A beautiful Arctic fox.
He almost completely disappears in the snow and blowing snow, just as he is supposed to.
Sometimes, blending in is a very good thing.
Happy week. 🙂
Arctic Fox
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A Fox for All Seasons
A determined fox continues to hunt, despite the nasty weather.
Entitled A Fox for All Seasons, this photograph was taken on a freezing February afternoon in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Photographer John Blumenkamp watched the fox for hours, weathering the wind and sudden drops in temperature to take this stark image of a winter survivor.
Stay warm, everyone. Happy Friday. 🙂
Moose Nibbles?
As a mostly northern country, we sometimes face interesting considerations.
Officials in Jasper National Park, Alberta, are warning motorists not to let moose lick the salt from their vehicles.
And they are extremely attracted to salt, especially the kind that may be all over your vehicle in the winter.
As you may imagine, an 820 kilo (1800 lb.) moose coming near your car might not be a good thing. It’s dangerous for them and you; moose can be aggressive and will charge if they feel threatened. And, as an added incentive, there’s a $25,000.00 fine for non-compliance.
Another reason for the problem is that the wolf population (the main moose predator) has been declining, and now there are more moose than usual.
The advice? Drive away carefully when you see moose approaching your vehicle.
If you’re interested, here’s the article.
Have a good week and remember, keep the neighbourhood moose away from the nibbles. 😉
More Comedy Wildlife Photos
I found more of these humorous wildlife photos together with commentary from the photographers and just had to share.
There are more of these entertaining photos at https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/comedy-widlife-2020-competition-winners.php
Tim Hearn
with his picture
Hide and Seek
“As this azure damselfly slowly woke up, he became aware of my presence. I was lined up to take a profile picture of his wings and body, but quite sensibly the damsel reacted to the human with the camera by putting the Marsh grass stem between me and it. I took the shot anyway. It was only later that I realised how characterful it was. And how much the damselfly looks like one of the muppets.”
Krisztina Scheeff
with her picture
Seriously, would you share some?
“Atlantic Puffins are amazing flyers and their fishing talents are – well – as you see, some do better than others! I just love the second puffin’s look – can I just have one please?”
Happy Wednesday. 🙂
Tiger Hug
This amazing photograph of a Siberian tiger hugging a tree was taken in the wild with a hidden camera. The camera was set up in the forest and then left to be triggered when the tiger came by.
As you can imagine, pictures of these extremely rare tigers are difficult to get and this one has very deservedly won the Wildlife Photography of the Year competition for photographer Sergey Gorshkov.
To read the original article, click here: https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/science-environment-54518336
Enjoy the rest of your week. 🙂
2020 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
A piece about the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards brought delight to my day!
Here’s a sample of the pictures:
Aren’t these great?
To see the entire article, please visit https://digg.com/2020/the-finalists-for-2020s-comedy-wildlife-photography-awards
Have a good week. 🙂
It’s Bison Time
These aren’t the best photos …
… but I wasn’t going to get out of my truck for better ones, either.
Bison are hungry, unpredictable and big. Really big. They weigh up to 900 kg (2000 lbs), so photos have to come from the protection of my vehicle.
Greetings from the woodlands bison of the Northwest Territories. 🙂
Autumn Bison
The bison have been massing and eating as much as they can. Not that this is unusual; that’s more or less what bison do, but there seems to be an urgency about them that I didn’t note last year.
An elder told me that they are getting ready for a particularly long winter, and that’s why they seem so much more desperate this year.
I took these images from a moving vehicle and so the quality isn’t great, but we didn’t want to stop in the middle of a herd like that. Bison have been known to charge a car or truck, and despite their size, they can move quickly. Many of them (these are wood bison) are 1000 kg (about 2200 pounds), so I really wouldn’t want one headed my way.
Right now, some of them will just stand in the road to take a break from eating, so vehicles will have to stop and wait for them to amble away. On a recent trip, we waited a number of times at a safe distance, one that would allow us a chance to evade a charge. One of the bulls we saw, a massive animal, kept putting his head down and staring at us. We reversed slowly. Sometimes, backing up is the better part of valour, including in our dealings with other humans. 🙂
We eventually got to our destination, but it took longer than usual!
Greetings from the wood bison of Northwest Territories.
Mummy and Twins
I saw this mummy with twins sauntering across a road to an old apple tree.
Mummy wasn’t bothered by me at all as I stopped to take their pictures.
The little ones were more curious than concerned.
They blend in so well that they are not all that easy to see, but I would be happier if they were more skittish.
Greetings from the adorable deer of the Okanagan Valley. 🙂
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