Polish wildlife and similar wild life where you live.

dtaylor5632Threads: 48 Posts: 4,348 Joined: May 2, 09 ♂	Mar 31, 10, 20:20 #181
ShawnH: The looking or the imbibing? Both, need to think of decent excuse to start again, going to the Scottish Highlands on Friday and on Saturday going to a barn dance. Maybe......just maybe....

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,648 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀	Apr 1, 10, 01:33 #182
SeanBM: I think it definitely looks like a deer, although I have no knowledge of which particular dear, which sex or how old it is. If it's a deer you can figure sex but not age. SeanBM: I will give an indication of size and of walking pattern, so as we may be better informed next time, as to which animal they may be. Walking pattern and an indication of size is crucial.

TymoteuszThreads: 7 Posts: 694 Joined: Jul 25, 09 ♂	Edited by: Tymoteusz Apr 1, 10, 06:06 #183
Bzibzioh: If it's a deer you can figure sex but not age. Depending on species, age traits are very subtle. I do a passable job with Whitetail deer just by having 35 years of experience doing so. (Keep in mind that 6 or 7 years is max you are ever likely to find) The definative way to age a deer is through the wear on the teeth.

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,648 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀	Apr 1, 10, 14:56 #184
Tymoteusz: Depending on species, age traits are very subtle. I do a passable job with Whitetail deer just by having 35 years of experience doing so. Wow, I'm impressed! I have never meet anyone who can do that with competence. Total respect! I have some experience but not to that point.

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Apr 30, 10, 15:10 #185

SeanBM:

I will also put photos of crows on here, although found in abundance all over Europe, I like the way they look, walk and act.

There are very many birds here, surely they do not become interesting only if they are rare?

I will continue to post about the animals here, be they common or not.

I saw these on youtube videos and thought they were very interesting:

David Attenborough,
Bird Intelligence: Crows busting nuts in traffic

The amazing intelligence of crows - Joshua Klein

lukaszpoznanskiThreads: 19 Posts: 79 Joined: Mar 24, 08 ♂	Edited by: lukaszpoznanski Apr 30, 10, 19:09 #186
I took this picture in Kraków four days ago, in Zakrzówek park. http://picasaweb.google.com/lucas.poznanski/FloraFauna#546449054964110 3570

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Apr 30, 10, 19:47 #187
What type of insect is that lukaszpoznanski? Nice shot, by the way.

lukaszpoznanskiThreads: 19 Posts: 79 Joined: Mar 24, 08 ♂	Apr 30, 10, 19:57 #188
SeanBM: What type of insect is that lukaszpoznanski? Nice shot, by the way. Thanks Sean. I think it's a wasp, or some kind of hornet?

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Edited by: SeanBM Apr 30, 10, 20:10 #189
lukaszpoznanski: I think it's a wasp, or some kind of hornet? It looks like it'd sting you alright. I never knew that Hornets (Szerszen po Polsku) are the largest eusocial wasps. I also didn't know what eusocial meant either.

pawianThreads: 80 Posts: 4,542 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Edited by: pawian Aug 5, 10, 23:03 #190
My catches:

pgtxThreads: 48 Posts: 6,269 Joined: Feb 14, 09 ♀ [Moderator]	Aug 5, 10, 23:08 #191
how cool pawian! great pictures!!

WroclawThreads: 74 Posts: 7,276 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Aug 5, 10, 23:25 #192
we have a pair of these near my place of work. i've spent the last three years trying to photograph them, but it's almost impossible. there was also a pair in one of the parks last year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Oriole

pawianThreads: 80 Posts: 4,542 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Edited by: pawian Aug 6, 10, 00:24 #193
pgtx: how cool pawian! great pictures!! Thanx. I can only say that no animal was harmed during the photo session. Harmed animals in my photos were already dead. Porn flick:

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Aug 13, 10, 21:04 #194
Wroclaw: we have a pair of these near my place of work. i've spent the last three years trying to photograph them, but it's almost impossible. 'Almost', so there is hope, keep trying, they'd be a delight to see. pawian: My catches: Great photos Pawian!

sobieskiThreads: 80 Posts: 1,121 Joined: Jun 1, 08 ♂	Aug 13, 10, 21:29 #195
Ducks seem to be more sympathetic at home somehow.

zetigrekThreads: 59 Posts: 2,710 Joined: May 20, 10 ♂	Edited by: zetigrek Aug 13, 10, 22:08 #196
I'm not sure if there already was a Bażant. In Lodz we have lots of them running free in the bushes (especially in the Park Widzewski and railtracks nearby). I haven't got my own pic of them because as for me they run to fast to take a pic ;) But here you have some pics from net to see how it looks like:

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Aug 14, 10, 17:19 #197
zetigrek: I haven't got my own pic of them because as for me they run to fast to take a pic ;) I have the same problem with all wildlife photos. I think we have to bait them with some food, so they are still enough to take photos of

scorpioThreads: 26 Posts: 196 Joined: Nov 15, 07 ♂	Nov 3, 10, 18:54 #198
Here is a short video of some of the village I live in and neighbors plowing my land with a horse. It's beautiful here. Enjoy!

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Nov 3, 10, 19:12 #199
scorpio: Here is a short video of some of the village I live in and neighbors plowing my land with a horse. It's beautiful here. Enjoy! That's a fine horse. What are you planning to grow? Funny music, reminds me of a nursery rhyme.

scorpioThreads: 26 Posts: 196 Joined: Nov 15, 07 ♂	Nov 3, 10, 19:18 #200
SeanBM: That's a fine horse. What are you planning to grow? Funny music, reminds me of a nursery rhyme. Yeah, he's a nice horse and works all the time with his owner. This year, I had around 15 kg beans and over 120 kg of potatoes. Next year, I will plant carrots, onions, and potatoes. The music is typical Polish Góralskie (Highlanders) by the Polish group "Misart".

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Nov 3, 10, 19:25 #201
scorpio: This year, I had around 15 kg beans and over 120 kg of potatoes. Next year, I will plant carrots, onions, and potatoes. Living off the land, sounds wonderful. Do you have any live stock? I could have you mixed up with another poster, excuse me if I do but do you run a tourist visiting centre there?

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Nov 3, 10, 19:30 #202

SeanBM:

Living off the land, sounds wonderful.
Do you have any live stock?

I could have you mixed up with another poster, excuse me if I do but do you run a tourist visiting centre there?

I have a newly renovated barn (can be seen in the background in the video on the left) but no livestock, yet. There will be chickens, and perhaps a pony.

My home is a center of agro-tourism and eco-tourism, and yes, I do accept guests. There are many such guest houses all over Poland.

BarneyThreads: 14 Posts: 1,469 Joined: May 26, 08 ♂	Nov 3, 10, 19:32 #203
scorpio: will plant carrots In my experience carrots are hard to grow, you need to keep them covered or spray them a lot. I hope you have good luck.

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Nov 3, 10, 19:47 #204

Barney:

In my experience carrots are hard to grow, you need to keep them covered or spray them a lot. I hope you have good luck.

Carrots are not difficult to grow at all. My neighbor has land adjacent to mine and had literally hundreds of beautiful, tasty, large carrots this year without any cover or spray. All natural. Keep in mind, it also depends on what type of soil you have. In this area the soil is excellent. Our location is in Southeastern Poland, between Tarnów and Nowy Sącz in the Carpathian foothills.

BarneyThreads: 14 Posts: 1,469 Joined: May 26, 08 ♂	Nov 3, 10, 20:25 #205
scorpio: My neighbor has land adjacent to mine and had literally hundreds of beautiful, tasty, large carrots this year without any cover or spray. All natural. That is so lucky. I have good carrot friendly soil but lots of pests:( How do you combat carrot fly in poland?

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Edited by: SeanBM Nov 3, 10, 20:29 #206
I have seen quite a few small snakes with ZASKRONIEC (Common grass snake) over the summer. I will point out that there are no snakes in my country of origin, so there is nothing common about these guys for me :)

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Edited by: SeanBM Nov 3, 10, 20:55 #207

Defence
Playing dead also in ecdysis.

Not being venomous, the snake's only defence is to produce a garlic-smelling fluid from the anal glands, or to feign death by becoming completely limp[3]. They may also perform an aggressive display in defence, hissing and striking without actually opening the mouth. They rarely bite in defence. It is claimed that they may also secrete blood from the mouth and nose whilst playing dead.

So it's defence is garlic farts and a nose bleed. Nature truly is wonderful :)

Grass snake (Wiki)

wildroverThreads: 180 Posts: 8,143 Joined: Jun 7, 07 ♂	Nov 3, 10, 22:27 #208
SeanBM: So it's defence is garlic farts and a nose bleed. I wonder if that would keep a babcia at bay in a supermarket que...?

A JThreads: 19 Posts: 4,642 Joined: May 21, 10 ♂	Nov 4, 10, 00:17 #209
SeanBM: During winter months large numbers of some of the rarest bat species converge in the passages of the WWII Miedzyrzecki underground bunker. Rare? Do they have vampire bats aswell? (Yes, serious question.) :)

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Nov 4, 10, 11:28 #210

SeanBM:

I see that a lot of people on here are interested in this topic

This is great, I hope to become a vet one day and move to Poland and get involved in conservation so this thread is jst the thing for me........I also read somewhere that Poland has bears, however very little of them and they are threatened with extinction which is very sad. Also does Poland have the largest or oldest wildlife reserve in europe?

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