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I nearly stepped on this White-tailed Deer fawn while trudging through a thicket of sandhill plum and sumac. It was still as the morning while I took its photo. I also caught a glimpse of a Yellow-breasted Chat, a species which has eluded me for many years.
Today the sun set at 5:29 pm and the moon is nearly full; driving home from Cheyenne Bottoms was a spectacle. Stopped to watch thousands of Sandhill Cranes parachuting into a harvested sorghum field. Endless waves of v-flocked cranes stretched into the distance among the scattered pink and purple clouds with whispy tails of rain. … Continue reading
30 years ago, the Black-footed Ferret was rediscovered by a Wyoming ranch dog, Shep, who brought home a dead ferret. Since the owners were heading into town, they took the mystery critter from the trash and had the local taxidermist examine it. The animal was a Black-footed Ferret, which had been declared extinct a few … Continue reading
I observed a very active critter climbing the stalks of sunflowers – the Hispid Cotton Rat. It proceeded to chew through the stems until they toppled to the ground; the cotton rat was then able to reach the seed heads. I’m no expert on cotton rats, so here’s an excerpt from the Mammals of Kansas: “Cotton … Continue reading
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