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n white faced owl were the same species but are now recognized as separate birds his lil whiskers are called bristles and they function like cat whiskers he s just learned to tear meat the trainer had big tweezers to give him lil bits of rabbit some were placed on her glove and some were put right in front of his beak he kept bobbing his head around which is called triangulating and helps him figure out how far away things are checks notes these are also known as transformer owls like screech owls they can stretch themselves real tall and thin to try and camouflage itself as a branch search for transformer owl and you ll see what i mean after today he ll spend time with a foster parent to teach him how to bird then he ll join the legion of ambassador birds they have out here ps his feathers are so fluffy my phone had a hard time taking clear pictures of them if you re near boise this is absolutely worth a trip they have so many other birds to see and there s a walking trail just outside as well as a huge ampitheatre they use when it s not too hot out thanks so much for telling us about this thank you for taking such wonderful photos and sharing i also highly recommend checking out the center if you re in the area posted 4 days ago 1 481 notes via text saturday 30 may 2026 animalphotorefs new species toco toucans alt alt alt alt alt alt alt alt more photos as always on the site toco toucans animal photo reference repository animal photo reference repository the animal photo reference repository is an independent permanently open access project and funded entirely by donations artists creating derivative or transformative works without ai have blanket permission to use all photos in the repository as references patreon ko fi posted 5 days ago 237 notes via text friday 29 may 2026 onionowlwatchingu why animals do the thing the world center for birds of prey in boise has a new white faced owl chick and he s doing 1pm demos the next two days 5 28 5 29 i cannot sadly teleport to idaho this week but if you re in idaho and have thursdays or fridays off please go see this fluffball on my behalf alt i got to see the lil fella today so many people showed up they had to split the session into 2 groups so we didn t overwhelm the birb this lil guy is nox they aren t 100 sure what sex it is but they re pretty sure he s male he s a brancher so he can t fly yet but is real good at jumping in the wild he d be jumping from branch to branch to build up his flight muscles but he ll be flying soon nox is 5 weeks old weighs 190g and has reached his adult size but his flight and tail feathers haven t grown in yet he ll be a full adult next week the northern white faced owl is from africa usually between the sahara and the equator according to wikipedia staff just said africa it used to be believed that this and another species the southern white faced owl were the same species but are now recognized as separate birds his lil whiskers are called bristles and they function like cat whiskers he s just learned to tear meat the trainer had big tweezers to give him lil bits of rabbit some were placed on her glove and some were put right in front of his beak he kept bobbing his head around which is called triangulating and helps him figure out how far away things are checks notes these are also known as transformer owls like screech owls they can stretch themselves real tall and thin to try and camouflage itself as a branch search for transformer owl and you ll see what i mean after today he ll spend time with a foster parent to teach him how to bird then he ll join the legion of ambassador birds they have out here ps his feathers are so fluffy my phone had a hard time taking clear pictures of them if you re near boise this is absolutely worth a trip they have so many other birds to see and there s a walking trail just outside as well as a huge ampitheatre they use when it s not too hot out thanks so much for telling us about this thank you for taking such wonderful photos and sharing i also highly recommend checking out the center if you re in the area posted 6 days ago 1 481 notes via text wednesday 27 may 2026 the world center for birds of prey in boise has a new white faced owl chick and he s doing 1pm demos the next two days 5 28 5 29 i cannot sadly teleport to idaho this week but if you re in idaho and have thursdays or fridays off please go see this fluffball on my behalf alt posted 1 week ago 1 481 notes text sunday 24 may 2026 animalphotorefs animalphotorefs animalphotorefs animalphotorefs baby capybara photography trip fundraising begins okay folk the poll indicated enough of you are able to contribute towards traveling for baby capybaras that might be able to pull it off i ve officially launched a new ko fi goal to fundraise for it remember this is one of the babies we re hoping to get five million photos of for the repository alt photo by m owyang posted with permission and not part of repository photos that are free to use here s the important details a zoo within reasonable road trip distance for me just had a litter of capybaras two weeks ago they re stinking cute it s a two day drive each way and i plan to spend two days at the zoo i ll be car camping all of the nights on the road but need a hotel or airbnb for two nights in the city my original cost estimate was a little off due to the ridiculousness of gas prices at the moment r i p but i think 800 is the minimum amount i need to raise for this trip if we can fully fund the trip my plan is to go in mid may before the babies have too much time to grow up because rodents grow up so dang fast which means we ve got about two weeks to make this work if we can t raise enough funding for the trip to happen all contributions towards it will be put in a pot to be used for the next photography trip ideally i d refund everyone but payment processors make that so dang hard are we hyped for baby citrus bathing web footed oddly chill rodents i hope so because i am let s make this dream of cuteness a reality support animal photo reference repository support animal photo reference repository ko fi baby capybaras guaranteed holy crap folks y all funded the minimum amount needed for this trip in less than 24 hours alt there were also two incredibly generous donations to which i must say wow you must really like capybara and thank you so much i m going to leave the goal up and continued donations are always welcome 800 is an estimate but a buffer is always helpful if there s a bunch of additional contributions i may be able to add an extra day for photography at another nearby facility as before any funds not used on the trip will go into a kitty for future photo trips operation babybaras is a go i am setting off on operation babybaras tomorrow i ll be shooting monday and tuesday of next week unfortunately it looks like the steller s sea lion has moved on from the sf pier but if the funding stretches to cover it i ll do at least one other facility while i m in the bay area to flesh out some species like spotted hyenas operation babybaras is complete i will be home shortly to start sorting and editing the photos posted 1 week ago 741 notes via text wednesday 20 may 2026 why animals do the thing accessibility fails at oakland zoo have struck again i was like heck my body is doing well i m going to hike the zoo hills today instead of renting a scooter i am optimistic five minutes in i caught my toe at an unmarked raised edge at a viewing platform and nearly ate shit face first on concrete with all my camera gear on my back siiiiiigh tbd on if knees will cooperate now or i have to shell out for an ecv yeah that s 30 more for the day because they don t appropriately mark trip hazards i know a lot of zoo people don t get why i harp so hard on basic accessibility but like i m tired of getting hurt when visiting through preventable things posted 2 weeks ago 531 notes via text wednesday 20 may 2026 accessibility fails at oakland zoo have struck again i was like heck my body is doing well i m going to hike the zoo hills today instead of renting a scooter i am optimistic five minutes in i caught my toe at an unmarked raised edge at a viewing platform and nearly ate shit face first on concrete with all my camera gear on my back siiiiiigh tbd on if knees will cooperate now or i have to shell out for an ecv posted 2 weeks ago 531 notes this has been a complaint zoo accessibility text sunday 17 may 2026 cotton top tamarins always seem to be really interested in my masks even at different facilities i m sure it s because most places have keepers masking around primates still and not because i m a marmoset magnet regardless it s absolutely delightful to have an entire troupe congregate directly in front of your face and examine you studiously alt it leads to some wonderful portraits too alt alt alt posted 2 weeks ago 1 297 notes tumblrask friday 15 may 2026 hi what kind of camera s and lens es do you use for your wildlife photography right now i use a sigma 60 600 4 5 6 3 and a canon 35mm 1 8 macro i frequently rent a canon 85mm 1 2 and a canon 70 200 2 8 amazingly we are very close to fully crowdfunding the latter of the two rentals i should be able to purchase it soon which is good because it s my main workhorse for dark indoor settings posted 2 weeks ago 36 notes text friday 15 may 2026 animalphotorefs animalphotorefs animalphotorefs baby capybara photography trip fundraising begins okay folk the poll indicated enough of you are able to contribute towards traveling for baby capybaras that might be able to pull it off i ve officially launched a new ko fi goal to fundraise for it remember this is one of the babies we re hoping to get five million photos of for the repository alt photo by m owyang posted with permission and not part of repository photos that are free to use here s the important details a zoo within reasonable road trip distance for me just had a litter of capybaras two weeks ago they re stinking cute it s a two day drive each way and i plan to spend two days at the zoo i ll be car camping all of the nights on the road but need a hotel or airbnb for two nights in the city my original cost estimate was a little off due to the ridiculousness of gas prices at the moment r i p but i think 800 is the minimum amount i need to raise for this trip if we can fully fund the trip my plan is to go in mid may before the babies have too much time to grow up because rodents grow up so dang fast which means we ve got about two weeks to make this work if we can t raise enough funding for the trip to happen all contributions towards it will be put in a pot to be used for the next photography trip ideally i d refund everyone but payment processors make that so dang hard are we hyped for baby citrus bathing web footed oddly chill rodents i hope so because i am let s make this dream of cuteness a reality support animal photo reference repository support animal photo reference repository ko fi baby capybaras guaranteed holy crap folks y all funded the minimum amount needed for this trip in less than 24 hours alt there were also two incredibly generous donations to which i must say wow you must really like capybara and thank you so much i m going to leave the goal up and continued donations are always welcome 800 is an estimate but a buffer is always helpful if there s a bunch of additional contributions i may be able to add an extra day for photography at another nearby facility as before any funds not used on the trip will go into a kitty for future photo trips operation babybaras is a go i am setting off on operation babybaras tomorrow i ll be shooting monday and tuesday of next week unfortunately it looks like the steller s sea lion has moved on from the sf pier but if the funding stretches to cover it i ll do at least one other facility while i m in the bay area to flesh out some species like spotted hyenas i feel like i should say this if you ever see me around at a place doing photography you re always welcome to say hi i am three raccoons in a trenchcoat as are all long term tumblr denizens and i promise it will not be weird key characteristics to identify why animals do the thing in the wild hair up in a high bun n95 at all times probably an industrial one because my camera eyepiece shreds nicer ones sigh wrist braces almost always a ridiculously giant lens on a cross body strap i might ask to take a bit to finish up what i m trying to shoot before chatting but it s always fun and never an inconvenience to meet other hellsite humans you don t even have to compliment my shoelaces posted 2 weeks ago 741 notes via text sunday 10 may 2026 animalphotorefs animalphotorefs photos of the day snow leopard mother s day artists creating derivative or transformative works without ai have blanket permission to use these and all photos in the repository as references including works that will may be sold the animal photo reference repository is an independent permanently open access project and funded entirely by donations please consider contributing if you can patreon ko fi a few more from the archives alt alt posted 3 weeks ago 1 633 notes via text sunday 10 may 2026 animalphotorefs photo of the day bornean orangutans let s snuggle with mama alt the animal photo reference repository is an independent permanently open access project and funded entirely by donations artists creating derivative or transformative works without ai have blanket permission to use all photos in the repository as references patreon ko fi posted 3 weeks ago 232 notes via text thursday 07 may 2026 animalphotorefs important poll for future site features one of the most requested features for the site is a random image button it is coming as part of the major site update in the works but i need to know how you want it to work my dev and i have completely different preferences re the ui so i decided we re just going to ask the audience we re building it for the reference in my head is the way stumbleupon used to work for folk who didn t use it or would be too young to remember it you went to the stumbleupon website and it gave you a blank page with a button that said stumble when you clicked the button it would load a random webpage the button stayed maybe in a top nav and you could click it again to stumble on a new random site i envision and analog of this for the repository where there is a single originally empty random image page at random that you d navigate to then when you click a button it loads a single image inside the page the url of the page would stay permanently at random there would be a thing to click if you wanted to go to the permalink of the individual image but the way it would display that it would be loaded inside the random page rather than taking you to the image s specific permalink my dev guy envisions a random option more like the current xkcd feature in that option the option for a random image would be i don t know qui...