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8 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments AF3LMike
I usually go to a place called "Carbon County Environmental Education Center" in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania and use their bird blind to photograph waterfowl on the lake. One day while hiking down to the bird blind on the lake, A Chukar came out of the...
6 Apr 2019 2 minute read 0 comments AF3LMike
Today I went hiking with a friend looking for migrating spring birds coming back north. We were visiting Nescopeck State Park in Drums, Pennsylvania and saw they had bird feeders out behind the visitor's center. We decided to stop at the bird feeders...
6 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Nature Lover
The largest carnivore on the land is Polar bear. Polar bears are excellent swimmers. They hunt seals, walruses, and beluga whales. Around 80% of the world´s polar bears populations live in northern Canada. The rest live in Russia, Norway, Greenland...
5 Apr 2019 1 minute read 4 comments Nature Lover
Ferrets sleep up to 21 hours per day. Their survival is almost dependent on the hunting of prairie dogs at night. These animals live alone. Females give birth to one to six kits in May and June. In Northen America are these ferrets native species bu...
3 Apr 2019 1 minute read 1 comment AF3LMike
The Purple Gallinule is a common bird found in the extreme southeastern United States, Caribbean and Central America. Purple Gallinules are mostly found in freshwater wetlands that have both emergent and submerged vegetation such as water lilies, lot...
3 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Nature Lover
Elephants are the largest living land animal. Are intelligent animals like apes, dolphins, and magpies. They need 70 000 calories every day (50 gallons of water and 220 pounds of food). Their tusks are large teeth and can length 6 feet and weight 50...
3 Apr 2019 2 minute read 0 comments AF3LMike
While hiking in the woods, I found this Ruffed Grouse sitting in a tree above me. The Ruffed Grouse is a popular game bird but not really easy to find. The Ruffed Grouse was designated the official Pennsylvania State Bird in 1931. This bird wanted no...
2 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Nature Lover
These powerful and large eagles are dark with a white tail, shoulders, rump, thighs, and forehead. They hunt salmons, squid, shellfish, crabs, ducks, and small animals mostly. Many of Steller's sea eagles migrate from their breeding grounds to Japan...
1 Apr 2019 1 minute read 2 comments Nature Lover
Gorillas form communities of up to 30 individuals. Are led by one dominant, older adult male, often called a Silverback. They eat fruit, roots, shoots, and tree pulp and bark. About half of mountain gorillas live in the forests of the Virunga mounta...
1 Apr 2019 3 minute read 2 comments AF3LMike
Some of the most difficult birds to photograph in my opinion are owls. They are well camoflauged, quiet and stealthy. You can walk by them and never even notice them. I was lucky enough oneday to spot this Great Horned Owl sitting in a hollowed out p...
