Category: Mammals
Montana Bull Elk Jumping A Fence At Dawn
Wild Horses – A Possible, Partial New Solution To Their Management Problem On Our Public Lands
Last month I spent some time photographing the Onaqui herd of wild horses in Utah’s west desert. Management of wild horses on public lands is a contentious issue and the BLM has now proposed the use of a relatively new management tool in an attempt at reigning in the population increase of the Onaqui herd.
Birds Using Bison Hair As Nesting Material
For millennia a variety of North American bird species used bison hair during nest construction but when the “buffalo” was brought to the brink of extinction by hunters in the late 1800’s that resource was essentially gone. Today there are relatively few places where bison hair is available to birds and Antelope Island is one of them.
A Badger And Weasel Confrontation On Antelope Island
Yesterday morning we were witness to a tense drama involving a badger and Long-tailed Weasels on Antelope Island. American badgers feed primarily on rodents (ground squirrels, pocket gophers, rats, mice and voles) which they often capture by digging out their burrows – the digging skills of badgers are legendary.
But on this day a close relative was on the menu.
A Couple Of Coyotes And The Utah Mule Deer Protection Act
Bison Calf Getting Breakfast At Its Source
Wild Horses – Colts, Mating, Dust Baths And More Fighting
Fighting Wild Horses
A Coyote Hunting, Then Killing And Eating A Vole
Coyote – Sometimes The Prey Bites Back
The Coyote And The Pesky Deer Fly
A Coyote, A Reflection And An Interpretive Error On My Part
A Bison’s Life Isn’t Easy
A Curious Coyote, A Reflection And A Compositional Quandary
Two days ago we found this coyote exploring along the Antelope Island causeway. We watched it gnaw on a duck or shorebird carcass (possibly falcon leftovers, based on past experience) and then it continued to look for something, almost anything, to eat. When it reached the end of a rocky spit jutting out into the Great Salt Lake it entertained us with some interesting behavior.
Montana Bull Elk Jumping A Fence At Dawn
Wild Horses – A Possible, Partial New Solution To Their Management Problem On Our Public Lands
Last month I spent some time photographing the Onaqui herd of wild horses in Utah’s west desert. Management of wild horses on public lands is a contentious issue and the BLM has now proposed the use of a relatively new management tool in an attempt at reigning in the population increase of the Onaqui herd.
Birds Using Bison Hair As Nesting Material
For millennia a variety of North American bird species used bison hair during nest construction but when the “buffalo” was brought to the brink of extinction by hunters in the late 1800’s that resource was essentially gone. Today there are relatively few places where bison hair is available to birds and Antelope Island is one of them.
A Badger And Weasel Confrontation On Antelope Island
Yesterday morning we were witness to a tense drama involving a badger and Long-tailed Weasels on Antelope Island. American badgers feed primarily on rodents (ground squirrels, pocket gophers, rats, mice and voles) which they often capture by digging out their burrows – the digging skills of badgers are legendary.
But on this day a close relative was on the menu.
A Couple Of Coyotes And The Utah Mule Deer Protection Act
Bison Calf Getting Breakfast At Its Source
Wild Horses – Colts, Mating, Dust Baths And More Fighting
Fighting Wild Horses
A Coyote Hunting, Then Killing And Eating A Vole
Coyote – Sometimes The Prey Bites Back
The Coyote And The Pesky Deer Fly
A Coyote, A Reflection And An Interpretive Error On My Part
A Bison’s Life Isn’t Easy
A Curious Coyote, A Reflection And A Compositional Quandary
Two days ago we found this coyote exploring along the Antelope Island causeway. We watched it gnaw on a duck or shorebird carcass (possibly falcon leftovers, based on past experience) and then it continued to look for something, almost anything, to eat. When it reached the end of a rocky spit jutting out into the Great Salt Lake it entertained us with some interesting behavior.