Ferrara Wildlife Photography

Brown Bear – Up On Two

Up On Two The species Brown Bear does not relish surprises, especially when suddenly encountering one of its own kind in close proximity. While wandering through tall, thick, grassy riparian habitats, they will periodically practice the art of standing upright on their hind quarters to peer over the vegetation, just in case another bear is nearby. I am a bear, so do beware. Wander me, through the grassy sea. Tall reeds are, why I won’t see far. But what if there, be another bear? So up on two, I peruse the view. I am a bear, that is aware. ~ Anecdote, poem and Brown Bear capture, Up On Two © Jerry L. Ferrara

The Incoming Meal As a gift-bearing male Osprey returns to the nest, his female counterpart intently eyes the incoming meal … an exercise in courtship feeding. ~ Anecdote and Osprey capture, The Incoming Meal © Jerry L. Ferrara

Sunspot AR3664 Northern Lights – Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect

Suspended Suspended in midair against a cerulean sky, an Osprey’s attention is solidly gripped by the potential of a scaly meal swimming just below the lake’s murky surface. ~ Anecdote and Osprey capture, Suspended © Jerry L. Ferrara

Spring Renovation Home restoration is often a dirty job. Here, an industrious Columbian Ground Squirrel pauses during spring renovation of its burrow, den and mound. The soil on its front paws and heaped on the bridge of its nose and top of its head is telltale of its earth-moving methodology. One quick glance and the high-spirited rodent resumed excavation. ~ Anecdote and Columbian Ground Squirrel capture, Spring Renovation © Jerry L. Ferrara

To Build A Home Those of us who make our home in and around the beauty of North Idaho, and particularly near the watery environs of the awesome Pend Oreille, have the privilege of sharing this magnificent part of the planet with a most interesting, part-time local resident known variously as the Osprey, Fish Hawk or Pandion haliaetus. Globally cosmopolitan, the Fish Hawk is a true international entity for the Osprey nation inhabits all continents but one, that being Antarctica. When they return annually to our locale, generally from parts south, they industriously engage themselves in the duty of nest construction for to build a home is a major investment … the pivotal point from which they create, maintain, and nuture their kind … their future … their destiny. ~ Anecdote and Osprey capture, To Build A Home © Jerry L. Ferrara

What You Don’t See When in the wild, travel with careFor what you don’t see might give you a stareBut should you perceive that something is thereIt may cause shivers and nightmarish scares ~ Poem and Bengal Tiger capture, What You Don’t See © Jerry L. Ferrara, Kanha National Park, India

In the Realm of Solitude In the frigid and foreboding desolation far above the Arctic Circle a formidable predator, wearing the mantle of winter, roams the barren ice-clad ‘scape. The mighty Polar Bear is a fitting entity in the realm of solitude. ~ Anecdote and Polar Bear capture, In the Realm of Solitude © Jerry L. Ferrara

Spoils In Talon After diving into the water, the Osprey was having a bit of difficulty releasing itself from the lake’s grasp. Suddenly it popped from the fluid surface and off it labored, clutching its spoils in talon. ~ Anecdote and Osprey capture, Spoils In Talon © Jerry L. Ferrara

Coming and Going A pair of Great Egrets ethereally traverse the sky near their rookery … one coming and one going. ~ Anecdote and Great Egret capture, Coming and Going © Jerry L. Ferrara

SHOT FROM THE FILE

Brown Bear – Up On Two

Osprey – The Incoming Meal

Sunspot AR3664 Northern Lights – Cause and Effect

Osprey – Suspended

Columbian Ground Squirrel – Spring Renovation

Osprey – To Build A Home

Bengal Tiger – What You Don’t See

Polar Bear – In the Realm of Solitude

Osprey – Spoils In Talon

Great Egret – Coming and Going