Javelina (Peccary)
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

There was a small sounder of these small pig-like ungulates at two places along the road as we drove through the Bosque. They have been in the region hundreds, if not thousands of years, but this was the first time we'd seen them in the refuge. They didn't seem to mind the cars very much.

The image, especially the face, is a little blurred as I had to quickly grab my landscape camera since they were so close to the car. This camera is set for aperture priority, whereas my camera with the telephoto lens is set for a fast shutter speed. I just rolled down the window and fired away.

#photo #nature #WildlifeWednesday #peccary #WildlifeRefuge #NewMexico

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Stone-AmericanAnimals/pages/031-collared-peccary/

#vintageArt - #vintagePhotography from 1900, showing a Mexican collared peccary.

Photo by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmor (i think, from the A R Dugmore signature).

Photos printed with the dot screen process rarely scan well, but this book uses a very fine screen, and a couple of #GIMP filters really helped.

#fobo #vintageArt #photograph #photography #GIMP3 #Gimp_3 #peccary #wildBoar #animalPhotography #blackAndWhite #blackAndWhitePhotography

Mason has a big smile for you today. He’s sure you’ve got this. 👍

#photography #fotografía #fotografie #peccary #javalina #wild #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #yougotthis
#LauraCochranPhotography

Sitting here on the porch, enjoying this lovely evening (it's balmy here and southern Arizona), reading all the interesting things people post on mastodon and I hear a noise… I look over and a medium sized javelina squeezed itself through a 5 inch opening at the edge of the gate.

I said "what's up, buddy? Get the fuck out of here." And it squished itself back through the narrow opening.

My shoe scuffs the sides if I put it through that opening. I have no idea how that large animal did that. After it left, it went and joined the other ones wandering up the street looking for people's gardens to eat and trash cans to tip over.

They are weird as fuck, generally not particularly aggressive and a regular sight here.

#Arizona #SonoranDesert #Wildlife #ArizonaProblems #Peccary #Javelina

On the morning of May 19 I heard noise outside the hotel so I went out to find a small group of collared peccaries looking for breakfast.

Monteverde, Costa Rica.

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