Porky Pine

[Tired of Waiting]

Got a shot of a Porky pine just out side the house. He/She was very cooperative with posing. Had to over expose the background to get a proper exposure of the critter.

Camera settings: Nikon D3100, 50 – 200 lens set at 200, ISO 200, F/5.6, shutter 1/30sec, Exposure manual.

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[Greene's Basin Girl]

What was porky--- the porcupine or the pine tree????

[GsChinadoll]

Who knew they were so cute?

[Tired of Waiting]

All I know is we were playing Porky Peek-a-boo.


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[dpg]

Jeez their pretty big, I didn't realize.

[donnamatrix]

Cute - yes, but they can and do ravage a garden in an instant. Ask the folks at Moulton Farm-

[Airedale1]

Very nice capture, the D3100 is an excellent body. It has spot metering. I would have have spot metered for this shot and with all the blown out background I would have cropped it tighter. All in all it's a great shot of a rarely seen critter.

[GTO]

Originally Posted by Airedale1

Very nice capture, the D3100 is an excellent body. It has spot metering. I would have have spot metered for this shot and with all the blown out background I would have cropped it tighter. All in all it's a great shot of a rarely seen critter.

While taking a ride last summer out towards Long Island by car, we went down a couple of the side streets and in the back of one of the fields was a very lage animal, at first I thought it was some kind of a dog but when it walked, it kind of waddled. Being curious, I got out of the car to try to get a better look and found it to be a porcuipine. I couldn't beleive how big it was. I got pretty close before it picked up speed and waddled into the woods. Then on the way out of the same road, we spotted an owl clung onto the side of an old barn. Thought it was fake at first until we backed up and it flew away. Very cool to see both

[Tired of Waiting]

Originally Posted by Airedale1

Very nice capture, the D3100 is an excellent body. It has spot metering. I would have have spot metered for this shot and with all the blown out background I would have cropped it tighter. All in all it's a great shot of a rarely seen critter.

Thanks airdedale1,

When I got he D3100 I was just looking to getting into Digital Photog. I searched around for some time and settled on the D3100 as a good entry level body. Didn't want to spend tons of $ on entry. I am satisfied with it so far.

I could have cropped the final pic but just sized the file so the web-site would take it.

I didn't think about "spot meter" at the time I took the pic. I will have to go out and try some shots to learn more about what it is and how to use it.

Thanks again

Tow

[rick35]

Saw a porcupine under the lift at Gunstock today. Of course he was gone the next time up when I had my camera out. So we got talking about them and the friend I was skiing with said they typically don't move too fast. That prompted a question about predators and he said that a fisher is about the only animal that will attack a porcupine but only after wearing him down and then flipping him over to attack the underside. Interesting.

[Tired of Waiting]

Your friend is correct. As a matter of fact some states have imported the Fisher as a defence against the spined devel. They do A LOT of damage to the lumber trees.

The fisher will chase a porcupine up a tree and out onto a limb. Then get under them and attack the under side.


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[Grant]

Originally Posted by Tired of Waiting

...The fisher will chase a porcupine up a tree and out onto a limb. Then get under them and attack the under side.

Good strategy...but ow.

[Treerider]

So you got a shot eh? Was it with a .22 or a .38?

Never miss a chance to take out a porky

[Tired of Waiting]

Originally Posted by Treerider

So you got a shot eh? Was it with a .22 or a .38?

Never miss a chance to take out a porky

It was a high powered light-ray semi automatic D3100 Nikon.


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[Belmont Resident]

Originally Posted by Treerider

So you got a shot eh? Was it with a .22 or a .38?

Never miss a chance to take out a porky

We heve never had a problem with them so I never considered shooting them. Besides the few I've seen don't amount to much.
Last year while returning from dinner up in Campton by motorcycle our friend swerved over to avoid what looked to be a turtle. As I drove by I saw that it was a baby porcupine.
Small and looked to be furry but I’m sure they were already armed and dangerous.
I’ve never had the experience of seeing a baby one before. Almost stopped to pick it up and get it off the road. That probably would not have gone well

[bclaker]

Back in the 70's I was hunting on Watson's Hill in Freedom and left my pack where I was sitting on the North side of the hill. At the end of the day, we drove to a place near where I left the pack. As I walked up the path in the dark to retrieve it, I caught some movement about shoulder high on a tree a couple feet away. It was a Porky and scared the daylights out of me.

[NickNH]

We kept hearing a weird noise at night that sounded like a bird getting killed....would worry me to no end. Finally one night my husband and son were outside around 9ish and they heard that same sound. they grabbed a flashlight and walked back into the woods (cautiously!!). Turned out to be a porky sitting up in a tree. He (she?) kept making the same sound while they watched him.

There's also an adorable You Tube clip of a porky at a zoo enjoying a bit of food.....

That said, 2 of my 3 dogs have been quilled......one had to go to the Emergency Vet (they NEVER do this when the regular vet is open...sigh) and the other one we were able to pull the quills out with pliers.....with alot of breaks for him......so we are NOT thrilled with having them in the yard.