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A Timber Wolf shot at the Columbus Zoo at the Flickr meetup. Shot in raw and processed with Capture NX. I used a Nikkor 80-400mm lens
Biologists describe wolf territory as not just spatial, but spatial-temporal, so that each pack moves in and out of each other’s turf depending on how recently the “no trespassing” signals were posted
The grey wolf or gray wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the timber wolf or simply wolf, is a mammal of the order Carnivora. The gray wolf is the largest wild member of the Canidae family and an ice age survivor originating during the Late Pleistocene around 300,000 years ago. DNA sequencing and genetic drift studies indicate that the gray wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog, (Canis lupus familiaris) and might be its ancestor. A number of other gray wolf subspecies have been identified, though the actual number of subspecies is still open to discussion. Gray wolves are typically apex predators in the ecosystems they occupy. Gray wolves are highly adaptable and have thrived in temperate forests, deserts, mountains, tundra, taiga, grasslands, and even urban areas. (Wikipedia), Wolf, 2008
I finally made my way up to Wolf Point over the weekend after stopping to get Italian Ice at Mario's. Double Win. 16x9 tho.
I'm still playing with my new extension tubes... If you saw my courtship spider video from a week or so ago then this is the same female. Others have mated and have egg sacs, but she's still single. Incidentally., the video may be shown on Springwatch on BBC on 28 May, subject to scheduling changes. This image was taken hand held again as I couldn't be bothered to get the tripod out. It should enlarge well if you're not arachnophobic ...Thanks for looking and for all the kind comments recently; I really must try and catch up with my commenting.
Grey wolf. Parc Omega, Quebec, April 13, 2019.
A side trip after seeing the massed snow geese.
This is a captive animal. Sorry for any confusion.
Parc Omega is a safari park in Quebec, Canada, with a 12-kilometre nature driving route.
It's been over a year, even though this park is within walking distance from where we live! Pathetic lazy photographer!
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After spending a lot of time looking for Wolfs in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone and ,watching a den site with the enthusiast Wolf watchers , we unfortunately weren't lucky!. We did however visit the Grizzly and Wolf center in West Yellowstone which is where i saw this beautiful boy. It is a great place which has given homes to animals from the wild who for different reasons cannot go back. It was really educational and gave us the opportunity to see them.
Photo by Charlotte Blanchet – Lotus Blanc
January full Moon just before the lunar eclipse started.
Metal wolf sculpture from the Wolfburn Distillery is in the foreground.
Loup gris
Lobo europeo
Eurasischer Wolf
歐洲狼
الذئب الأوروبي
Photographing bears, wolves and wolverines is done mainly from commercial hides at the border between Finland and Russia where animals are baited by food. I just want to be honest about it. Paying for wildlife observation (and conservation) remains key to ensure this business model outweighs others that can be harmful to animals such as hunting, farming, forestry, mining...
Spotted Wolf Spider, Pardosa amentata
Widespread and fairly frequent in most of Britain, also widespread in north-western and central Europe, Pardosa amentata is a wolf spider between 5mm and 8mm in length that has a brownish coloured body with darker brown markings or spots. However, confirmation of this species requires examination of the genitals of mature specimens.
It occurs in a wide range of open habitats, especially in damp situations. It has been recorded from grasslands, marshes, riversides, fens, salt-marsh, woodland clearings, hedge banks, moorland, blanket bog, waste ground, field margins and rarely heathland. In gardens this is usually the commonest Pardosa species.
Adults of both sexes are found mainly in early to mid Summer, and sometimes again in early Autumn. They can be seen scurrying around hunting for prey and warming themselves in the sun on patches of bare soil. Unlike spiders who use a web to catch their food, the wolf spiders catch their prey by running it down.
The female wolf spider carries her eggs in a round sack beneath her body. When the spiderlings hatch from the eggs the female carries the baby spiders on her back, as in this photo, until they are big enough to fend for themselves.