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lynx / Luchs (Lynx lynx)
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The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions are larger than females and have a prominent mane. It is a social species, forming groups called prides. A lion's pride consists of a few adult males, related females, and cubs. Groups of female lions usually hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The lion is an apex and keystone predator; although some lions scavenge when opportunities occur and have been known to hunt humans, lions typically do not actively seek out and prey on humans.
This is the same Black Bear featured yesterday, known as Georgina, in full predator mode. She has caught a female Pink Salmon, but has her eye on a second salmon, glimpsed in the pool at the lower right (we're looking at the top of its head). She had wounded and disabled this fish when she saw a splash and chased down the one now in her jaws. A moment later she finished off the first salmon. A great feast on days when the salmon are running.
Not all days are like this. Water temperature is one of the keys - if the water is too warm, the fish stay offshore and wait. Meanwhile the bears gather on shore and wait. The photographers wait, too. It's a waiting game.
On this day, a fine, misty rain was sprinkling down, the temperature was cool for late August, conditions were right and the salmon were trying to sneak past half a dozen bears to reach their spawning pools upstream. Some made it and some didn't.
Photographed on Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
"Each year on June 11, the world turns its attention to a quiet predator. International Lynx Day celebrates the mysterious and solitary lynx, one of the forest’s most skilled hunters.
"This day reminds us of the delicate balance between nature and human development. It invites reflection, education, and renewed commitment to preserving the species. As pressures on forests intensify, the lynx remains a symbol of resilience, solitude, and environmental health."
Years ago, I did a couple of "wildlife model" shoots. This shoot was about North American predators, on location in Minnesota somewhere. It was really a thrilling experience to see these critters up close and personal. Really good to look and find this in the archives for this worldwide occasion.
It is Spring, when the local coyotes howl in the woods, creating quite a ruckus. This one has come up the hill into our yard several times. Once it chased my cat, Lulu, out across the fields and into the woods. She came back home safe a couple of hours later.
But that was when she was about 6 years old. Now she is 11 years old... still fast, but is she fast enough?
As many of you know, she was born to a feral mother outside, who wandered onto our land and decided to have her kittens under the eaves of my barn. She abandoned them before they could hunt. The kittens lived their first year completely outside, as I slowly tamed (and fed) the kittens, then got them fixed, and allowed them in the house. Lulu likes eating and sleeping inside, but she goes insane if she is trapped in here. So, for her happiness, danger or not, she is mostly an outside cat.
Her brother disappeared about 6 years ago, never to be seen again. It is very distressing, but I know he had a very happy life.
This is the dilemma of cat owners.... and the owners of small dogs, too, I imagine. Do we trap the animals inside to have a boring, fat, unfulfilled, but safe, life, or do we let them be who they are, knowing they may die from many different dangers??
The predators have come back into our woodlands, and my cat is no longer the biggest, baddest predator around. But, she is having a great life, very happy, alert, not overweight at all, fastest hunter I've ever "owned", and very intelligent.
If it is any comfort to "inside cat" owners, we do have two cat doors she can make use of, anytime.
So, life goes on. At the moment she is purring next to me as I type.
Barn owl (Tyto alba)
Yorkshire Dales - Lower Barn/ Embankment female
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A family of Bald Eagles (two adults and two juveniles) were eating a raccoon they had just killed. They scattered when they saw us and later returned. Here is one adult landing next to the prey.
This old boy was looking as if I was its prey and he wanted to climb the food chain. While walking the fence line for brakes after finishing for the day. This hawk was intent on keeping his spot to the point where I was within 15 feet before he vacated.
Dice Snakes on the northern shore of Lake Balaton / Hungary near Keszthely.
The dice snake (Natrix tessellata) is a European nonvenomous snake belonging to the family Colubridae, subfamily Natricinae.
Würfelnattern am Nordufer des Balaton / Plattensee (Libás Strand = Gänse Strand).
_ Die Würfelnatter (Natrix tessellata) ist eine ungiftige, für den Menschen harmlose eurasische Schlange aus der Familie der Europäischen Wassernattern (Natrix). In Mitteleuropa ist die wärmeliebende Art extrem selten. Sie wurde zum „Reptil des Jahres 2009“ gekürt. Am Nordufer des ungarischen Plattensee kommt sie jedoch häufig vor. (wikipedia)
két kocka kígyók északi Balaton-part Keszthely (Libás strandot).
A kockás sikló (Natrix tessellata) egy eurázsiai kígyófaj, mely közeli rokonával, a vízisiklóval ellentétben valóban vízhez kötött életet él, és tápláléka nagy részét is innen szerzi.
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Holidays in Hungary, image #188 of 581
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SONY NEX-7 & SEL 18-200
200mm _ f/9 _ 1/320s _ ISO200
11.05.2015 10:47
After sunset, the Domestic Swan geese at Newhall Park swim from the periphery of the main pond to an island where they are safer from predators.
Newhall Community Park, Concord, California