#wildlfie

[thiscountry]

Cooper’s at dusk

#bird #birds #hawk #birds of prey #cooper's hawk #wildlfie #nature #feather #original art #original photographer #photography

[crabsandbeer]

Sunset on Chincoteague Island. by Kevin B. Moore

#chincoteague #island #virginia #landscape #nature #wildlfie #sun #sunset #sunrise #birds #horses #ponies #wild ponies #pony #trees #assateague #flickr

[paper-swirls]

Baby giraffe as a gift for a friend!

#giraffe #giraffes #baby giraffe #sketch #art #traditional art #arty swirls #blue #blue aesthetic #wildlfie #safari #africa #zoo #zoo animals #safari animals #cute #animals #giraffe sketch

[seafarijapan]

私たちSEAFARI JPANチームは、この自然豊かな海を大切にし後世にも残し伝えたいと考えております。 海洋プラスティック問題、自然保護や野生動物などに携わる 志しを同じくする企業様などありましたらご連絡ください。 #wildlfie #sdgs #katsuura #birds #gulls #oceanlife #seagul #japan #japanwildlife (at Katsuura, Chiba, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdkLW2durLP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#wildlfie #sdgs #katsuura #birds #gulls #oceanlife #seagul #japan #japanwildlife

[birbmania]

Juvenile mourning dove . . . Delaware backyard . . . 6/5/22

#birb #birblr #mourning dove #bird #birdlr #wildlife #wildlfie photography #photography

[skedaddledh]

How Does Wildlife Create Entry Points Into Our Homes?

Like many homeowners, if you’ve had a wildlife infestation, you’ve probably wondered how they got inside. To learn how wildlife finds ways into our homes and what you can do to prevent an infestation, click the link here.

#wildlfie entry points #how does wildlife enter the home

[cyprinella]

Ashy darters under tile by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region Via Flickr: In a non-descript building on the edge of Knoxville are rows of aquariums housing some of the rarest fish in the world. It’s the core of a tremendous effort to conserve southern Appalachian’s most imperiled fishes, and its success depends on the steady flow of electricity to keep the water cool and full of oxygen – a steady flow that has been ensured thanks to the Tennessee Valley Authority. Conservation Fisheries, Inc. was founded in 1986 by a pair of fellow University of Tennessee graduate students, J.R. Shute and Pat Rakes. Over the years, they’ve worked with more than 70 species of fish and their ability to raise rare fish in captivity has been the lynchpin of fish conservation across the region, including the stocking effort that brought a pair of tiny catfish, the federally threatened yellowfin madtom and endangered smoky madtom, back to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They also hold “ark” populations of extremely rare fishes, maintaining enough individuals, with representative genetic diversity, to reestablish it should it ever go extinct in the wild. For example, there are populations of the rare Barrens topminnow which have disappeared in the wild, but effectively live on at their facility. The facility had a small portable generator that could keep the tanks’ pumps going in the event of an emergency, but keeping the air conditioning going to ensure cool water throughout the facility was doubtful. A new TVA-donated generator brings a much greater degree of security to the facility because it automatically turns on during an outage and can power the entire building. Photo credit: G. Peeples/USFWS

#darters #fish #nanfa #flickr #U.S. Fish and WIldlfie Service

[herpsandbirds]

American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica), family Charadriidae, Alaska Maritime National Wildlfie Refuge, Nome, Alaska

photograph by O. W. Johnson

#golden plover #plover #pluvialis #charadriidae #shorebird #alaska #north america #bird #ornithology #animals #nature

[therapardalis]

//I haven't had a real 'Wildlfie Shenanigans' post for a while, so here we go.

For those who don't know, Australian magpies are a totally different bird to Eurasian or American magpies. Have a poke about on Google or YouTube and you'll see. Nearly every suburban block down here has a resident pair of magpies, and each year in August/September is nesting (aka swooping) season. They have one or two chicks each year, and it is absolutely written in stone guaranteed that one of those chicks will be a complete dumbass.

Case in point - this year's pair. One chick is following their mother around, watching her, imitating her to catch insects in the grass and is learning to pick up food and feed itself.

The other is;

Running full tilt after their father with its beak open screaming its lungs out.

Flopped in the middle of the lawn (sunbathing), then taking fright and running off in a panic.

Getting lost behind the wheelie bins and screeching for help.

Kinda-sorta imitating its mother with the breaking up food small enough to eat, but is actually beating the shit out of a dry leaf.

This kid is a disaster.

#the fourth wall has a door in it (ooc) #Wildlife Shenanigans

[aplace2play]

Amphibians and Reptiles at Bombay Hook National Wildlfie Refuge

Practicing my photography

#turtle #painted turtle #frog #bombayhooknationalwildliferefuge #Turtle CoffeeKlatsch

[tiger-den-resorts]

[naturecoaster]

Homosassa

Nestled in heavy forest between US 19 and the Gulf of Mexico is a magical area of Citrus County: Old Homosassa. Watered by several spring fed rivers, Citrus County residents enjoy the area's great natural beauty, small town charm and myriad of outdoor activities. Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins boiling vats and smokestack at the Yulee Sugar Mill State Park in Homosassa by Barrett Hardy. Homosassa is the home of the Yulee Sugar Mill State Park, Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park, Monkey Island, and Old Homosassa. A delightful fishing village, Homosassa has been considered a sports lover's paradise since the early 1900s. It was a destination for wealthy and prominent Americans such as Grover Cleveland, Thomas Edison, John Jacob Astor and Winslow Homer. General resorts, B & Bs and RV parks make Old Homosassa a fun and easy weekend getaway for NatureCoasters™. Not only are the land and sea beautiful and bountiful, but the people are also friendly and accomodating. There is great food, from pressed Cubans to fresh locally caught seafood, all-you-can-eat crab and Cajun delights at reasonable prices. Several talented artists reside here, creating and selling their wares in quaint "cracker" homes converted to gift shops,  studios and resort lobbies. Alicia Lowe is a local artist who crafts nature-based items for sale in Old Homosassa. Image by Diane Bedard Potters, glass artists, copper sculptors, painters, and carvers seem to be drawn to this natural area with its abundance of native flora and fauna. From the last part of June to the last partof September each year, you can go "scalloping" with a charter and hunt for these tasty morsels with a snorkel mask and a bag for your bounty. The healthy seagrass beds of this area provide a home to Bay Scallops, a simple, delectable, aquatic bivalve. (See our feature article on Scalloping here!) Jump in and get Scalloping NatureCoasters! You're gonna LOVE it! Image courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife. Fishing is plentiful on the Homosassa River, as are manatee sightings, kayaks,  pontoons, and airboat rides. Captain William Toney is a fourth-generation Homosassa fishing guide. He provides our weekly Homosassa Inshore Fishing Report. Image courtesy of Captain William Toney. Several big fishing tournaments are held in Homosassa throughout the year! There is often live music on the weekends at several Old Homsassa locations, including MacRae's Shed, the Florida Cracker Monkey Bar, and Crump's Landing. Sarasota Slim Band playing at The Shed on the Homosassa River. Image by Diane Bedard Oh, and did I forget to mention the Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park? For a small admission ($13) you will be treated to a boat ride down the river (canceled during COVID-19 precautions - check with the Park for current information), see manatees and a vortex of thousands of native Florida fish, bobcats, panthers, alligators, snakes, river otters and birds, birds, birds - including American Bald Eagles. The whole community seems to volunteer at the Wildlfie Park, which adds to the warm feeling I get every time I visit. You will too. Homosassa's community is a joy to visit, so plan to take a little trip off the beaten path of US 19 and enjoy this thriving enclave today. Read the full article

[jumpintothewaves]

Weirdo Wednesday

This weeks Wednesday is one of my personal favorite weirdos. This week we have...

The Marine Iguana: Amblyrhynchus cristatus

This salty weirdo inhabits the Galapagos Islands, and they are the only marine lizards in the world! They can grow to 6 feet long and have a flattened snout. The best way to identify them however, is their tail. It is flattened like a paddle, because that is how these weirdos use it. You may also notice their long claws, perfect for climbing on the rocky Galapagos shores, and clinging to the undersea rocks when the current picks up. If you’ve heard of this weirdo, it was probably in a biology lecture years ago that was centered around Charles Darwin, who thought these lizards were ugly and clumsy (I beg to differ).

A salty friend

So why does this cold blooded weirdo with no gills go into the ocean? The same thing that drives all of us; food. Despite not being the most approachable weirdo, they are herbivores. They discovered the algae covered rocks along the islands and that became the basis of their diet. These salty weirdos have an amazing ability to hold their breath for 60 minutes! Their diet means they consume extra salt, which is not good for iguanas. So they developed a way to get it extra salt by sneezing it out! This is why they are seen with salt crystals all along their faces. Their foraging behavior can only be done for a limited amount of time however. Marine iguanas are ectotherms - they rely on external heat sources to keep themselves warm like the sun. The waters in the Galapagos is a lovely 60 degrees on average, and they need something more in the 90s. This is supplemented with ample time laying on rocks in the sun. In doing so, they created symbiotic relationships with other organisms on the beach! 

It is still unclear how the marine iguana got tot he Galapagos islands. Scientists hypothesize that they floated out to the islands on a log and have since colonized many of the islands. Each island has a different subspecies varying in size and color. But keep in mind that when it is not breeding season, they will look black and gray. The island of Espanola has the most colorful iguanas that were nicknamed Christmas iguanas! 

Check out this video of them swimming!!

#ocean #beach #iguana #reptile #islands #marine #weirdowednesday #travel #color #wildlfie #conservation #galapagos #darwin #cool gifs

[dansnaturepictures]

28/10/2021-Autumnal colour, Kingfisher, Great Crested Grebe, mallow, mushrooms and more at Lakeside and home today 

I did my Thursday perimeter Lakeside walk I have started doing each week again today. I primarily aimed to do this for physical reasons to make the exercise of the walk during my working from home day more intense as on the other days I might walk to a particular part of the country park to try and see something specific which means I often get allured to things and I might spend quite a lot of time at one particular spot and maybe walk a bit slower. On the perimeter walk which is literally a walk in a square around four paths at the edge or close to the edge of the site doing variations of it I still see a lot of wildlife and have the moments to focus on something of course but its the goal in my mind of knowing I am walking four straight sides so going around the whole park makes me walk faster and move on within the minutes I take out of my lunch hour to walk. But I thought today its as much a healthy thing to do mentally as physically. Its always the balance to strike between the physical and mental benefits of my lunch time walks of getting that joy from nature much needed in working days at times which is why all the days, and if I ever needed to on a Thursday and needed to move the perimeter walk I am always happy if one particular species or photographic subject I see or I want to try to I then spend quite a bit of time on in the walk. But on the perimeter walk I’ve found - something we do when we do a dog walk at Lakeside usually - you get to see so much of the site and if there’s maybe a bit I haven’t been much for a while the chances are the walk will touch it and as I reached the north eastern kissing gate entrance where I got into it to exit at the end I had a real sense of satisfaction that I’d walked so far within Lakeside today. 

After enjoying Goldfinches, Starlings and House Sparrow in the garden as bits of sun poked through briefly a theme of the day this morning, and seeing Jackdaws out the back getting out of the house and along the northern path at Lakeside mushrooms seeing pleated inkcaps again among others and autumn leaves in great colour especially yellow dominated again. I took the first picture in this photoset of some yellow leaves along the northern path, and this continued walking past Concorde lake on the second side of the square route as I took the second and third picture in this photoset of views over the lake with bits of yellow in the trees behind. 

Walking along here I had two amazing moments with two of my favourite birds which I am seeing so much of lately on these walks. I checked and found all three Great Crested Grebe chicks around which was lovely to see. As I watched just as an adult was bringing in a fish which interested me a bright splash of colour zipped past me, a Kingfisher which I had seen a little bit of on this lake and at Lakeside lately. I managed to get it in the binoculars which I hadn’t always done lately getting a glorious view and I saw it land in a quite distant tree back along the path the tree hung over the lake and it was on the inside of it over the lake. I was excited to see it and decided to zoom in from afar as I conveniently today had my bridge camera on what I am now doing a fortnightly walk with it which is good for the long distance photos so I got the fourth picture in this photoset a record shot of this bird. I have had a good month for Kingfishers after photographing one at Lymington earlier in October. Then I continued to enjoy one of the Great Crested Grebe chicks quite close with an adult and took the fifth picture in this photoset of it one of my favourties of this family I think in more lovely intimate views of these precious birds for me. I took the sixth picture in this photoset of a nice scene along the path going towards Kornwestheim lake with autumn leaves scattered on the ground a common sight here of late. 

On side three of the walk south of the lakes as I really valued being outside I took the seventh picture in this photoset of a view looking over the lakes which reminds me of Stourhead with some red and yellow leaves on the vegetation either side. I also managed the eighth and ninth pictures in this photoset of a Magpie and some nice pink mallow as I passed the visitor centre. The mallow a flower still going strong here on a day I really appreciated the patch of hemp agrimony out the front which I really enjoyed looking fine in the summer now looking fluffy. I took the tenth and final picture in this photoset of a view over the bowl area on the fourth part of the square walk as a splash of sunshine came out which it did going over the green out the front to get back home. 

This afternoon I was happy to catch a glimpse of the Sparrowhawk out the window a bird I am enjoying so much lately around the neighbourhood. 

Wildlife Sightings Summary: Two of my favourite birds the Kingfisher and Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Starling, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Magpie, Sparrowhawk, Collared Dove, Feral Pigeon and Woodpigeons well. 

#kingfisher #great crested grebe #moorhen #black-headed gull #starling #goldfinch #house sparrow #jackdaw #magpie #collared dove #feral pigeon #woodpigeon #sparrowhawk #mallow #hemp agrimony #wildlfie #walk #walking #exercise #photography #uk #world #earth #nature #england #happy #glimpse #day #air #fresh air

[swvawildlifecenter]

Psst… can you spot me? I’m very good at hiding! If you can find me, do you know what I am? Take a guess! I am overwintering at the Center until early spring because I don’t have a supply of food to last me during the cold weather. swvawildlifecenter.org #guesswho #wildlfie #wildliferehab #whereiswaldo #cagedesign https://www.instagram.com/p/CY7hAtOJE7N/?utm_medium=tumblr

#guesswho #wildlfie #wildliferehab #whereiswaldo #cagedesign

[skedaddledh]

How are Bats Removed?

If you have a bat infestation in your home, don’t attempt to remove them yourself. Bats are a protected species and it is illegal to trap or kill them. To learn how Skedaddle can help with the humane bat removal process, click the link here.

#bat exclusion #how are bats removed #how do wildlfie technicians remove bats #how are bat colonies removed