Japanese Cranes or as they are also called Red Crowned Cranes.

Japanese Cranes or as they are also called Red Crowned Cranes. A very pretty image. No clue who the artist is but likely Japanese as they have a big cultural thing for these birds. The poster called them swans and took some heat for that. Sometimes winter can seem tranquil versus the PITA it is …

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Hare Indian Dog

  The Hare Indian dog was a breed raised by First Nations tribes. Experts believe the Hare Indian dog was a type of “coydog”, basically a coyote crossbred with a domestic dog, or even a domesticated breed of coyote. These dogs were a medium-sized, long-haired canine used by the Northern Canadian Hare tribe for hunting. …

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Puma

  Too bad. Looks like a mature male.

Not something I expected.

A new study in Scientific Reports found that childhood experiences in nature, travel and trauma were all predictors of green behavior as adults, such as recycling, driving or flying less, and taking shorter showers. Credit: Unsplash Childhood trauma linked to civic environmental engagement

9 am Jan 24th, 2023

I was headed up the street, a few minutes ago, and saw a flock of about 100 birds crossing the street into the tree. They were backlight by the sun and I thought starlings but saw they were waxwings when I got closer. It was the biggest flock I have seen in town in many …

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A difficult picture.

More pictures at People’s Choice: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022. A difficult picture to see and a reminder of how nature is.