I'm just about 200 miles away from the nearest flying squirrel populations in the States so they are definitely a curiosity for me.
I had at least one experience with a screech owl, recently, where I used a C8+ to observe it from about 75 meters. The best I thought I could do was get a recording of it but even that proved elusive.
I got within 15 to 18 feet from the Owl before it flew away.
I have gotten other pics of Owls before.That is the closest I got and the best picture.
EDIT: I never saw a Bald Eagle until 5 years ago. I have seen them about a Dozen times but never got a good picture .One time was at night.I heard a loud noise ,pointed my torch high up in tree as he flew away.
The last Eagle I saw a few weeks ago, there were Two flying together.Couldn’t get a photo.
in nyc the only wildlife i saw today was a roach, but it was too quick , it ran under cove base before i could take its picture. now I’m not sure if i should consider roaches a wildlife, seems more like domesticated animals
They hung around on the fence completely frozen for about a minute when I had them lit up with my phone’s LED. My LEP probably shocked them earlier before I saw them. Imagine suddenly looking into the sun in the middle of the night.
Maybe like some revenuers breakin up moonshine stills.
i went to a party at a friends place; at first she thought they were cute and needed feedin, now they start bangin down the door if it ain’t out there by 9:30
Because I was racing to work tonight I didn’t get a chance to stop and question the jogger, but I turned the corner as he jogged in the opposite direction and he was either being chased by two deer or they were his running partners. They were running at the same pace as him less than 5 feet behind him. Weird