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(Felis silvestris silvestris) This might look like a cute kitten but actually it's a Scottish Wildcat. He will grow up to be a formidable hunter with a set of teeth to match!
Felis silvestris
Tierpark Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
2023
Canon EOS 50E, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Ilford Pan 100, Kodak D-76 (1+1)
Print auf Bromofort BN0 (7x10 cm) mit Moersch ECO 4812
(Felis silvestris silvestris) A very cute wildcat - not a domestic cat! Taken at a secret location in Devon back in June.
Wildcats are clinging on by a claw and Scotland is their last refuge from extinction in Britain. Thankfully, over 30 zoos, wildlife parks and private collections have come together as members of a breeding programme to help ensure their survival.
The Royal Zoological Society for Scotland (RZSS), the wildlife conservation charity and lead partner for the Saving Wildcats project, has been managing the UK captive population since 2015 to make sure those wildcats can support the restoration of the species in Britain. In 2020, RZSS celebrated a record breeding year after 57 wildcat kittens were born within the UK conservation breeding programme.
“Wildcats are one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered mammals, which means every kitten is a potential lifeline. Over the last few years, the members of the wildcat breeding programme have demonstrated the immense value in working together to secure a future for this iconic species.”
(Saving Wildcats Conservation Programme)
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Scotland's wildcats are a unique and highly threatened sub-population of the European wildcat, Felis silvestris silvestris
Although they may look similar to domestic (pet) cats, they do have some unique features, including their blunt and bushy tails and their genetic make-up! It can be very difficult to tell the difference between a wildcat, a domestic tabby, or a hybrid from looks alone
Thanks to their un-broken striped coats, wildcats have earned the nickname 'Highland tigers'
As meat-eaters, they spend long hours sleeping and digesting their food during the day, and are most active around dawn and dusk
Arranged in perfect symmetry, a quartet of Utah Railway SD40s highball the siding at Wildcat on the road to Wattis Plateau to load 84 coal empties on Sept. 26, 1992.
Naples Orchid Society Show
Naples, FL
USA
Back in the late 1950's and early '60's, orchid breeders were fascinated by the complex Oncidae
alliances that they could create. Many were crosses of warm and cool growing varieties in the hope that they could be induced to grow in a broader range of conditions.
One such inter generic cross was the merging of Oncidium, Miltonopsis, and Odontoglossum. The cross was named Colmanara after the famous English breeder, Sir Jeremiah Coleman.
In 1992, Rod McLellan registered his cross of Ons. Rustic Bridge X Onc. Crownborough and named it Colm. Wildcat.
Like most other Colmanara's, Wildcat is a cool to intermediate grower. Wintertime lows can
comfortably reach 55-60 degrees. Summer daytime highs should be kept below 80-85 degrees F. These conditions can be met even in West Central Florida if you grow them in bright shade and high humidity with good air movement.
Wildcat is a complex cross, made up of seven or eight species. Colors of the parents cover the
spectrum from crisp clear yellows, browns, mahogany, and ranging through heavy waxy maroons and reds. -Wikipedia
Utah Railway SD40 No. 9008 leads three sisters into the siding at Wildcat to load a coal train on April 2, 1994.
This is the lowest waterfall on Wildcat Branch in the Wildcat Wayside Park the Mountain Bridge Wilderness in Cleveland, South Carolina, which sits literally right at the roadside of Highways 11/276 near the entrance to Jones Gap Park. During the warmer summer you'll find many cars parked in the pull-off and the shallow pool will be filled with children sitting in the falls and frolicking in the water. As I've passed by over the past few years, an ice cream vendor was also parked in the pull-off selling ice cream to the children and families. The flow here is not that substantial, but it is still a photogenic and enjoyable place for families to visit. It was planned in the early 1930's and was originally known as the Greenville Wayside Park until it was incorporated into the Mountain Bridge Wilderness and renamed after the branch flowing through the park. There is a well-maintained and popular loop trail that passes four waterfalls here. On my way to Big Fall Creek Falls, I decided to stop, make a few photos and hike the loop trail and here is the first.
Named "Callie" by the Saving Wildcats project, she is one of many Scottish Wildcats bred and released into the Cairngorms National Park.
She was initially tracked and has had successful litters since her release. She now frequents the Glenmore area, including the Reindeer Centre where she hunts the ducks that steal the reindeer feed - which is where I saw her.
It really was quite something to witness this up close and such a great project restoring the presence of these cats in the Scottish Highlands.
The second waterfall on Wildcat Creek, West Wildcat Creek Road, Wildcat Creek Campground, Lake Rabun, North Georgia Blue Ridge... [more to be continued at a later date in a series]
Wildcat Creek Bridge was built in 1925 at Austa, near Walton, near OR 126. The 75-foot bridge carries Austa Road over Wildcat Creek near its confluence with the Siuslaw River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
F4F-3 Grumman Wildcat N12260 US Navy BuNo 12260 NX12260
This aircraft crashed in may 1944 off USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan it was not until December 1991 that it was recovered from the river to be restored to an airworthy condition, it made it first flight after being restored on the 18th July 1994
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2022
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Wildcat Branch Falls near Pickens South Carolina. This is the first set of falls that you see right by the road.
African Wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica) Afrikanische Wildkatze oder Falbkatze
South Africa February 2018
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
What is this kitten dreaming of? Just like a child it sucks on a twig and dreamily looks up to the sky
Wovon träumt dieses Kätzchen? Wie ein Kind nuckelt es an einem Zweig und blickt verträumt in den Himmel
A European wildcat, Felis silvestris silvestris, sits in a green weeping willow tree. Green leaves all around. Mountains and grey sky in the background
It's called both. Take your pick. Off of Hwy 126 between Eugene and Mapleton. There is a winter day shot waaaaaaaaay back in my photostream. This link should take there. www.flickr.com/photos/28589179@N08/2662556954/
A Scottish Wildcat photographed at the breeding programme at Aigas Field Centre, near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
Wildcat Creek Bridge was built in 1925 at Austa, near Walton, near OR 126. The 75-foot bridge carries Austa Road over Wildcat Creek near its confluence with the Siuslaw River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.