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Glaucous Gull and Black-legged Kittiwake – Assault

This is a two-part story, the first installment appearing today: Assault We were cruising in the zodiac when a large Glaucous Gull attacked a much smaller juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake overhead in midair. The action came without warning and was as fast as it was frenzied making photographic acquisition of the action, framing and tracking it challenging, especially from the moving boat. Mortally injured, the Kittiwake plummeted to the water’s surface where the Glaucous Gull followed in vicious pursuit seizing its prey and dragging it to shore. Once there, the predator continued its assault until the murder was consummated. What happened next was as stunning as what had just occurred. STAY TUNED for part two, The Misappropriated Meal. ~ Anecdote and Glaucous Gull and Black-legged Kittiwake capture, Assault © Jerry L. Ferrara, Svalbard, Norway

A Bodacious Behemoth While sitting quietly near a Norwegian shoreline, the head of an Atlantic Walrus suddenly popped above the water’s surface and into view. Slowly the curious creature came forward revealing its immense size, enormous tusks and mustachioed lip. It was a bodacious behemoth. ~ Anecdote and Atlantic Walrus capture, A Bodacious Behemoth © Jerry L. Ferrara

Late Light on an Icy Shelf 7:14PM. 9/7/22. 79° 15′ 30″ N by 22° 52′ 25.776″ E. Bråsvellbreen, Spitsbergen region of the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. ~ Capture, Late Light on an Icy Shelf © Jerry L. Ferrara

A Gentle Sparring Moment Softly swirl did the airy flakes of snow as the amply-antlered bull Svalbard Reindeer casually approached a nearby member of the herd. What he instigated next was a gentle sparring moment. It was not a “battle royal” for social position. That had already come to fruition. Instead, the perpetrator simply was exerting and reinforcing his dominance. ~ Anecdote and Svalbard Reindeer capture, A Gentle Sparring Moment © Jerry L. Ferrara, Spitsbergen, Norway.

Along a Rocky Polar Shore Along a rocky polar shore Strides a beast the shade of hoar Its quest does seem forever more Along a rocky polar shore ~ Poem and Polar Bear capture, Along a Rocky Polar Shore © Jerry L. Ferrara. Recorded in the Ormholet Channel [78º 38′ 20.136″ N by 21º 12′ 1.374″ E] of Norway’s Svalbard Arctic Archipelago. 9/9/22

Coming Soon Coming soon to nearby Autumn mountain meadows … the eerie challenges of Rocky Mountain bull Elk. It is one of Nature’s most alluring sounds. ~ Anecdote and Rocky Mountain Elk capture, Coming Soon © Jerry L. Ferrara

Crossing The River of Fire The setting was ablaze with the stain of autumn and in the still of a vividly-hued morn a White-tailed Deer doe herd magically materialized on the marge of a muted, meandering waterway. Their appearance was steeped in ghostly silence as they pregnantly paused streamside. Intrepidly, the deer stepped into the richly-tinged flow. In their march through the moist medium they appeared to be Crossing The River of Fire. ~ Anecdote and White-tailed Deer capture, Crossing The River of Fire © Jerry L. Ferrara

Sweep the Boreal Aurora Sky While the background for this shot may be reminiscent of those eerie, shadowy curtains of charged particles from the sun [the aurora borealis], it is in reality not the dramatic celestial light show at all but a reflection of the nearby forest on the lake’s glassy surface. ~ Anecdote and Bald Eagle capture, Sweep the Boreal Aurora Sky © Jerry L. Ferrara

The Towers A rapturous eye May gaze up to the sky Where The Towers reach high While the heavens comply ~ Poem and The Towers capture, The Towers © Jerry L. Ferrara, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

A Shade of Dusty Rose As the Belt of Venus infused the evening firmament with a shade of dusty rose, a flock of Red-crowned Cranes sail to roost. ~ Anecdote and Red-crowned Cranes capture, A Shade of Dusty Rose © Jerry L. Ferrara

SHOT FROM THE FILE

Glaucous Gull and Black-legged Kittiwake – Assault

Atlantic Walrus – A Bodacious Behemoth

Svalbard Scenic – Late Light on an Icy Shelf

Svalbard Reindeer – A Gentle Sparring Moment

Polar Bear – Along a Rocky Polar Shore

Rocky Mountain Elk – Coming Soon

White-tailed Deer – Crossing The River of Fire

Bald Eagle – Sweep the Boreal Aurora Sky

Torres del Paine National Park – The Towers

Red-crowned Cranes – A Shade of Dusty Rose

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