White-tailed Deer – Growing a Pair
Double entendre alert! So … a bit of 4th grade humor today. I call this image of a White-tailed Deer buck “Growing a Pair” 😀. ~ Anecdote and White-tailed Deer capture, Growing a Pair © Jerry L. Ferrara
SHOT FROM THE FILE
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker The Red-naped Sapsucker is a member of the woodpecker clan and according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology/All About Birds, has a keen fondness for sugary sap. This one, however, was in search of insects on a Western Red Cedar tree. ~ Anecdote and Red-naped Sapsucker capture, Red-naped Sapsucker © Jerry L. Ferrara
Ocelot – The Ocelot
The Ocelot The following narrative describes what occurred one emerging evening in the mysterious recesses of Brazil’s vast and uncanny Pantanal … behold the Ocelot! Night’s stygian pall covers the enigmatic jungle Strange forlorn voices murmur from inky recesses Netherworld conversations Then Silence Portending silence A vague shape precipitates in the underbrush Amorphously it clings to shadows After an eternity, the specter takes form It climbs a limb Then, melts into the ebon night ~ Anecdote, poem and Ocelot capture, The Ocelot © Jerry L. Ferrara
Steller’s Jay – A Roguish Spirit
A Roguish Spirit Two views of a roguish spirit, the Steller’s Jay, a ‘sometimes’ visitor to our backyard. We always look forward to their transitory appearances and raucous, bandit ways. ~ Anecdote and Steller’s Jay captures, A Roguish Spirit © Jerry L. Ferrara
White-tailed Deer – In The Early Morning Mist
In The Early Morning Mist One pristine fall morn I caught this pair of White-tailed Deer doe in the early morning mist near home. The pastoral setting was too much to pass up. ~ Anecdote and White-tailed Deer capture, In The Early Morning Mist © Jerry L. Ferrara
Hairy Armadillo – A Digging Dynamo
A Digging Dynamo Sources in the literature refer to the various armadillo species as being fairly nocturnal and crepuscular in their activity patterns. This one was caught while exiting its burrow entrance in the wilds of Chile during the day. Check out those bodacious claws used effectively in its fossorial way of life. They make this Hairy Armadillo a digging dynamo! ~ Anecdote and Hairy Armadillo capture, A Digging Dynamo © Jerry L. Ferrara
Dall’s Sheep – Conversation
Conversation I caught this bucolic scene of a pair of Dall’s Sheep against the skyline on Igloo Mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve. I also invoked an anthropomorphic labelling of the image, calling the capture “Conversation”. Actually, the lamb on the right had just laid down and was settling in while the youngster on the left was yawning. The postures of the two just ‘appears’ that one is talking and the other listening. ~ Anecdote and Dall’s Sheep capture, Conversation © Jerry L. Ferrara, first generation Kodachrome 64, 1979.
Puma – A Puma Pauses
A Puma Pauses In Chile’s Patagonian region, a Puma pauses while on the hunt. ~ Anecdote and Puma capture, A Puma Pauses © Jerry L. Ferrara
Common Yellowthroat – From Atop A Cattail
From Atop A Cattail Caught by my camera not too far from home in 2015, a wood warbler known as the Common Yellowthroat gives voice from atop a cattail. ~ Anecdote and Common Yellowthroat capture, From Atop A Cattail © Jerry L. Ferrara
Stone’s Sheep
Stone’s Sheep Years ago while making our ‘way north’ along the Alcan [Alaskan Highway] in the northern sector of British Columbia, we happened on a small group of Stone’s Sheep. They are closely related to another ‘thinhorn’ [not bighorn], the Dall’s Sheep. Here are a few captures. ~ Anecdote and Stone’s Sheep capture, Stone’s Sheep © Jerry L. Ferrara