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Photo of the Day - September 2021
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Wolf story
Visitor information Center entering Kansas. We stopped along route for a rest break. The visitor center was nicely laid out with multiple travel brochure offerings and displays of wildlife. This Gray Wolf caught my attention as I turned to see it staring at me from inside a large plexiglass box. Beautiful coarse gray body hair, sharp strong teeth, and massive paws with long nails. Sleek in physique and humbling in presence.
The wolf story
Gray wolves, or timber wolves, formerly lived in Kansas. The species was extirpated from the state by the early 1900s.
In December 2012, an 80-lb. male was killed in northwest Kansas by hunters who mistook it for a coyote. When they approached, they realized it was too large to be a coyote. Coyotes usually weigh less than 40 lbs. while wolves can weigh up to 145 lbs. They called a KDWPT game warden, who contacted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The USFWS confirmed through tissue testing that the animal was a gray wolf from the western Great Lakes population.
This was the first documented wolf in Kansas since the early 1900s.
Visitor information Center entering Kansas. We stopped along route for a rest break. The visitor center was nicely laid out with multiple travel brochure offerings and displays of wildlife. This Gray Wolf caught my attention as I turned to see it staring at me from inside a large plexiglass box. Beautiful coarse gray body hair, sharp strong teeth, and massive paws with long nails. Sleek in physique and humbling in presence.
The wolf story
Gray wolves, or timber wolves, formerly lived in Kansas. The species was extirpated from the state by the early 1900s.
In December 2012, an 80-lb. male was killed in northwest Kansas by hunters who mistook it for a coyote. When they approached, they realized it was too large to be a coyote. Coyotes usually weigh less than 40 lbs. while wolves can weigh up to 145 lbs. They called a KDWPT game warden, who contacted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The USFWS confirmed through tissue testing that the animal was a gray wolf from the western Great Lakes population.
This was the first documented wolf in Kansas since the early 1900s.
I was out and about yesterday when I saw a big spiders web above someone's front gate and this little fella was in the middle.
Agreed! Didn't see you at the Photography Show but it wasn't as big as usual. Good to get out though.
Followup to the photo yesterday of the Scrub Jay, this is why taking a photo is so difficult. You can see/hear them in the dense shelter, but no way to focus until they venture closer to the trail. This is their Florida scrub environment. White, sand soil with limited nutrients and doesn't hold water as it percolates straight through. Majority of the brush in the photo is the scrub oak around 10 to 12' high and close to their maximum size. Small green tree on left is a sand pine with short needles that will grow significantly higher as seen on the back ridge, along with what appears to be a live oak, providing shade.
Some of you may recall those ripple tank observations back in high school. Saw something similar along the shoreline of a small lake and attempted to capture with a burst series. This one was my favourite of the bunch. Fuji XP90 camera.
We live in an older neighborhood with no home owner's associations. It gives the area character, for sure, and while there are challenges (a story for a different day), it makes it a fun area to be in. Back in lock down last year, I'd go on long walks and would come across interesting homes or yards. This was one of them. Not a particularly good image but it gives you a taste of our little area of Denver. The habit of walking each day for 3-5 miles has stuck with me, and I am all the better (and more trim) for it!
Some pretty pink, captured during walkabout in Harrison, a week ago. Camera iPad Mini 4.
A man and his dog, Virginia City, Montana
Thank you! Love my little squirrel friends! I noticed something I needed to correct so replaced the image with the corrected one, which messes up your view attachment link. Sorry about that!