Suburban Necromancer

Ancient European Rock Art in Alta, Finnmark, Norway

saw this and it reminded me of you lmfao

Oh yeah, Im there all the time. Here's some of the things i look for when i'm there this time of year...

CRITTERS OF GALVESTON ISLAND (Summer)

Western Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus a. attenuatus), family Anguidae

Legless lizard

Photograph by Chad Wallis

Gulf Saltmarsh Snake (Nerodia c. clarkii), family Colubridae, Gulf Coast of TX, USA

Living in saltmarshes, this is the only snake in the U.S. that is adapted to live in salt water.

photograph by John Williams

Texas Diamond-backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin littoralis), family Emydidae, Galveston County, TX, USA

* Diamondback terrapins live in coastal salt marshes along the east coast of the U.S.

Photograph by William L. Farr

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), females coming ashore to lay eggs, family Cheloniidae

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

This mass or group egg laying event is called an “arribada”.

photograph by Hrchenge

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), family Laridae, order Charadriiformes

photographs by Glenn Bartley & Dan Pancamo 

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens), courtship display, family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes

L - normal morph, R - white morph

photograph by Wanda Phillips Nichols

Common Nighthawk aka Bullbat (Chordeiles minor), parent with chick, family Caprimulgidae, order Caprimulgiformes

photographs by Larry Pace & Steve Gifford

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) in breeding plumage, family Threskiornithidae, found in the SE United States, Central and South America