Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a happy holiday, even if it’s not a holiday for you, wherever you are on this wonderful planet.
Christy and Mike
Tag: landscape
Seeking Solitude
Seeking Solitude as snow quietly falls.
Wishing you a very merry Christmas.
Winter Sun
In spite of lacking heat the winter sun still warms the day.
Reliable places
It nice to have reliable places to go when you just need a wildlife fix. This day we visited one of our favorite places to view Bighorn Sheep. While reliable some days you only get a glimpse through the binoculars while some days you get a much closer view.
This day the view was almost too close to photograph with the long lens we had attached to the camera as this big Ram moved down a hill and into view.
Anyway we did get a nice view and it looks like this big guy has gotten good use of this horns.
When the storm clears
As the storm whipped up the waves and the rain came down sideways a land-bound and lonely looking Brandt Goose looks longingly out to sea waiting for the storm to clear. This goose looked to be alone and we sure hope they caught up to their flock when the storm finally cleared the next afternoon.
In lost light
A black Capped Chickadee sat singing a-dee-dee-dee in the now lost light of a small local woodlands. Even with the sun at high noon this patch of shrubs remains dimly light. Yet when the chickadee sings the forest feels bright.
Chicken Dinner
Looks like someone is going to have a nice chicken dinner this evening.
Illusions
Wether you take the long way around or just jump across.
When you cross the chasm you soon forget you are on the other side.
At dawn
Colors rise and then they fade
Quietly as a gentle breeze blows
A new day
North American Badger: Taxidea taxus
Out on a hike amongst the fully blooming rabbit and sage brush we noticed numerous holes along the trail. Were they Marmot or perhaps Badger. Finally near the end of the hike the question was answered when we spotted this Badger off in the distance.
It was nice to see this Badger out foraging.
Badgers dig after and feed on ground squirrels and pocket gophers, and also eat toads, frogs, birds, snakes, insects and insect grubs, wasps, bees, and worms. They sleep through most of the winter in a den, spending about 29 hours at a time in a state of torpor, rousing briefly, and then sleeping again. In torpor, which is not true hibernation, the Badger’s heartbeat slows to about half the normal rate and its temperature drops.
Even with this great camouflage the Badger is at risk mostly from human activities such as habitat loss as well as hunting and trapping.
Enjoy your winter Mr. badger and we will see you after your Torpor.
nature has no boss 
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