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Ink black sillhoutte glides into the high desert grasses during golden hour.
Against the backdrop of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, a raven lands in the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge.
Ravens are the largest of the Corvid family, and extremely intelligent, able to solve problems no other animal species can solve, except for humans. Scavengers, they are known to have called wolves to the site of dead animals in order for the wolves to open the carcasses making it easier for the ravens to feed. At times, they will pretend to cache food to misdirect other ravens from the actual food cache location!
Beginning in the early 1990s, sandhill cranes began stopping at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge on their way to and from their wintering grounds in Georgia and Florida. Today, as many as 12,000 spend the entire winter there.
“Sandhill cranes use the Tennessee River as a travel corridor,” says Kirk Miles, Region 3 wildlife manager with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. “We average, at least for the last five years, about 15,000 sandhill cranes using the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge. However, more and more, the birds are using other fields along the Tennessee River as well.”
Greater sandhill cranes are the largest sub-species of crane, and average six to seven pounds and close to five feet tall with a wingspan stretching more than six feet wide. Their feathers are varying shades of gray, and the forehead and crown are covered with red skin. Adults have a white cheek patch.
Sandhill cranes mate for life — which can be two decades or more — and remain with their mates year-round. Cranes nest on the ground and often have two eggs, which the pair tends together.
Particularly during spring mating season, but also throughout the year, sandhill cranes will “dance,” which can include bowing, jumping, running, wing flapping and even throwing sticks and grass into the air.
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For me, Ring-necked Pheasants haven't been hard to find, but they sure have been hard to photograph. They're usually very skittish and quickly disappear before I can even raise the camera to my eye.
So this one was quite a surprise...in two ways. First, it wasn't skittish at all and second, it was foraging along the edge of a large pool in Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Before this, I'd only seen them in open grassy or agricultural fields.
San Antonio New Mexico
The 57,000-acre Bosque is a mixture of high desert, wetlands and bosque providing a year-round refuge for wildlife and seasonally for over wintering migratory waterfowl. Hiking trails and a 14-mile auto tour loop provide access for viewing the wildlife. We had heavy snow on the last day of our visit and spotted this forlorn looking adult Bald Eagle sitting out the weather.
A bend along a creek of Lake Texoma's Big Mineral Arm at North Texas' Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.
Probably one of my last shots of Dudley tunnel (last used 1993) as it'll be out of bounds for construction work soon - looking towards the southern portal, with two platelayers' refuges caught in the light.
Arapaho NWR near Walden, Colorado. It was one of those lucky days where I really hoped to see a particular bird... and did.
"Le refuge", by Stéphane Thidet at Museum Voorlinden, is a shelter that attracts you with its cozy and inviting aspects while you hear the sound of a continuously pouring rain. Approaching this mysterious installation suddenly reverses the perception of the comfort zone. It's actually raining inside of the shelter.
I missed yesterday. So Day 4 of Save the Elephants Celebration. An image of an elephant calf seeking reassurance and refuge under it's mother. Elephants have such an amazing bond with their babies. It's so sweet and heartwarming.
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Heading towards sunset on this windy day at the Blackwater River National Wildlife Refuge on the eastern shore of Maryland.
Liked this crop of trees coming out of the tall grass and the near silhouette lighting.
Atlantic City skyline from Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville, NJ, USA
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CHAI. REFUGE available at The Level Event.
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Every home has a place we return to:
the spot where you breathe deeper, drop your shoulders, and come back into yourself.
A place that doesn’t ask anything of you.
That is Refuge.
This collection was created for people who move through the world carrying a lot, loving deeply, and needing a space that loves them back. Refuge is about grounding.
About safety.
About a room that finally feels like it sees you.
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SOLD AS:
❤️The Console
❤️Deer sculptures
❤️Rustic ceramics
❤️Oriental Rug
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REFUGE feels like:
• being held after a hard day
• grounding when life feels loud
• warmth that you didn’t know you needed until it was there
Fill the emotional gaps we often ignore.
Welcome Home,
CHAI.
Head Lelutka Avalon Evolutionx 3.0
Body - Legacy Mesh Body
Skin - Little Foxy B. Luna Skin snow
Shape Wyntris Custom Shape
Body Blush - Cake, Inc., I just want body blush (watermelon)
Hair - Exile - Danni
Eyeshadow - Absinthe Ballroom Eyeshadow Silver
Eyes - Song Anne
Eyebrows - Simple Bloom Pat LT 01
Nose Piercing - .euphoric Hizma No Blink
Nose swirl - Cobrahive
Eye Pearls - WarPaint Regal Eye Pearls
Lips - Temizi "Rebel Girl"
Eye Liner - Temizi "Rebel Girl"
Earrings - Bliensen + Mai Tai - Kalma Earrings
Necklace - Kunst - Viper Necklace
Nails - e.mairie Mix&Match Coffin Nails Dark Omens
FIshnet Stockings - MeHoney Nikki
Liz Ruby Skirt
Liz Ruby Top
Arm Tattoo - Custom
Neck Tattoo - Corvus "people suck"
Cigarette -[Yohar]
Cat - Hextraordinary Nope Cat
Pose - Niamhinations Fem Ground Sit 30 0L
Backdrop - Paleto Refuge
Driving on a remote road I came across a debacle of vultures and eagles scavenging on some road kill. A mix of adult and juvenile Bald eagles were fighting with Turkey and black vultures all for a bit for breakfast.
Cars would drive by and the locals seemed familiar with the sight. Honking their horns, the scavengers would scatter, only to return one by one.
After spending some time with them, I went off to chase something else. Returning about an hour later the carcass was stripped to the skeleton.
Near Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Cambridge, Maryland