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For a friend who is taking part in the Moon Walk in London. The theme is A walk on the wild side. She hasn't seen it yet hope she likes it.
My old roommate in college had a chinchilla named "Milo", so I was very excited about the prospects of seeing one in the wild. Our sharp-eyed guide Javier spotted one at about 14,500 feet near Salkantay Pass. He was just catching a little late morning sun! Sadly, this species of chinchilla (Chinchilla chinchilla, formerly Chinchilla brevicaudata), is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN and is facing extinction. It is tough out there. The domestic kind are more closely related to their cousins, Chinchilla lanigera, which have longer tails and ears.
African Wild Dog
I can't tell you how hilariously adorable these guys are, with their giant ears and beautiful coats. They're so curious about everything, and they run and jump all over each other like puppies.
I've heard that when they yawn, you immediately stop thinking they're cute, because they have a mouthful of razor-sharp teeth ("shearing cheek teeth" with no flat molars at all) but I haven't seen that yet...
Out for a walk I came across two feral kittens. They were inquisitive but intelligently timid. I managed to get a few shots by crawling on my knees, but couldn't get them to trust me enough to stroke them. Cute little bundles of fluff however :D
Part of the famous Pryor Mountain wild mustang herd dwells in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area rather than high up in the mountains. This stallion is very healthy looking, in spite of what seems like low nutritional value forage available to him.
This small band (subgroup of a herd, usually with one dominant stallion and numbers of mares, colts, and younger stallions) is often found in the Horseshoe Bend area in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, perhaps because of its easy, year-round access to fresh water.
Last Monday I had the chance to spend my day following these beautiful animals while they were chilling and eating grass on the piedmont side of the Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso. For this reason I've been capable of taking several shots depicting their daily routine, from relaxing under a shady tree to jumping between the rocks of a river.
Hopefully I'll be back at photographing wildlife very soon, stay tuned!
Wildes Moor is one of my favourite places to take pictures, it changes throughout the seasons and in the winter there is a real sense that the entire place is hibernating.
It had been raining a lot over the week and the river had burst its banks and the ground was absolutely saturated which lead to some really nice rich saturated colours.
Back to London next week :-)
Wild Columbine is in full bloom in my native garden. It's a mid-late Spring bloomer that attracts hummingbirds. It does well in woodlands or sunny prairies.
If you're adding a native garden or looking for plants to add to your garden, I would highly recommend this one.
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Our Daily Challenge: On The Wild Side -- Well, it is time to replant as the remnants of last year's onions are going to seed.
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Wild and Wonderful West Virginia... Along the border driving from Pittsburgh to Columbus.
Highway 70, West Virgina.
The Somali wild ass is one of two types of African wild ass. Overall, the species is the smallest of the wild equids. (horses, asses, and zebras).
The Somali wild ass has a light grey color coat. They have a large head, long ears, and their tail resembles that of a cow, with a tuft of longer black fur at the end. Their mane runs along the nape of their neck is stiff and stands upright. Their lower legs have horizontal stripes of black or dark brown like a zebra, and the edges of their ears are trimmed in darker fur.
The IUCN Red List of endangered species described it as "critically endangered".
Species: Equus africanus - African Wild Ass
Subspecies: Equus africanus somaliensis -
Somali Wild Ass - Critically Endangered
Subspecies: Equus africanus africanus -
Nubian Wild Ass - Critically Endangered
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State of Iowa official state flower. In my neighbor's garden. From the 1897 General Assembly resolution:
THE ROSE OF IOWA.
[Copyright applied for by S. H. M. Byers.]
Hast seen the wild rose of the West,
The sweetest child of morn ?
Its feet the dewy fields have pressed,
Its breath is on the corn.
The gladsome prairie rolls and sweeps
Like billows to the sea,
While on its breast the red rose keeps
The white rose company.
The wild, wild rose whose fragrance dear
To every breeze is flung,
The same wild rose that blossomed here
When Iowa was young.
O, sons of heroes ever wear
The wild rose on your shield,
No other flower is half so fair
In loves immortal field.
Let others sing of mountain snows,
Or palms beside the sea,
The state whose emblem is the rose
Is fairest far to me.
The Extra Session of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly of the State of Iowa adopted the wild rose as the official state flower of Iowa on May 7, 1897.
Not too far from the Monmouth Covent Garden. Reasons you should go here instead:
- They make much better coffee than Monmouth
- It is cheaper
- It is quiet. Not overrun by tourists and hipsters (yet)
- It is cute. There's a little wooden nook to sit and drink.
This Wild Boar, Sus scrofa, was photographed in Thailand, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.
You are invited to go WILD on Smithsonian's interactive website, Smithsonian WILD, to learn more about the research and browse photos like this from around the world.
Kittatinny Valley State Park
New Jersey
I usually struggle to find interesting lighting angles with flowers, but the back-lighting from the early morning sun was a no-brainer here.
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This Wild Boar, Sus scrofa, was photographed in the United States, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.
You are invited to go WILD on Smithsonian's interactive website, Smithsonian WILD, to learn more about the research and browse photos like this from around the world.