Wednesday, July 2, 2008

"Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis)" and Milkweed

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Great Horned Owlet


Great Horned Owlet, originally uploaded by RicKarr.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Otter Brook


Otter Brook, originally uploaded by RicKarr.

Great Horned Owlet


Great Horned Owlet, originally uploaded by RicKarr.

Great Horned Owl "Bubo virginianus"

Great Horned Owl "Bubo virginianus"

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Evening Road


Evening Road, originally uploaded by RicKarr.

Evening Road

Evening road
On the old river road in New Brunswick,Canada.

Friday, March 21, 2008

Coming Home


Coming Home, originally uploaded by RicKarr.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Pileated Woodpecker


Pileated Woodpecker, originally uploaded by RicKarr.

Pileated Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Adults (40-49 cm long, 250-350 g weight) are mainly black with a red crest and a white line down the sides of the throat. Adult males have a red line from the bill to the throat and red on the front of the crown. In adult females, these are black. They show white on the wings in flight. The only North American birds of similar plumage and size are the Ivory-billed Woodpecker of the Southeastern United States and Cuba, and the related Imperial Woodpecker of Mexico. Both of those species are extremely rare, if not extinct.
White wing linings
White wing linings

Their breeding habitat is forested areas with large trees across Canada, the eastern United States and parts of the Pacific coast. They usually excavate large nests in the cavities of dead trees, and often excavates a new home each year, creating habitat for other large cavity nesters.

This bird is usually a permanent resident.

These birds mainly eat insects (especially beetle larvae and carpenter ants) as well as fruits, berries and nuts. They often chip out large and roughly rectangular holes in trees while searching out insects.

The call is a wild laugh, similar to the Northern Flicker. Its drumming can be very loud, often sounding like someone striking a tree with a hammer. This bird favors mature forests, but has adapted to use second-growth stands and heavily wooded parks as well.

Uploaded by RicKarr on 16 Mar 08, 1.03PM ADT.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

coyote


coyote, originally uploaded by RicKarr.

The coyote (Canis latrans, meaning "barking dog" ) is a canine, or a relative of the domestic dog and wolf. Coyotes are native to North America and even parts of Central America. Rarely coyotes will creates packs like their wolf relatives, but for the most part, coyotes travel alone. Coyotes live an average of about 6 years. The word "coyote" was borrowed from Mexican Spanish, which itself borrowed the term from the Aztec word cóyotl which may have meant "singing dog". Coyotes are essentially nocturnal, but they will occasionally hunt during the day. Their behavior can vary widely depending on where they live, but in general they live and hunt singly or in monogamous pairs in search of small mammals including rabbits, mice, shrews, voles, and foxes. The coyote is an omnivore and adapts its diet to the available food sources including fruits, grasses, and vegetables along with small mammals. Coyotes mate for life. They breed around the month of February and four to six pups are born in late April or early May. Both parents help to feed the pups. At three weeks old the pups leave the den under close watch of their parents. Once the pups are eight to twelve weeks old they are taught to hunt. Families stay together through the summer but the young break apart to find their own territories by fall. They usually relocate within ten miles.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Standing Firm!


Standing Firm!, originally uploaded by RicKarr.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Pine Grosbeak


Pine Grosbeak, originally uploaded by RicKarr.

Northern Shrike eating a mouse or mole.

The northern shrike is known also as the butcher bird due to its unusual practice of impaling prey on thorns or barbed wire

Uploaded by RicKarr on 15 Jan 08, 7.28PM AST.