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Coyote Visit
While photographing the Long-Tailed Weasel in yesterday’s post, I was joined by a fellow weasel enthusiast. We all just sat together amidst the fields, keeping a watchful distance from each other, until the Coyote settled in for a mid-afternoon snooze.
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Tiny Sociopath
Few things in wildlife make me happier than spending an afternoon in a field watching the tiny murder machines more commonly known as weasels pop in and out of their holes.
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Gray Fox
Normally a photo this busy might not even survive my initial cull. But, this is my first time ever getting a portrait of a Gray Fox, so it stays. I’ve hiked or camped in these hills about a dozen times. In that whole time, I’ve only seen a fox twice, and one of those times
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Hazy Curlew
For my followers who aren’t into all of the Yellowstone content, a Long-Billed Curlew doing its thing in front of some foggy cliffs.
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Rainy Day Hunt
I rarely see Bobcats in the rain. The only other time I saw it, the poor cat was absolutely drenched as it headed towards cover. This time, there was a light drizzle the day after an absolute downpour. The Bobcat was out putting up with a stiff wind and light drizzle, probably making up for
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Keeping Cool
An elephant seal covers itself in sand to cool off. Elephant seals spend most of their lives in the ocean, regularly diving thousands of feet deep to feed. They’re adapted to survive in deep frigid waters as cold as a few degrees above freezing, sporting a thick blubber layer and no sweat glands. When they
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Beach Bird
I’ve seen lots of photos of Great Blue Herons on the beach, but for whatever reason around here I don’t typically see them in the surf, feeding on ocean organisms. This particularly heron was imitating the curlews and digging up invertebrates from the sand.
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Anticipation
On the eve of #elephantsealmonth, everyone was preparing for the imminent arrival of female Northern Elephant Seals to give birth at Point Reyes. A bull staked a claim to a prime section of beach while a National Park Service ranger cleaned up bits of trash. (I used a telephoto lens here, so everyone looks closer
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Big Snooze
January, as everyone knows, is #elephantsealmonth. This big bull Northern Elephant Seal is kicking things off with a big snooze while waiting for the females to arrive.
