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The eastern gray squirrel is a bushy-tailed member of the rodent family. They have grayish-brown fur with paler fur on their undersides. The tail often has silvery-tipped hairs at the end. Eastern gray squirrels can grow 17 to 20 inches long. Florida is home to two other species of squirrels, the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) and the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans).
Eastern gray squirrels occur in woodland and urban areas, especially near oaks and hickories, and are active during the day, often feeding on the ground. They spend much of their lives in trees.
The eastern gray squirrel hoards food in numerous places for later recovery. They have the ability to recall the location of thousands of food caches. Preferred foods include bark, berries, seeds and acorns.
Breeding can occur up to twice a year. Nests are made in the forks of trees, but they will nest in attics when accessible, becoming a nuisance to many homeowners. Litter size averages one to four young.
Of the 94 species of wild mammals that are native to Florida, none are more frequently encountered than squirrels. Squirrels belong to the most successful and widespread order in the world, rodents. One of the main differences between squirrels and most other rodents is that squirrels have a rather large, bushy tail.
I found this one in my backyard in Polk County, Florida.
Gray wolves are social animals, living together in tightly organized packs. Though known as gray wolves, fur color can range from white to shades of gray, brown and black. The gray wolf is federally designated as threatened in Minnesota and endangered in the remaining lower 48 states and Mexico.
A Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) patiently listens for movement under the snow cover possibly identifying its next meal in the boreal woods north of Opal, Alberta, Canada.
23 November, 2017.
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A Gray Catbird at Avimor near Boise, Idaho
"Gray Catbirds are relatives of mockingbirds and thrashers, and they share that group’s vocal abilities, copying the sounds of other species and stringing them together to make their own song."
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Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) adult waiting patiently and listening for sound of a small rodent moving in the snow covered grass along the edge of the mixed woods north of Opal, Alberta, Canada.
23 November, 2017.
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Back to Tower Grove Park in the city, this visit featured lots of catbirds. I'm accustomed to seeing them as individuals, and there were perhaps a dozen seen during this visit.
A Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) in the mixed woods north of thorhild, Alberta, Canada.
11 January, 2021.
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Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) patiently awaits the opportunity to capture some prey in the tall grass along the edge of the boreal woods north of Opal, Alberta, Canada.
30 October, 2018.
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A Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) in the mixed boreal woods north of Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.
11 January, 2021.
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What happens when you get two days off in the middle of the week? Your rewarded with cold, gray, and overcast days. I went to a local lake thinking I would shoot some long exposures with these dead trees sticking out of the water but it turned out that the water was so still that all I needed to do was compose the image.
I found this area with some rocks above the water and played around with it. I ended up lightening up the foreground rocks to add an element to the viewer. Not sure if it works well or not but it was the best capture of the day. As always, thank you so much for viewing my images and commenting when you see fit. Take care.
Mike D.
Three wolf cubs at the entrance of the den, France
Breeding occurs between February and April, only the alpha male and female will mate and she will give birth to the pups alone in her den. After the first month, they emerge from the den with her. It is the responsibility of all the wolves in the pack to help to raise the offspring. They will take turns caring for them while other members go out to hunt. Even with the entire pack caring for them, less than half of all pups survive the first year.
The pups in a wolf pack have a great deal of freedom and privileges. In fact, they are often able to do more and to benefit more than some of the adults within the pack that have a very low ranking.
When they are about two years old they are mature, and they may stay within their own pack and be given a place on the social ladder or they can also leave that pack and go to form one of their own. Males often leave while females choose to stay in the pack they were born into.
We had catbirds nesting somewhere in our neighborhood this past summer. They were usually quite seclusive, but on occasion they would come closer to see what we were up to-- although never quite out in the open. This is one of the parents; later on in the summer we had a young catbird that would skulk in our bushes. They made for wonderful neighbors, with their varied vocal repertoire.
Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) patiently listening and waiting for some rustling of the grasses at the base of the perch by a rodent. This is in the boreal fringe near Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.
30 October, 2018.
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Walking in fog often provides a visual representation of my thought process. My brain constantly brings different topics into view, but in the process lets others slide into the periphery. Most of the time they are all still there, competing for my attention, but all in varying degrees. In fog I respond to the overall loss of clarity, but also the nuance that is created by relative distance. It's this layering effect I find most appealing as more distant objects eventually recede into nothingness...exactly the same as my mind reacts.
Walking outdoors this morning felt otherworldly. I love seeing familiar places rendered as ones I'm visiting for the very first time. A rich dichotomy as the serenity of fog is ripped apart by this visceral reaction. In these moments I invariably come up with camera angles that never would have occurred to me in normal circumstances.
(Dumetella carolinensis) -- Gray Catbird, Breeding Male
If you’re convinced you’ll never be able to learn bird calls, start with the Gray Catbird. Once you’ve heard its catty mew you won’t forget it. Follow the sound into thickets and vine tangles and you’ll be rewarded by a somber gray bird with a black cap and bright rusty feathers under the tail. Gray Catbirds are relatives of mockingbirds and thrashers, and they share that group’s vocal abilities, copying the sounds of other species and stringing them together to make their own song.
Sometimes birds drop down right next toys when we are holding a camera. Such was the case with this catbird. I even forget what I was looking at when he appeared.
The Catbird nests across most of the US and southern Canada, and can be heard giving its cat-like whine or whimper as well as its imitations of other birds' sounds.
They are birds which I look forward to having back in the yard because of their cheerful appearance as well as their pseudo-enraged sound.