!

DavidRGillespie

Wow, so many spectacular images. I combed through my various wildlife stuff, and picked these.

Black Bear and Cub, Nicola River

Loon and Chick, Watch Lake, BC, 2017

Lava Heron, Puerto Egas, Isla Santiago, Galapagos Ecuador

JAG

Fun and lovely images Lillian and Dave ( @lkbart and @DavidRGillespie ). Thanks for participating!

CHANDLERJA

Escape!

Crap!

I wont bite! Promise!

JAG

Hi Jeromy! ( @CHANDLERJA ) Haven't seen you in a while! Thanks for participating!

bfluegie

Wildlife isn't really my thing, but while waiting for other photo opportunities I sometimes encounter an occasional wild creature. Since I have a camera, I end up with a few photos. I was waiting for full moon rise (setting sun behind me) when I saw the bird in the first two photos. I also have no idea what it is (maybe a gray heron).

1. Wading bird
   

2. Same wading bird
   

3. Imitation bird
   

Hopefully the third one doesn't count as a pet since I am feeding it...

sarasphotos

Like Barbara, I'm not a big wild animal photographer but sometimes the opportunity presents itself. No big game in my neighborhood so here are a couple of birds and amphibians.

1) A swan showing its (best?) side

2) This hummingbird stayed still for quite some time

3) Photogenic frog

JAG

Thank you Barbara and Sara ( @bfluegie , @sarasphotos ) for your great entries!

jwear

jwear

Your camera's not fast enough

jwear

jwear

Just taking a break

jwear

jwear

reflection

puzzledpaul

Mating rights

The chat up

Yesssssss ....

pp

JAG

Thank you Jeff nd Paul ( @jwear , @puzzledpaul ) for your lovely entries! Jeff, I see you can access your jwear account, are you having problems with commenting on the same post as the images? Let me know if you using a mobile device or computer.

sapphire73

One of my favorite themes. Sharing 3 of my wildlife photos but please don't consider as entries because I am heading out of town, without a computer. Thanks.

1. Zebras (Kenya)
   

2. Pika on Mount Evans
   

3. Young Elephant (Kenya)
   

JAG

Thanks for sharing Gretchen! (@sapphire73 ) , all great images, but the elephant is my favorite. I like the black and white with this image. Kudos!

Ok, we have less than 24 hours left on this challenge!

jwear

How about we put up the voting to the dgrin members ,some one post a vote thread?? jag must have some trouble

JAG

The results are here at this link. https://dgrin.com/discussion/262734/mini-challenge-255-results/p1?new=1