This month we have a “Count the Animals” photo for you to decipher. The challenge is to not only identify the animal in question but to guess how many of them are in the picture.
Please be as specific as possible. Good luck!
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Instructions: When you think you have figured it out, enter [...]
Thank you to everyone who took a shot at the April 2008 Travel Challenge, which was another in our series of “Count the Ducklings”.
Congratulations to Alison for the most specific guess—she even nailed the exact number of ducklings in the photograph!
This family of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks mystified us because we came across them at Cooper [...]
Thank you for all the great guesses for the December 2007 Mystery Photo—congratulations to Debi and Alison their close guesses.
The birds in question (11 of them in the picture below) are from a famous flock. For those of you who may not be familiar, they have their own book and movie, both titled Parrots of [...]
This month for the Mystery Photo we are offering you another “count ‘em” challenge. You need to count the animals as well as identify the type of animal. Good luck!
How to play: Find and count the animals, then place your guess in the comment area below. Please be as specific as possible. The photos used [...]
A big thank you to everyone who gave it a shot (see original photo). I’ll be honest with you—when I sorted through my photos a few weeks after taking them I didn’t even know for sure what this photo was. My first thought was, “Huh, that’s funny, I don’t remember seeing a bear cub recently.” [...]
This month for the Mystery Photo we are back to the straightforward challenge: “guess the critter.” Be as specific as you can, and good luck!
How it works: Submit your best guess in the comment area below with your name and email address (and optional website URL). We will not post comments until next Friday, November [...]
Wow, for the first time our Mystery photo contest does not have a winner. I didn’t think it possible but it looks like we finally stumped you! We knew it was a tough photo. We did have some excellent guesses (see the original).
The brown dots in the photo were Pronghorn “Antelopes”. A few were standing [...]
This month for the Mystery Photo we are featuring another “count ‘em” challenge. This time you need to count the animals as well as identify the type of animal. Good luck!
How it works: We will not post comments until next Sunday, October 21st, 2007. That gives everyone a chance to guess. That day we will [...]
Thank you for all your guesses! There were actually TWO correct answers for the September 2007 mystery photo: “Gopher Snake” or “Bullsnake” (Pituophis catenifer).
Congratulations to Chris J. and Karen/Rich for guessing correctly.
Gopher Snakes are found throughout North America and are a welcome sight in many yards. The non-venomous snakes can reach up to six feet [...]
The ninth installment of Mystery Photo is here:
How to play: Find a hidden animal in the photo, then place your guess in the comment area below. Please be as specific as possible. Each month I will post a new photo for you to try and decipher. The photos are not doctored; they are the glorious [...]
A big thank you to everyone who took a stab at this month’s Mystery Photo. Congratulations goes to Alison, who correctly guessed the right number of ducklings! Bonus points go to Martha, Susan, Karen, Rich and Michael for identifying them as Mallards! Kudos to all of you who attempted to identify the species of duck. [...]
This month for the Mystery Photo we thought we’d switch it up a bit. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to count the ducklings. It’s not as easy as you might think. Bonus points go to the person who also correctly identifies the type of duck. Good luck!
The results: We will not [...]
Thanks everybody for your guesses. Unfortunately, no one figured out this month’s Mystery Photo animal.
The creature in the photo was a California Sea Lion. Their Latin name, Zalophus californianus literally means “California bighead” which derives from the large bump that adult males have on their heads (I can think of some other California bigheads…).
I wish [...]
The seventh installment of Mystery Photo is here. July 2007 mystery photograph:
How to play: Find a hidden animal in the photo, then place your guess in the comment area below. Please be as specific as possible. Each month I will post a new photo for you to try and decipher. The photos are not doctored; [...]
This month’s mystery photo is a good example of what happens when an amateur photographer attempts to take a nighttime photo of a grey/black bird without flash. The photo was snapped at Balmorhea State Park in December of 2006. I was at the spring-fed pond way past sundown because all the inhabitants (fish, turtles, insects, [...]
The sixth installment of Mystery Photo is here. June 2007 mystery photograph:
How to play: Find a hidden animal in the photo, then place your guess in the comment area below. Please be as specific as possible. Each month I will post a new photo for you to try and decipher. The photos are not doctored; [...]
This is the solution to our May Mystery Photo:
Congratulations to Aaron who correctly guessed Coyote! I don’t think the Coyote really lives up to its Latin name of Canis latrans which means “barking dog” as it rarely barks. I think it would be more appropriate to call it the “howling, yipping, amazingly resourceful dog”, however [...]
The fifth installment of Mystery Photo is here. Hint: the answer is not Snow Geese. Look around, there’s something else in the picture for you. Good Luck!
May 2007 mystery photograph:
How to play: Find a hidden animal in the photo, then place your guess in the comment area below. Please be as specific as possible. Each [...]
This month’s photo was really tough. Imagine how disappointed I was to see this picture, since I was anticipating a nice shot of a bird and all I got was sticks and feathers. Excellent observation skills by those who guessed “turkey” but full credit goes to Alison who correctly guessed “female wild turkey.”
April 2007 mystery [...]
The fourth installment of Mystery Photo is here. The last few photos might have been a little too easy, so here is a tough one for you. Yes, there really is an animal somewhere in the picture.
April 2007 mystery photograph:
How to play: Find a hidden animal in the photo, then place your guess in the [...]
Congratulations to all those who guessed armadillo! It was indeed an armadillo, a Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) to be exact (the name is derived from the alternating bands of black and white on the armadillo’s tail).
We came across it loudly snuffling in the brush while we were hiking at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. [...]
The third installment of our Mystery Photo feature is here!
Each month I will post a new photo for you to try and decipher. The photos are not doctored; they are the glorious combination of two things, my lack of ability as a photographer and the subjects’ stubborn refusal to be photographed.
March 2007 mystery photograph:
How to [...]
The Mystery Photo for this month was an American Alligator. Erin took the photograph in December, 2007 during our visit to the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
Congratulations to Aaron for the first correct answer!
This alligator, like all ‘gators, lives in fresh water. Crocodiles, on the other hand, prefer salt water. So, if you’re ever snatched by [...]
Continuing our new feature here on Travel Adventures with Lance and Erin, here is this month’s “Mystery Photo.”
Each month I will post a new photo for you to try and decipher. The photos are not doctored; they are the glorious combination of two things, my lack of ability as a photographer and the subjects’ stubborn [...]
Introducing a new feature here on Travel Adventures with Lance and Erin: “Mystery Photo.”
Each month I will post a new photo for you to try and decipher. The photos are not doctored, they are the glorious combination of two things: my lack of ability as a photographer and the subjects’ stubborn refusal to be photographed.
This [...]
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