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Dick's Animal Pictures |
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not all "cute and cuddly," but these are all
photos of real animals doing real things.
New photos here July 10 and here July 30, 2025 (captions in red) |
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| A tasty tidbit? | Buzzard over Sierra foothills | Hummingbird at feeder | Egret in deodar cedar tree, central Fresno CA | |
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| Deer harvesting the garden | Chipmunk in Red Fir Condos | Ground squirrel in Yosemite | Rabbit in the yard | |
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| How Furry Lewis observed his 10th birthday party |
Furry hanging around the burn barrel | Susie, fierce watch cat | Noodles, August 2002, part of the Tiger Trio | |
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| Noodles, September 2002 | Noodles, January 2003 | Stickers | Buster
(front), Stickers (rear) (by Jennifer Neely) |
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| Stickers, Winter of 2005-06 (Neely) | Stickers in White Face (Neely) | Sausage, breaking the "color barrier" | Lucky | |
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| Condor | Wild Turkeys in Mariposa | Sierra foothills salamander | ||
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| Lizard banished from the house | Lizard on the Colorado Plateau | Sierra foothill Lizard | Ohio pond frog | |
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| Rattlesnake, Sierra foothills | Gopher snake, foothills | Baby rattler (1 foot long) | Spider web in rocks by a creek | |
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| Galapagos Tortoises, Fresno Zoo | Sea turtle, Atlanta Aquarium (by Tim Liddle) | Tiny turtle (the squares on
the tablecloth are about 1 inch) |
Turtle in pond, Lake St. Louis MO | |
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| Butterfly 5 | Butterfly 9 | Butterfly 18 | Black Widow | |
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| Caterpillar, Ohio | Blond Wooly Bear, Kansas | Dragonfly on the wire | Tarantula near Pine Flat dam, Sierra foothills | |
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| Sinister spider (Jennifer Neely photo) | Quite an armful! | Giblets - the Cat in the Cap (Neely) | Giblets attacks Mr. Socks | |
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| 2008 Tarantula crop | Making his escape | Pelicans flying above Laguna Beach CA | Dolphins feeding off Dana Point CA | |
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| American avocet in pond by Cholame Valley Road |
Steller's Jay at Bothe-Napa Valley State Park | Lizard in park | ||
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| Bar fight at the Neelys | Too much TV | Deer
next to a foothill home in Oakhurst CA (J. Neely photo) |
Quail near Pt. Reyes visitor center | |
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| The
buzzards (AKA turkey vultures) come home to roost at Hensley Reservoir, Madera County CA |
Bird in flight near Bodega Bay | Elephant seals taking it easy at Jenner, CA | ||
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| Gull at Mendocino Headlands | Seagull on patrol | Pelican at RV park in Shelter Cove, CA | Wild turkeys near Oakhurst, CA | |
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| Butterfly dining | OK, who left the
garage door open? (by Bev Williams) |
Blue jay near Oakhurst CA | Siamese siesta | |
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| Alpacas in Gilroy | Beef cow at San Joaquin Gorge | Little
Hombre naps by the pump house after a good walk |
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| Noodles stands guard (Rod Neely photo) | Ants in the Sierra foothills | The
dark stripe is a path worn by thousands of ant footsteps |
Banana slug on
the trail, Russian Gulch State Park |
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| A rare sighting - baby seagulls | "Hey ma, time for dinner!" | Back yard deer at Ft. Bragg CA | Pelican flyover, Ft. Bragg | |
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| Tarantulas
go forth in the fall in search of mates |
Camels
at Mojave Narrows Park, Victorville CA |
A rare sighting of a turtle
near Pine Flat Lake, Fresno County |
Butch the Cat of
Duluth MN (April 1, 1992 - May 24, 2013) |
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Vulture soaring over the Alabama Hills | What are YOU lookin' at? | Sputnik
(originally Dusty),
the newest Neely cat, summer 2013 (by J. Neely) |
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| This gopher excavated next to my feet for several minutes at a bluegrass festival | Young
bear on the High Sierra Trail, Sequoia National Park, September 2013 |
Buck
feeding near Wuksachi Lodge in Sequoia Park |
Sharp-shin hawk at Hawk Ridge banding station, Duluth Minnesota, August 2013 | |
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| Red tail hawk near Hensley Lake, Madera County CA | Hawk airborne | Rabbit "hiding" in the brush | Duck looking for a handout | |
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| Horned Lizard,
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada |
Alleged
feral cat, part of a colony |
Another suspect | "I am NOT a feral cat - feed me!" | |
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Observer along the Clovis Old Town Trail |
Bird with yellow spot | Bluebird | Black headed bird | |
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| Turkey vulture next to
Trimmer Springs Road, Fresno County |
Woodpecker near Pine Flat Reservoir | A peanut for
Nosy, the Fresno Zoo's beloved first elephant |
Rusty
thinks there's nothing like a nice, tasty pine cone |
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| Butterfly
on dandelion, Great Basin National Park |
Foot tall ant hill in Baker, NV | Squirrel in the meadow near Devil's Postpile | Antelope in Dinosaur National Monument, CO | |
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| Cottontail rabbit in northwest Colorado | Pigmy rabbits
in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah |
Otis and Amos, hound dogs of Missouri |
Lizard
in Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado |
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| In Swanton, Ohio, it IS easy being green | Blue Heron patrolling Wampler's Lake in Michigan |
At the 2014 Mariposa County Fair | Eurasian Owl | |
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| Falcon | Turkey vulture | A closer view |
Squirrel posing in park in Clovis CA |
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| Raven over Yosemite | At least 50 ground squirrels were at
work in this field along Highway 1 in Big Sur |
Elephant
seals at San Simeon, |
Lunch time | |
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| Ducks, egrets and geese in canal in Clovis CA, May 2015 | ||||
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Mother & Father Goose and babies |
This toad visited
my front porch in summer 2015 |
Longhorns, Sierra foothills |
Egret by Dry Creek Canal in Clovis |
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| Bear
feeding on young plants in a Sierra meadow |
Two more bears at the "lunch counter" | Frog in Dry Creek Canal, Clovis CA | Duck in Helm Canal | |
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| Bobcat along Road 400 in Madera County | A "zoomed in" view | Wondering if there really
is such a thing as a free lunch |
Toad on Clovis canal bank | |
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| Chipmunk in Yosemite, August 2015 | Cat annoyed at having his breakfast interrupted |
The fine line between dead and lazy |
The hunter | |
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| Lady
cools off and gets a drink at the same time |
Drought
means expensive hay instead of natural grass |
Rare
Kaibab squirrel, |
Deer in the sage brush at Mono Lake | |
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| Horses at Red Cliffs Lodge, Colorado River Canyon near Moab Utah | ||||
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| Rare
sighting of a kingfisher by the Dry Creek Canal |
Geese
find something to |
"You can't see me" |
Blue
Jay foraging by |
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| A
good old-fashioned cattle drive, near Raymond CA |
Egret in flight | One of at least two hundred
millipedes we saw at the San Joaquin Gorge |
Horses
at Harris Ranch on Trimmer Springs Road |
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| Frog from the pond at San Joaquin Gorge | Horses
by Little Dry Creek along Highway 168 |
Cattle by Big Dry Creek just down the road |
Birds
enjoy a rain-filled |
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| Western
pond turtle at the Center for River Studies |
Snake in the grass |
Canada Geese over Hensley Lake |
Frog along San Joaquin River Trail |
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| Eagle's flight | Quail on the march | Ant
hill on the San Joaquin River Trail above Finegold |
Not the animal, but signs that he was here | |
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| Rabbit on the Parkfield-Coalinga Road | Enjoying a juicy weed | Monarch butterfly on the Lewis Creek Trail | Toad
on the Dry Creek Canal bank, spring 2016 |
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| Gray
squirrel, Wawona Meadow Trail in Yosemite |
A
robin finds something yummy beside the Dry Creek Canal |
Toad
at Cambridge Terrace Condos, June 2017 |
Literally a leaping lizard | |
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| Rabbits and rider along the Eaton Trail | Quail on
the fence at Hallowell Center for River Studies |
Marmot
checking out the tourists at Tokopah Falls |
Wild
Turkey (by Susan Crandall) |
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| Buzzards drying their wings (Crandall) | Butterfly
in the Giant Sequoia National Monument |
Chipmunk near Courtright Reservoir | Ladybugs
mass together in preparation for winter |
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| Woodpecker
busy storing acorns for the future |
Pinacate beetle, AKA stink bug | Heron at Hume Lake | Pelicans have become regular visitors to this flood basin |
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| Lots of egrets | A big pile of ladybugs in Nelder Grove | Even more ladybugs | Cows
in the trees keep a wary eye on the photographer |
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| Hawk
soars near the San Joaquin River at Friant |
And
then perches on a post to have his portrait taken |
Like
swallows to Capistrano, geese return to the flood basins of Fresno |
Frog in pond at the San Joaquin Gorge | |
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| Bald eagle near Pine Flat Lake | After
we watched each other for a while, he soared off |
"Come into my parlor..." | Close up of a member of the class Oligochaeta |
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| Snake at the Dinkey Lakes area in the Sierra | Rattlesnakes fighting near Eastman Lake | Jasper on the alert | A tiny spider occupies this bright yellow flower | |
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| Parkfield, a one-horse town | Wait a minute, there's another one! |
Bear
by the Kaweah River |
Same bear, IN the river | |
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| Marmot, relaxing | Marmot, wondering why we disturbed his nap | Cottontail rabbit by the Lewis Eaton Trail | The
Goose Family enjoys a walk on the Old Town trail in Clovis |
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| A major goose gathering | Mom and child, out
for a morning walk in Lassen National Park |
"Wait up, ma!" | North American river otter in the Feather River | |
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| The
animal wasn't home, but left a delightful large web |
Chipmunk
in Montgomery Woods poses for his portrait |
Our neighbor at Sheep Creek Campground in Cedar Grove |
Three
deer that visited our camp in Grant Grove in October, 2017 |
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| Bobcat,
Mariposa County, 2017 (Susan Crandall photo) |
Rabbit
on the Lewis Eaton Trail near the San Joaquin River |
Ducks doing a circle dance | This
frog is the perfect color for his surroundings |
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| Dinner time | Watching "Breaking Cat News"? |
Mr.
Toad lived in our back |
Snow leopard at Cat Haven | |
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| One of Cat Haven's cheetahs | Marmot mom and baby | Boss Bird
strutting near the Kings River (Wes Tthiessen) |
Ruffled grouse in Yosemite | |
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| Steller's Jay at McArthur-Burney State Park | Wild
turkeys at China Camp State Park near San Francisco Bay |
Baby
rattlesnake at Hensley Reservoir, November 2018 |
Geese on a Clovis flood basin | |
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| March of the cattle |
Massive
flight of birds over |
Mounted
Fresno PD officers on a training ride at the Jensen Ranch |
Bo stalks the wild turkeys | |
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| Happy cows on the hills above Pine Flat | Raven in Arches National Park, Utah |
Buffalo on a small ranch |
Big mama, big baby | |
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| Birds on the wire | Taking the kids to the park | Geese on Lake Millerton |
Thanksgiving for the Neely Cats: Pebbles, Mr. Bibs, and Bam Bam |
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| A flock of ravens above Lake Millerton |
Woodpeckers were busy on a January day in 2020 |
Blue Jay flight near Lake Millerton |
Curious cows at the Dry Creek Preserve in Tulare County |
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| Cows going somewhere important | Red Tail Hawk above the Eaton Trail |
Western pond turtle near the San Joaquin River Center |
Eagle flight | |
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| Cows
enjoy spring grass along Trimmer Springs Road |
Mr. Bibbs on the wood pile | Ducks at Manzanita Lake near North Fork | Bird's nest at North Fork Ranger Station | |
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| Geese on the Enterprise Canal in Fresno | Eagle standing guard above the nest | Big babies | ||
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| This colorful fellow is a western tanager | Gopher snake at Ahwahnee Preserve |
Parents keep watch on the kids swimming in the Dry Creek Canal |
Sandpipers at San Simeon | |
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| Elephant seals near San Simeon | Neely cats new for 2021 - Newton and Peanuts | Turtles in pond at Ahwahnee Hills Park | ||
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| Juvenile western skink | Baby birds, in the shell | This
handsome fellow was fence-sitting across from my garage in November 2022 |
This cat greeted us when we arrived for a hike at the Finegold Picnic Area |
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| Peanut
and Newton, ready for a hike on the leash |
High Falutin' Newton | Bald
eagle at Millerton Lake, January 2023 (Both eagle photso by Wes Thiessen) |
He posed for a while, then had enough and took flight |
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| This little green frog is at home in a tiny seasonal creek above Pine Flat Lake | Yosemite,
May 2023: 100 yards across a flooded meadow, this bear gave us a brief look, then went back to the important task of foraging for breakfast |
Turtle at Ahwahnee Hills Park (Crandall) | ||
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| One of the world-famous Oatman burros | They make themselves at home in town | Nearby, a rare sighting of a bighorn |
Pteranodon, not found alive anymore, but still an animal |
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| Rattlesnake on the Bass Lake Dam | Goat by the Dry Creek Canal in Clovis CA | The little one grazed lying down |
Ladybug demonstrates how tiny these blossoms are |
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| Measuring the slug | Lunch at the Mile High A-Frame | Dotty
has survived rattlesnake bite and skunk encounters in the Sierra |
Say hello to Archie | |
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| How fun to walk down a tree head first | Pelican at Convict Lake, Eastern Sierra | |||
| At the Chaffee Zoo, Fresno CA | ||||
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| Feeding the giraffe (Teri Liddle photo) | Lunch time | Resting 'roos | Looks good in stripes | |
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| Living lawn ornaments |
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Enjoying a dust bath | Sea Lion | |
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| Flamingos in 2015 | African spurred tortoise | Donald Trump imitator | Cheetahs
have room in the new African Adventure exhibit |
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The
rhinos also enjoy |
African elephants | Cheetah up close in 2016 | Lots
of room for giraffes to roam, and trees to munch |
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| Rhino doing what rhinos do | Elephants still enjoying a spacious area | Living up to his "King of the Jungle" billing | Even
with thick glass in between, this is scary! |
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