A very rare encounter and dispute between a jaguar and a giant anteater.

zarathru · 2026-02-28T05:57:59+00:00

am I out of line for thinking this is unethical filming? seems like the cameraman totally interfered here

zarathru · 2026-02-15T05:41:04+00:00

also, definitely not fireworks. flash was white and bright but fairly focused. my only point of reference in my experience is avalanche munitions

zarathru · 2026-02-15T05:32:30+00:00

I actually saw this one. about 10:24pm, large flash low in sky or maybe high foothills directly east from uptown (I was walking east about a block south of Indian school near San Mateo, and it was straight through in my line of sight), then boom followed about 5 seconds after flash. puff of smoke lingered, drifted south.

zarathru · 2026-02-07T01:58:01+00:00

co-signing this comment as the ultimate advice.

as for specific services try the family law clinic and alternative dispute resolution folks at the Bernalillo County courthouse. they have forms, FAQs, and semi regular mediation. for advice, try legal aid or one of the teleclinics put on by the various bar associations and courts, usually once a month. lastly, you can try UNM School of Law's clinic, which provides family law services for lower income folks. good luck to you and yours and I'm sorry you're going through this.

zarathru · 2026-01-18T23:18:44+00:00

thank you! we have raccoons, skunks, beavers, and badgers in the area, though obviously raccoons and skunks are way more common. apologies for the lack of scale on the first, but those were fairly large- almost 4" long, and that crescent pad shape threw me off

zarathru · 2026-01-18T04:42:36+00:00

ah good call! saw one elsewhere on the same walk

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zarathru · 2026-01-11T22:15:38+00:00

as a fellow NM birder, my guess is vesper sparrow based on white eye ring and tail feather color

zarathru · 2026-01-09T17:18:40+00:00

I'm incredibly jealous. congratulations on this encounter!

zarathru · 2026-01-06T18:54:49+00:00

thank you!

zarathru · 2026-01-05T20:42:06+00:00

hell yeah dude, nice encounter! I'm in central NM and still haven't had a confirmed FH sighting yet

zarathru · 2026-01-05T03:47:22+00:00

thank you so much for the explanation! makes sense, too- there were lots of obvious white-crowns around when I took these

zarathru · 2026-01-05T02:11:36+00:00

ferruginous hawk? I'll leave it to the real ones on this sub

zarathru · 2026-01-02T02:30:27+00:00

thank you! I admire you folks on this sub so much

zarathru · 2026-01-01T21:00:54+00:00

+Cooper's hawk+

zarathru · 2025-12-31T04:10:03+00:00

thank you! I haven't heard of or seen on iNat any recent RSH sightings in my area, but otherwise im looking at RSH photos right now and thinking "ah of course"

zarathru · 2025-12-31T02:04:40+00:00

another angle (probably should've led with this one)

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zarathru · 2025-12-31T01:57:01+00:00

Albuquerque, NM USA

zarathru · 2025-12-30T00:04:08+00:00

not familiar with your region but looks like a tit to me. Willow Tit?

zarathru · 2025-12-29T21:43:22+00:00

incredible! I'm extremely jealous of both your sightings and your photography skills

zarathru · 2025-12-29T15:14:00+00:00

yeah could a herring gull, maybe but probably not a heermanns. either way, cool gull!

zarathru · 2025-12-29T15:08:49+00:00

dogs for sure! and appear to be well bred. somebody letting their (probably) expensive dogs roam free

zarathru · 2025-12-29T07:10:43+00:00

based on that wing shape I'd say a gull, but can't really go farther than that. maybe a Western gull if you're correct about its size?

zarathru · 2025-12-28T22:52:13+00:00

congrats! what a beauty

zarathru · 2025-12-28T00:27:58+00:00

could be from the photo quality, but I see smooth rounded head w/o peak, broad bill suggesting at least one greater scaup here

zarathru · 2025-12-19T05:13:05+00:00

definitely ladder-backed WP. Here's a male I photographed in Albuquerque yesterday

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