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Lunch break near Round Mountain during Week 3 of the Hunting Hawkweed program.
Photographer: Geoff Renn.
For more information on the Hunting Hawkweed Program check out this link www.environment.nsw.gov.au/parkmanagement/kosciuszkoOHW.htm
The Cougar (Puma concolor), is a mammal of the family, native to the Americas. It is a sleek looking cat with beautiful smooth fur
This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere.
Males typically weigh 53 to 100 kilograms (115 to 220 pounds), averaging 62 kg (137 lb). Females typically weigh between 29 and 64 kg (64 and 141 lb), averaging 42 kg (93 lb).
It is the second heaviest cat in the Western Hemisphere, after the jaguar.
Although large, the cougar is most closely related to smaller felines and is closer genetically to the domestic cat than to true lions.
It is what they call a stalk-and-ambush predator and the cougar pursues a variety of prey.
Cougars have large paws and proportionally the largest hind legs in the cat family. This physique allows it great leaping and short-sprint ability.
It has an exceptional vertical leap of 5.4-m (18-ft and horizontal has a jumping capability from standing position anywhere from 6 to 12 m (20 to 40 ft).
The cougar can run as fast as 55 to 72 km/h (35 to 45 mi/h), but is best adapted for short, powerful sprints rather than long chases.
It is adept at climbing, which allows it to evade canine competitors. The cougar ccan swim but does not really like water, like the tiger.
Because of excessive hunting following the European colonization of the Americas and the continuing human development of cougar habitat, populations have dropped in most parts of its historical range.
The cougar holds the Guinness record for the animal with the highest number of names, presumably due to its wide distribution across North and South America. It has over 40 names in English alone. (puma, mountain lion, catamount, panther, mountain screamer and painter just to name a few.
Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jacksonville, Fl, where I took these pics, is a licensed rescue facility and has 41 cats at the present time.
They have been in the rescue business for 27 years but have only been open to the pubic (weekends and special events only) for 10 years.
They have Siberian tigers, lions, cougars, spotted and black leopards, a serval, two coatimundis and
two arctic foxes. all were either donated or confiscated by the government.
They are not a zoo nor do they breed the animals. When an animal comes to their 10 acre facility it will be there for the rest of its natural life.
Volunteers preparing to hand spray orange hawkweed during the 'Hunting Hawkweed' program. This species threatens biodiversity and agricultural productivity. The National Parks and Wildlife Service has a dedicated program to manage the control and containment of this species.
Photographer: Jo Caldwell
For more information on the Hunting Hawkweed Program check out this link www.environment.nsw.gov.au/parkmanagement/kosciuszkoOHW.htm
Built in the early 1900's, the carousel ran until 1967 when it was moved to Cedar Point Park in Ohio and named "Kiddie Kingdom Carousel"
Jo Caldwell (Project Officer) and Geoff Renn (Field Officer) cross check treatment records at Fifteen Mile Ridge.
Photographer: Di Thompson (Volunteer).
For more information on the Hunting Hawkweed Program check out this link www.environment.nsw.gov.au/parkmanagement/kosciuszkoOHW.htm
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Blaze Orange is a photographic coffee table book full of timeless images of the Whitetail Deer gun hunting season in Wisconsin. Wisconsin deer hunting is all about family. Families raise their children safely into the sport of hunting which is filled with traditions. Wisconsin’s Whitetail Deer gun season is 9 days long and requires hunters to wear Blaze Orange for safety. The season in closely monitored by the Wisconsin DNR. The DNR expects more than 600,000 hunters, about 10% of the state’s population, to take to the Wisconsin woods and fields next weekend. Wisconsin deer hunting runs deep with heritage for many Wisconsinites as the deer season here has an almost cult like following.
Just hunting for a photo from my study trip to Bruges and stumbled upon this one, thought i'd pop it up here.
Pretty full on between now and June with uni, looking forward to being able to get out with the camera again.
Woke up this morning to see this fellow hunting in our yard. We have several rabbits (and squirrels, birds, and other fox "treats" in our yard). While I hope he doesn't catch any, I guess it is part of the life cycle...
I square cropped this for the PCA111 assignment. The original aspect is in the first comment. Not sure which I like better. The original aspect gives more space for the eye to follow what he is looking at (off frame), though it feels a bit "compressed".
Thoughts?
African Hunting Dog in the Africa section of the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita Kansas.
Taken on February 1, 2012 Sedgwick County Zoo Photowalk.
Mike (volunteer) helps remove buds and stems of flowering orange hawkweed plants to reduce the chance of seed production during Week 2 of the 'Hunting Hawkweed" program.
Photographer: Jo Caldwell.
For more information on the Hunting Hawkweed Program check out this link www.environment.nsw.gov.au/parkmanagement/kosciuszkoOHW.htm
A Ferruginous hawk watches carefully at Sauvie Island, Oregon to ensure hunters follow the law. Ferruginous (fer-OO-jin-us) means "rusty color" and refers to the coloration of the birds wing and legging feathers.
Some of the terrain and bush surveyed during Week 3 of the Hunting Hawkweed program. Its a challenge at times.
Photographer: Jo Caldwell.
For more information on the Hunting Hawkweed Program check out this link www.environment.nsw.gov.au/parkmanagement/kosciuszkoOHW.htm
Gerritt 2008 WI youth deer hunt, Remington 870 Express 12 ga, Minox B, Minopan 100, scanned from negative with Epson Perfection 2450 Photo flatbed scanner
Located in Hunting Island State Park near Beaufort, South Carolina.
History from Wikipedia:
Construction started in 1859, but was set back as the tower was destroyed during the Civil War in 1862. Major George H. Elliot is credited with the 1860s development of what is known as the "segmented cast-iron" light house design. In the United States, two were constructed: the Hunting Island Lighthouse and subsequently Florida's Cape Canaveral Light. Hunting Island’s Lighthouse was designed to be disassembled and moved if required. It consists of cast-iron sections, each weighing up to 1200 pounds which are bolted together to form the shell. the shell is lined with brick, which constitutes the main load-bearing structural element.
Erection commenced in 1873, and was completed in 1875. With its 167 steps that lead to an impressive observation deck, the Hunting Island Lighthouse has handsomely built cast and wrought iron staircase, railings and support beams that were fashioned by the Phoenix Iron Works company of Philadelphia. The Lighthouse was first located on the northern portion of Hunting Island, South Carolina, but severe beach erosion threatened the light station and its structures. By 1888 it was reported that the Atlantic Ocean’s high tide had reached within 35 feet of the keeper's house. As a result, the Lighthouse, the keeper's home and two other structures were relocated a mile away in 1889 to their present locale.
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Blaze Orange is a photographic coffee table book full of timeless images of the Whitetail Deer gun hunting season in Wisconsin. Wisconsin deer hunting is all about family. Families raise their children safely into the sport of hunting which is filled with traditions. Wisconsin’s Whitetail Deer gun season is 9 days long and requires hunters to wear Blaze Orange for safety. The season in closely monitored by the Wisconsin DNR. The DNR expects more than 600,000 hunters, about 10% of the state’s population, to take to the Wisconsin woods and fields next weekend. Wisconsin deer hunting runs deep with heritage for many Wisconsinites as the deer season here has an almost cult like following.