View from Red Mtn Lookout, WA
Author: Sea Run
Badger Hits The Big Time.
Crazy hunting story from John Hawley…and pictures to back it up. A friend helped his hunting partner track a buck that he’d shot near dark. They tracked until the trail started to dry up and backed out until morning. They picked up the track in the morning and found his buck but a badger had …
Home Town Boy
Source From @hfxharbourbridges —Talk about a fly-by!Our bridge camera caught this amazing moment, a peregrine falcon soaring right over the traffic.Just another reminder that wildlife shares this space with us, even in the middle of the daily commute. Peregrine Falcon Eastern Passage, Feb 3rd, 2026 I am assuming the same one. I love the shoreline …
Winterkill
This cold snap is already causing real problems down in Texas, where exotic animals and even whitetails aren’t used to this level of prolonged freezing. Ranchers and hunters are already finding storm-related mortalities on the landscape; it brings back memories of the historic February 2021 Texas winter storm, when extreme cold and ice decimated …
Westley Richards~ Round action side lock in 12 bore.
~Westley Richards~ Round action side lock in 12 bore. Engravers, Shaun Banks, and Peter Spode. An incredible walnut stock on that one
Critter Conflicts
Otter Coyote Splashdown on Meta A commenter clams to have video of the same coyote. Hopefully, wild footage. Daniel Dietrich Photography Channel.
SOLAR-POWERED FLASHTAGS TO DETER PREDATION, GPS Collars
SOLAR-POWERED FLASHTAGS TO DETER PREDATION FlashTags are motion-activated, solar-powered ear tags developed by Utah State University to protect sheep and cattle from predators like wolves, coyotes, and grizzly bears. They emit random light patterns at night to mimic human presence, significantly reducing livestock mortality. Trials show reduced attacks. https://www.northernag.net/flashing-ear-tags-show…/ Cool. A neat solution. Five Missouri …
Rufous-thighed Hawk
Currently this is considered a Sharp-shinned Hawk. Photographed in Uruguay, this is the erythronemius subspecies, which will eventually be known as the “Rufous-thighed Hawk.” The work of Therese Catanach found it to be basal to all other Sharp-shinned hawk populations in the Americas. The next closest relative is the Old World Eurasian Sparrowhawk. The work …
Lithospheric Drip.
Using modeling of the river networks, they identified and measured the bullseye pattern of uplift around the mountains—the telltale “fingerprint” of a lithospheric drip. They also found that the crust beneath the Uinta Mountains is several kilometers thinner than expected for a mountain range of its height, which the team say is consistent with dense …
Boston’s urban ecosystem
It sounds exaggerated at first. But extreme cold can briefly change the rules of an entire city. Coyotes are already a permanent part of Boston’s urban ecosystem. They swim rivers, follow green corridors, and move mostly at night. When severe cold hits, shallow waterways, marsh edges, and sheltered coves can partially freeze, turning water from …