Nature never fails to surprise me! One time, I saw a garter snake climb a bush, which I had no idea they could do so gracefully. Another time, I watched a squirrel carefully dip a piece of bread into a puddle like it was softening it before eating. Have you ever witnessed wildlife doing something t…

I didn’t observe this personally (feel free to flag this comment), but I recently learned that octopuses lead hunting parties on reefs. I HAVE scuba dived, but I’m not much of a diver, so I don’t know why I expected myself to know that. Many iNatters are the “wildlife expert” in their circle of hum…

I was watching a group of tufted titmice in the canopy when all of a sudden, two of them locked their talons together and spun around until they hit the ground. Both sat there and were breathing heavily for about 30 seconds until they flew off. I think they were fighting for a mate? Or maybe territo…

Besides my trees changing their sex , I think it would this. The young of Ctenosaura similis , which species we call tolocs, are bright green and there is almost always one living in the garden, usually just one at a time though. I cannot explain the why, but I realized that a particular young toloc…

One thing that puzzles and surprises me is when a species starts behaving in a different way. The example I have in mind is a very common Australian bird called the noisy miner https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ee7498bf-c57c-4463-b313-710d4959cc95 , named because of …

I’ve seen a house finch juvenile mimic a white breasted nuthatch it saw on a suet feeder on a tree. Climbing vertically [failed attempt to do so] just like the nut hatch. Amazing! I have photos of it too. Also, from the same brood of house finch juveniles, they kept bullying a male cardinal who was…

My backyard groundhog deciding to be a squirrel one day and climb a tree: [image]

I saw an interesting one just today - there’s a lone wild turkey hanging around our neighborhood, and today we watched her in the local park for a bit. She was casually wandering around pecking at things here and there… and then she spotted a fox squirrel on the ground foraging. She suddenly put her…

unfortunately i was unable to get a picture, but there was a mallard duck just sitting in a tree by my house. i know there are cavity-nesting ducks, but im quite sure that mallards nest on the ground… no idea what he was doing in the tree.

What’s the most unexpected behavior you’ve observed in wildlife?

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