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African Painted Dog at the Living Desert, Palm Desert CA

Isalnd Fox at the Living Desert, Palm Desert CA

"Ears to You, Little Fox" by Patti Deters. This captivating photo captures a young red fox kit (Vulpes vulpes) standing amidst soft green grass and rocks, pausing for a moment to look directly at the camera. Big brown expressive eyes and a uniquely flopped-over ear add charm and character to an alert and inquisitive gaze. The blurred background accentuates the sharp detail of the kits orange red fur, giving the composition a serene and dreamy quality. This wildlife portrait beautifully conveys the playful and curious nature of foxes. Thank you for viewing this image. If you like outdoor nature photography, please enjoy more animals and other wildlife images at patti-deters.pixels.com/featured/ears-to-you-little-fox-p....

"Jumping Red Fox in Snowy Field" by Patti Deters. A young red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is gracefully leaping through a frosty field, surrounded by snow-dusted trees. In the background, the sun peeks through a cloudy sky, casting a soft light over the winter scene, illuminating the fox's red orange fur and the frosted landscape below. This otherwise peaceful and picturesque setting is given a sense of dynamic action as the wild canine jumps and pounces while hunting during winter's harsh environment. Thank you for viewing this composite image. If you like outdoor nature painterly photo art, please enjoy more animals and other wildlife images at patti-deters.pixels.com/featured/jumping-red-fox-in-snowy....

After waiting an hour and a half, to no avail, to shoot a male Northern harrier that regularly flies in this area, the sun went down and I was about to return to my car. Luckily, I looked up to see this Western coyote hunting right where I'd hoped to catch the harrier. I was able to get lots of shots, including one with this guy calmly looking straight at me. He marked his territory and hunted for several minutes before moving along.

Modern cameras are amazing, keeping almost all shots in focus, despite the low light and this tall prairie grass. Shooting 120 frames per second allows me to pick what I feel is the ideal shot, at the peak of the leap.

Here's a nice mule deer buck coming down a small hill covered with golden prairie grass.. I love the way that the rising sun is hitting his left side and outlining his antler.

So, at Cherry Creek State Park, the coyote are accustomed to vehicles on the nearby roads. If the vehicle is not moving, they'll tend to ignore it. Also, if it's moving at the speed limit, they'll ignore it; however, if it's moving at their speed, then they'll switch into flight mode. Here, the coyote has notice me tracking it in my car and is about to start running (they're fast when they need to be) so you see it's focused on me and not about to calm down. I stopped, it ran across the road in front of me and, after only a few step, started hunting again.

This Western coyote is sitting in tall prairie grass, during the golden hour, checking me out.

Once again, while driving to my office, I saw a Western coyote hunting in the snow and prairie grass, not far from the Eastern entrance of Cherry Creek State Park.

I love shooting in this lovely morning light.

These are ideal vole hunting conditions for the coyote. It hears the vole beneath the snow and leaps to capture it.

Once again, while driving to my office, I saw a Western coyote hunting in the snow and prairie grass, not far from the Eastern entrance of Cherry Creek State Park.

I love shooting in this lovely morning light.

These are ideal vole hunting conditions for the coyote. It hears the vole beneath the snow and leaps to capture it.

Once again, while driving to my office, I saw a Western coyote hunting in the snow and prairie grass, not far from the Eastern entrance of Cherry Creek State Park.

I love shooting in this lovely morning light.

These are ideal vole hunting conditions for the coyote. It hears the vole beneath the snow and leaps to capture it.

Once again, while driving to my office, I saw a Western coyote hunting in the snow and prairie grass, not far from the Eastern entrance of Cherry Creek State Park.

I love shooting in this lovely morning light.

These are ideal vole hunting conditions for the coyote. It hears the vole beneath the snow and leaps to capture it.

Western coyote love hunting voles in a few inches of snow. The locate the voles with their keen hearing and then leap to land on the vole that's underneath the snow. The success rate is above 50% in my experience, having watched this behavior for years. In fact, the was a successful leap, leading to a nice breakfast. Crunch, crunch, gulp and another vole serves its main purpose on earth.

This was taken during my morning drive to my office, which takes me through Cherry Creek State Park, Colorado.

In Colorado, if it weren't for coyote and raptors feeding on voles, mice and other rodents, we'd be overrun with the varmints.

The large rounded ears of African wild dogs swivel to detect minute sounds in the distance. They live in packs of 6 to 20 animals and are among Africa's most efficient hunters. Nevertheless, they are struggling to survive due to habitat fragmentation, human persecution and outbreaks of disease. The African Wild Dog has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List.

Kwara Concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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Montreal Ecomuseum: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue

The Ecomuseum is entirely dedicated to the well-being of Quebec wildlife, both for animals in their care and for endangered species in the wild.

African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) from South Africa.

They are one of the world’s most endangered mammals. They are often hunted and killed by farmers who fear for their livestock. They are also threatened by shrinking space, and diseases like rabies and canine distemper.

The largest populations remain in southern Africa and the southern part of East Africa (Tanzania and northern Mozambique).

They are social and gather in packs of around ten individuals, but some packs number more than 40.

(Afrikansk villhund, også kalt hyenehund, in Norwegian)

My album of photos from Africa here.

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