My Trip to Grandfather Mountain, NC

[BColeman]

I thought that maybe some of you would enjoy the following wildlife pictures I took. I went to Grandfather Mountain here in North Carolina for Father's Day, and I really enjoyed myself. My wife, and 2 oldest kids, went in my car, which was a real treat. Especially the roads, twisty, off-camber, uphill, downhill. Very fun, both the roads and the national park.

Check 'em out.

First and foremost, my most favorite BIRD, the Bald Eagle. I stood for over an hour watching him, he's beautiful.

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Some deer they had there. I've got more pics of them, but I didn't want to post too many.

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A resident otter:

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I've got a few of the following cougar, but this one is my favorite:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/bpc217/Grandfather%20Mountain/100_0237.jpg

And lastly, a young black bear. It's parent were sleeping on the other side of the rock. I've got pictures of them too, but mostly their feet and legs.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/bpc217/Grandfather%20Mountain/100_0249.jpg

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I hope you enjoy. It was a very nice place to visit. I can't wait to go back, maybe in the cooler months, when there are even more animals roaming about.

[2k2GT]

Great pictures! I wish there's any place arround Raleigh like this.

P.S. Bald eagle is not a mammal. :)

[Whipper]

nice pics. I love going to places like this aswell. Theres a place out here that has a zonky (zebra/donkey). It looks like a striped donkey. pretty funny

[Ugzz]

all mammals at some point in their life have hair/fur
they all breathe air
there all warm blooded

and damn, i think there are two more also.. cant remember.. so "are YOU smarter then a 5th grader" lol

As for the pics. i love the eagle ones, thats awesome

[hyunelan2]

all mammals at some point in their life have hair/fur
they all breathe air
there all warm blooded

and damn, i think there are two more also.. cant remember.. so "are YOU smarter then a 5th grader" lol

As for the pics. i love the eagle ones, thats awesome

I believe the other two are:
Give birth to live young
Nurse their young

great pictures, btw

[punkrocker3_00]

Good pictures.

But yeah, Eagles are not part of the mammal family.

[Ugzz]

I believe the other two are:
Give birth to live young
Nurse their young

great pictures, btw


on the money, i just had to look it up :D

i also like the one of the bear when hes lookin right at the camera.
What kinda camera you got?

[SuperGLS]

I want an otter as a pet. They are cool and can swim fast. They are one of my favorite animals at the zoo.

[04GTboySC]

yea thats a nice park dude i want to make a trip up there on a weekend i was there last summer

[PSUsouthpaw]

Awesome pictures! Glad to hear your trip went well!

[BColeman]

Great pictures! I wish there's any place arround Raleigh like this.

P.S. Bald eagle is not a mammal. :)

Well, I can't be right everytime. I figured since it was warm blooded, I would just say mammals, though I should have known it wouldn't fly. It was laziness on my part.

And, if you just hop on I-40 West for 2 hours and hit S.R. 421 North, you'll be there in another hour and a half. It's worth the $14 admission price. There were quite a few other things to do there, like a swinging bridge that's over a mile above ground, and hiking. But the kids are too small for that stuff.

yea thats a nice park dude i want to make a trip up there on a weekend i was there last summer

Man, it was great. I'm a nature, woodsy person. I'm an Eagle Scout, though I received that 12 years ago. But it's in my nature to be outdoors, in the woods, camping, hiking, etc.

Awesome pictures! Glad to hear your trip went well!

Thank you sir! ! ! And thanks for vouching for me in the other post:D

And the camera I use is:

Kodak Easyshare Z650
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/bpc217/kodak_Z650PP_frontback-001.jpg

[zx2uner]

I believe the other two are:
Give birth to live young
Nurse their young

great pictures, btw

Actually all mammals:
1. warm-blooded
2. vertebrates
3. mammary gland in females
4. presence of hair
5. 3 middle ear bones
6. neocortex region in the brain

And against popular belief...not all mammals give birth to live young....such as the platypus, which lays eggs.

I was once a biology major;)

[SuperGLS]

once a biology major;)

And always a dork.

[Munky]

And always a dork.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b114/MunkyMofo/admin0or9uy6srny0.gif

[bdiggy]

^^Those last 2 posts f'ing rock:abovelol: and the pics are nice too man. Looks like a cool place to hang for the day.

[Ugzz]

Actually all mammals:
1. warm-blooded
2. vertebrates
3. mammary gland in females
4. presence of hair
5. 3 middle ear bones
6. neocortex region in the brain

And against popular belief...not all mammals give birth to live young....such as the platypus, which lays eggs.

I was once a biology major;)

you should call my local pbs station and ***** then lol
they had a special on mammals and listed the 5 me and hyun put up. and i used that as me reference lol.. so i didnt really as much "look it up" as i just "saw it" on tv lol


and as always, no matter what context i see it in. i am always amused by that animated pic above ^ lol

[joph09]

very crisp pictures! I was going to get that exact same camera but I bought a Fuji finepix instead, either way good stuff.

[BColeman]

Thank you.

I like the camera too. This is the second digi we've owned, the first being a Canon Powershot. I like how pictures turn out on this one though, and the ease with which to change the features. I like the zoom quality too. Those pictures I took, I was over 100 to 200 feet away. For the deer, I was a little farther than 200 feet away.

[CornbreadXD]

nice pics, did you see anyone feed the animals? When i was younger i was able to throw marshmallows to the bears at the cleveland zoo but then they had to make a pit to seperate visitors cause the bear died from his crazy diet.

[BColeman]

No, I didn't see anyone feed the animals. They do let the public feed the bears, but only at certain times during the day, and you have to buy the feed from a shack near the corral.

[CornbreadXD]

thats cool cause bears really like marshmallows even though it kills them.

[BColeman]

^ That's cause they are diabetic, right? Well, of a sort anyway, I think.

[Ugzz]

and dogs love chocolate

[zx2uner]

And always a dork.

hey;)

[evan938]

so its more like a zoo/park then?

the bald eagle is f'in awesome. ive seen 2-3 in the wild up here in ohio...we have a place we used to duck hunt when i was still into hunting a few years back...they have a huge bird sanctuary near it, and you could see bald eagles sometimes. definitely cool as **** to see in the wild