🥾 We hiked past a water impoundment that is usually disruptive to a mountaintop environment, but this one was full of salamanders!
🦎 These amphibians prefer cold, clean, running water as in pristine streams. This pond had to be relatively undisturbed.
📷 I stayed still and got a pic of a Spotted Salamander as it floated into a sunny spot. Love the orange spots!
#BreaksSP 🧵
#Travel #WildlifeWednesday #Wildlife #TravelPhotography #Biodiversity #Environment #Salamander #Salamanders #Amphibians
For #WildlifeWednesday let me introduce to you these 9-10 days old Anna’s Hummingbird siblings with proud momma.
Cards, Prints : https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/adorable-hummingbird-family-in-the-nest-2-ez-lorenz.html
#Mothersday #GreetingCards #Washington #PNW #Birds #BirdsOfmastodon #Hummingbird #Nest #Chicks #Nature #NatureLover #Mother #Photo #PhotoOftheDay #Wildlife #ArtForSale #ArtShop #WallArt #Prints #ArtPrints #Gifts #Giftideas #FediGiftShop #Birthday
I was going to take a break from posting today but as it's #wildlifewednesday I couldn't resist.
Here's an image taken on my old camera in 2023 of a Red Kite in flight. In England there have been several conservation successes with these birds over the last 20-30 years. In certain places they almost feel as common as garden birds!
#redkite #bird #birds #birdsinflight #birdsofmastodon #birding #nature #naturephotography #photo #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #conservation
A new post on Raff's Reflections:
Killing with Kindness: The Problem with Feeding Wildlife
https://raffkarva.com/blog/posts/wildlife/killing-with-kindness/
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I often see neighbours leaving food out for foxes and birds where I live. I decided to investigate what the science actually says, and what I found troubled me enough to write about it.
The research shows feeding wildlife spreads disease, benefits common aggressive species over the ones that actually need help, and introduces antibiotic-resistant bacteria into wild populations.
The post isn't about judging neighbours. It's about what the evidence says and what people who genuinely love wildlife should be doing instead.
https://raffkarva.com/blog/posts/wildlife/killing-with-kindness/
#RaffsReflections #Blog #Wildlife #RSPB #Science #WildlifeWednesday
Peru: Quechua Women Lead Efforts to Protect Pumas
⛰️ In Peru’s Andean highlands, Quechua women once killed pumas in retaliation for livestock losses.
🌳 Now, through a women-led conservation group, practical measures such as improved corrals, nonlethal deterrents and forest protection have sharply reduced conflict and ended retaliatory wildcat killings.
🦙 An alpaca wool textile cooperative links conservation with women’s economic empowerment, strengthening both livelihoods and wildlife protection.
#WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeConservation #Peru #Quechua #Pumas #Environment #Biodiversity
AYACUCHO, Peru — High in the Peruvian Andes, a group of Indigenous Quechua women is transforming long-standing conflict with wildcats into a model of coexistence, conservation and cultural revival. A new film, Women Secure a Future with Pumas in the Andes, examines how the fear of predators like the puma (Puma concolor), pampas cat (Leopardus […]
Red Kite (2025)
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Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Kleindöttingen, Switzerland
#redkite #kite #milvusmilvus #birds #wildlife #photography #birdsofmastodon #nature #wildlifephotography #photo #birdofpray #naturephotography #switzerland #sonyalpha #rotmilan #milan #vogel #Wildtiere #fotografie #natur #naturfotografie #foto #greifvogel #schweiz #WildlifeWednesday
Grizzly wandering through dwarf birch and willow in the tundra in Denali National Park.
https://photos.lwpetersen.com/Galleries/Alaska-Photos/Wildlife
Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️
EZ Lorenz 🇺🇸 📸
~meoralis~
johnmwildlife
Fredensborg
Mauzegrafie
Raff Karva
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Lee Petersen