Monthly Archives: February 2011

Kestrel Hunts in the Rain

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

This female kestrel has just finished a meal and is looking for another.  I assume she has better places to roost when it is raining, but it had been raining for a long time and she probably needed to eat.

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Bobcats Are Special

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

I enjoy seeing and photographing all wildlife, but some species are more special than others to me.  Bobcats are one of those species, along with wolves, bears and eagles.  I’ll never get tired of photographing them.

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Killing Black Bears and Selling Their Gall Bladders

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

Recently I wrote that the elk are dropping their antlers in Point Reyes National Seashore and the Park Service is busy picking up the antlers before the antler traders find them and remove them (which is illegal).  I mentioned that … Continue reading →

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Bull Elk Near San Francisco

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

I photographed this bull Tule elk in the Elk Reserve at Point Reyes National Seashore a couple of weeks ago.   The bulls are dropping their antlers there now.  This bull may no longer have his.  If elk have egos … Continue reading →

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Injured Coyote

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

I saw this coyote last Thursday in the Pierce Point area of Point Reyes National Seashore.  Saturday he was a bit south of there.  Yesterday he was at the south end of the Tomales Point Peninsula.  I know it’s the … Continue reading →

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Tule Elk’s New Antlers; A Work In Progress

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

This bull has shed his antlers and has the beginnings of new ones.  Recently, I posted some photos of two bull elk fighting at Tomales Point and said that some bulls were already shedding their antlers.  That was based on … Continue reading →

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Burrowing Owl, Point Reyes National Seashore

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

I went out to Point Reyes recently looking for badgers and anything else worth photographing.  I didn’t see any badgers.  However, one benefit in looking for badgers is that you sometimes find burrowing owls using the badger holes or burrows.  … Continue reading →

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Bobcat Hunting Gophers

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

This bobcat was hunting gophers.  Gophers are plentiful at Point Reyes, at least in the agricultural areas.  They are an important food source for coyotes, bobcats, badgers and other predators at the Seashore.  If this bobcat could talk he would … Continue reading →

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Badger, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

I’ve been spending a fair amount of time photographing at Point Reyes the last six months or so and hadn’t seen a badger until the other day when I spotted this one taking a rest on its diggings.  For much … Continue reading →

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Two Bull Elk Fight

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

January 28, 20011.  Two bull elk face each other before a post-rut sparring session. They went at it for quite a while.  There was a winner and I think they’ll each remember that.  There won’t be much more fighting now … Continue reading →

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