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Bobcat! This was from a few minutes ago. He hung around for a number of hours, mostly sleeping, but sometimes hunting. He was oblivious to my presence, I had to make a little squeak noise to get him to look at me for this photo, otherwise he ignored me and I could come a go at will. This is the third day in a row he has been here. Such a treat!
A red-tailed hawk has used the power pole next to our rv as a perch from time to time over the years. This year, for whatever reason, it is on the power pole nearly every morning. In the past if I walked over to our vehicle parked under the pole, it would fly. This year I have even started and moved the vehicle without effect him. This morning he flew to this nearby saguaro making for a nice perch. He has become my morning buddy.
What is even more interesting is the lack of effect he has on the other birds. Here he is perched right over one of my main feeders and the bird activity is unaffected. There are even quail running around on the ground. He must not be able to catch birds, and they must know it. Now if a sharp-shinned hawk showed up, it is lights out! All the birds are motionless or have flushed.
I still have lots of Costa Rica photos to share, but thought I would take a short break and share this image of a brown bear family from last summer. Just adjusted this photo this morning – I missed it on my first round of edits. This is a sow with three spring cubs just waking up. Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
My reptile handler was very excited about this snake as he had never seen an orange eyelash palm pit-viper. This came about thanks to a call from a nearby farm to the handler. They told him what they found and said they were going to kill it unless he wanted it. I think he gives them something like $20 and takes the snake back to his property, where we can photograph it. Then he can release it in a safer location on his property. By the way, this was captured with my longest telephoto lens equivalent to a 1000mm full frame lens.
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