Historically other species but near us definitely humans
I was out walking my one of my neighborâs dog this morning. We live in a suburban area, with relatively close houses, but still some plants, bushes, trees, and lots of awesome backyard birds!
Anyway, as I was strolling (or straining, this puppy is strong!), I heard a panicked tsip, tsip, tsipping, and I thought What bird is THAT? Then I realized: it was a Carolina chickadee; I had been watching some energetically bounce around in my apple tree during and after breakfast! Suddenly, as I was passing two houses, a large hawk came tearing around the corner, past a large bush, and the tsip, tsip, tsipping got louder and more frantic as it passed by. It was just a glimpse, even if I had had my camera, I would have been too surprised to get a photo.
And then â silence. The hawk didnât reappear from wherever it had gone behind, and neither did the chickadee. I moved on. And so did the little chickadee.
I know that hawks need to eat, but I guess I didnât fully grasp it until I watched one of my neighbors became the prey.
This deer observation caught on our game camera. Maybe it got stuck in a fence, hit with a mower or hit by a car? https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334782027
Wow! Its back looks terrible!
Yes!! It is missing an antler as well.
Poor thing! Welcome to iNat forums.
This insect perhaps a Lichen Carrying Green Lacewing (hasnât reach research grade) is carrying the insect carcasses of itâs kills on itâs back as camouflage as it moves around. While itâs name suggests it carries lichen for this purpose it apparently will carry other things. In this case those other things make it a pretty good fit for this topic. Sorry about the poor picture quality my lens kept fogging up. It is a fairly frequent problem here in Florida. I found this in your backyard.
Not a good day for either the grub or the brown widow spider. When I happened upon this scene the grub was already in big trouble. But, the spider didnât fare much better as itâs web is attached to my car and my husband and I were leaving to go to the dog park. I got a few photos but then we took off and Iâm sure neither creature probably survived. I might have felt bad except that the grub was already a goner and the spider is an invasive species in my car port. The reason we saw the two was because one of dogs tried to get to it. Thankfully, she was on leash and not knowing what had her attention we didnât let her investigate but we canât watch them 24/7 so Iâm glad the spider is gone and I hope there are no more.
A Forstenâs Cat Snake, roadkill :( I went out on the road for birdwatching but saw this on my way.