# Today in nature I saw **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854 "2020-07-20T18:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 132
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2623 "2023-09-18T21:34:28Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > …Zebra Longwing butterfly. Man, that is one handsome butterfly! j ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2624 "2023-09-18T22:51:09Z")
Here he is- my wife got a photo: [[Album] Imgur: The magic of the Internet ![](https://i.imgur.com/RRsBQZ1.jpeg?fb "Imgur: The magic of the Internet") ](https://imgur.com/a/bWfqRBN) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2625 "2023-09-19T00:14:53Z")
Thanks! Apparently it’s Florida’s state butterfly. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2626 "2023-09-19T00:15:47Z")
Colorado is so beautiful. One of the best places I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2627 "2023-09-19T00:49:43Z")
Yes, it is. Here’s my Nature Photo from today: [![](https://i.imgur.com/qlIMxJY.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/qlIMxJY.png) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2628 "2023-09-19T00:53:54Z")
Talk about a good place to lookout from! [![](https://i.imgur.com/gF4ybYH.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/gF4ybYH.png) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2629 "2023-09-19T01:02:35Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Here’s my Nature Photo from today: Lovely. I really enjoy nice landscape shots, but I’ve noticed I just don’t have a great eye for them myself. What looks good(ish) in the viewfinder never seems to translate to the final image as well as I’d like. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2630 "2023-09-19T01:09:39Z")
I take a LOT of images so that I can find one that I am happy with. What I’ve noticed is: landscapes that look amazing when viewed from the car often only look so-so on film (digital). I was thinking about this today, and I believe there are at least two things at play: the cropping of the windshield, and the tint and brightness reduction of the glass. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2631 "2023-09-19T01:40:16Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > An exciting Saturday! First of all, we found this yellow rat snake in the barn. He’d gotten himself all knotted up in some plastic mesh out there, Glad you found him. We’ve had a few instances of this and found out about it too late ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2632 "2023-09-19T01:45:32Z")
This guy has been trying to poach the frogs out of our pond. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ms0qy3N.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ms0qy3N) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2633 "2023-09-19T04:12:04Z")
Today in nature I saw… A really cool lightning storm. [![](https://i.imgur.com/Po1Cc93.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/Po1Cc93.png) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2634 "2023-09-19T06:25:39Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > A really cool lightning storm. Again, fantastic shot 🙂. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2635 "2023-09-19T12:55:40Z")
Nice shot. Luck or planning? ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2636 "2023-09-19T13:37:18Z")
Fabulous. Re the luck vs planning thing, I’m guessing that to a certain extent you made your own luck? j ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2637 "2023-09-19T13:44:17Z")
Planning, in that I had my camera and tripod. Lucky that I saw the lightning when I went to walk the dogs, and that we happen to be staying at an AirBnB that is on a bluff, overlooking the Animas valley. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2638 "2023-09-19T14:23:53Z")
Literally and figuratively stunning. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2639 "2023-09-19T14:41:04Z")
A few hours before, we were walking to dinner in Historic Durango. It was raining, but what was freaking my wife out was the thunder - it was cracking and booming every few seconds, and it was **loud**. The storm must have moved off to the west, because when we finished dinner, it had stopped raining and the sun was out: [![](https://i.imgur.com/qfppQBu.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/qfppQBu.png) ETA: I love the weather up here - so much variety! ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2640 "2023-09-23T05:37:31Z")
Our neighborhood Cooper’s hawk swooped low over my windshield as I was turning onto my street this afternoon. He was chasing a pigeon, but he didn’t seem all that serious about it, and he was finally close enough in flight that I can identify him as a Cooper’s and not a sharp-shinned hawk (there was some controversy)! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2642 "2023-09-23T15:50:26Z")
I saw a barred owl this morning on a branch right over my head! He was being harassed by a couple of blue jays. He stared at us for a moment, then decided to move on. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2643 "2023-09-23T16:59:38Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > Bats can’t fly from the ground apparently There are some exceptions to that rule, like the [vampire bat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_bat) and the [lesser short-tailed bat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_lesser_short-tailed_bat) in New Zealand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854.md?page=131) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854.md?page=133)