Sharing! A ROMP of otters!

Video of Asian Small-Clawed Otters by QuestX  

Explore the Wonder

of the Season!

Wishing You 

Joy and Wonder 

for the coming year,

 

The DeWyks

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...busy...

Coho Waiting for the Rain...

reblogged from QuestX

The beautiful autumn we've been having is definitely causing trouble for the salmon in the smaller tributaries...
...in reviewing the tributary to the larger creek, no salmon are able to move upstream beyond the first riffles, effectively restricting the coho in shallow pools.


This physically restricts the normal breeding patterns of coho: mates restricted, spawning site selection limited, spawning and redd progression restricted.



This is a very large pair, the larger coho is ~3' long.

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Coho Salmon - Competing for Space and Mates

reblogged from QuestX

Coho salmon competing for spawning habitat and mates... in a tributary of Woods Creek, Snohomish County, Washington.
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The Elephant Child (photos by Ian Salisbury)

Ian Salisbury, general manager of a safari lodge and amateur photographer, captured this scene, very reminiscent of Kipling's "The Elephant's Child" in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

After hearing that a lodge guest had witnessed a similar attack, Mr Salisbury took his camera to check it out, "The action was so quick, a couple of seconds, and fortunately I had the camera pointing in the right direction. Having spent 30 years in the African bush I realize how lucky I was to catch the scene."

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Today in... the Creek ~> Jockeying for Position.

reblogged from QuestX

Coho salmon jockey for position in a tributary to Woods Creek, Washington.




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