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'Tierische Begegnungen' #FotoVorschlag
'animal(ic) encounter'

I wasn't sure if I have a good or funny one to share with this topic. But I remembered visiting a wildlife park nearby at an autumn day.
It was a beautiful stroll through the park, watching the wildlife there when this situation came to be. Unplanned, just by pure luck.

And well.. I think it was worth sharing with you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Enjoy your Friday!

#photography #nature #wildlife #autumn


Caribou in the tundra near Stony Hill in Denali National Park in early September.

In my wildlife galleries: photos.lwpetersen.com/Gallerie…

#alaska #wildlife #caribou #denali


Whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo, did someone say it's Superb Owl Sunday again! 🦉

Go Owls!

Strix nebulosa (Great Gray Owl). (Best Latin name in the business, don't you think?)

Grays are so cool! They can focus sound with their large "ruff" (facial disk) to hear prey under as much as 60cm (2ft) of snow. Grays will hover over deep snow while listening & then snow plunge to catch their prey! Grays are certainly Superb Owls!

#SuperbOwlSunday #SuperbOwl #Birds #Wildlife #Owl


Archeology Southwest article: More than a Pet: Exploring Canine Cultural Histories in North America, "Throw a stick for a dog, & chances are the dog will excitedly wag its tail, charge off at a gallop, & return with the stick in its mouth. Throw a stick for a wolf, & it will look at you quizzically before trotting off to do wolf things. How the latter ever became the former is a subject of much contemplation."

Hm, wolf things? 🤔

(Photo mine.)

#DogsOfMastodon #Wildlife #Archeology #Wolf #Dogs


Full tilt boogie, baby!

Acinonyx jubatus (cheetah) at the Animal Ark north of Reno, Nevada.

#Wildlife #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #Photography #Darktable


Say, "Hi!" to Rocky the rock rabbit!
Ochotona princeps (American pika).

Pika are so cool. And they like it cool. Sadly, climate change is causing them to climb ever higher up their mountains, & in some areas, the mountains are no longer high enough. Pika don't hibernate. They live in their little caves under talus & scree, munch on the haystacks they built over the summer, beneath tons of snow. And they make the cutest call, "Eeeep!"

#Wildlife #Climate #ClimateCrisis #Photography #Darktable


Muskrat last week getting a bit of pre-snow winter sunlight while having a snack.
#Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photography


A Callospermophilus lateralis (golden-mantled ground squirrel) munching on Arctostaphylos mewukka (manzanita) inflorescence. Nom nom nom...😋

#Flowers #Wildlife #Squirrels #Photography #Darktable


A male Centrocercus urophasianus (greater sage-grouse) at dawn trying to attract a female at a mating lek. They are known for filling giant air sacks in their chests and letting out a low thumping noise. They also strut around while doing the thumping call / display. It's kind of cute, in a strange way. They are extremely sensitive birds and you can't get very close without spooking them. This photo is cropped way in.

#BirdPhotography #Birds #Desert #Wildlife #Photography #Darktable


🦭 Who loves seals? I love seals 😇

⛑️ As well as a photographer of lost places, I am also a certified marine mammal medic working to protect and rehabilitate seals around the UK

Always #UseYourZoom and give wild animals space to relax and enjoy their day.

#WhiskersWednesday #Animals #Fluffy #Cute #Seal #Seals #Wildlife