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Urban Wild, Feathered Free
From mischievous mynas to pouting doves and the odd stork making an entrance, today’s photo set is all about attitude with wings. #Birds are city regulars and secret scene-stealers, whether they’re hunting for crumbs or soaking up the sun.
Shot on my #CanonR5MarkII #AMIR2000NLPhotography
#BirdPhotography #Israel #NatureLovers #UrbanWildlife #TelAviv #CanonPhotography #FeatheredFriends 3/3
Urban Wild, Feathered Free
From mischievous mynas to pouting doves and the odd stork making an entrance, today’s photo set is all about attitude with wings. #Birds are city regulars and secret scene-stealers, whether they’re hunting for crumbs or soaking up the sun.
Shot on my #CanonR5MarkII #AMIR2000NLPhotography
#BirdPhotography #Israel #NatureLovers #UrbanWildlife #TelAviv #CanonPhotography #FeatheredFriends 2/3
Urban Wild, Feathered Free
From mischievous mynas to pouting doves and the odd stork making an entrance, today’s photo set is all about attitude with wings. #Birds are city regulars and secret scene-stealers, whether they’re hunting for crumbs or soaking up the sun.
Shot on my #CanonR5MarkII #AMIR2000NLPhotography
#BirdPhotography #Israel #NatureLovers #UrbanWildlife #TelAviv #CanonPhotography #FeatheredFriends 1/3
imagine you're a bug flying around minding your own business and this is the last thing you see 
Good morning, Fediverse! Horribly blurred because my phone’s camera zoom sucks, but here’s a hawk taking a morning break on my neighbor’s roof. 
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I once interviewed an urban coyote expert. He did #coyote counts in cities across North America (I believe #Toronto hired him at one point). He said every major city has a coyote population, though mostly we don't see them. They are generally shy creatures that come out at times when people are not around. Coyotes are scavengers, but when it comes to prey they go after easy small things - like mice and rats.
It turns out it would be a mistake for cities to eliminate coyotes because the mouse and rat population would significantly surge.
The key thing is to educate people. Leave the coyotes alone, don't feed them or try to make friends (otherwise they get too used to people and that's when trouble can happen - like becoming bold enough go after small pets).
#wildlife #urbanwildlife
This is the urban coyote expert: https://urbancoyoteresearch.com/researcher/stanley-d-gehrt-phd
urbancoyoteresearch.comStanley D. Gehrt, PhD | Urban Coyote ResearchStanley D. Gehrt, PhD, Professor & Wildlife Extension Specialist, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University and Chair of Research, Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation | Dr. Stanley D. Gehrt is the Principal Investigator of the Cook County Coyote Project, having initiated the study in 2000. As Chair of the Center for Wildlife Research at the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, he directs a variety of research projects both at the Foundation and around the country. Dr. Gehrt continues to supervise many daily aspects of the project while working full-time as a Professor and Extension specialist at The Ohio State University.
Street weeds and pavement plants on #Twerton High Street, #Bath #Somerset #UK - Musk Mallow, Mexican Fleabane, Bittersweet and Shepherd's Purse.
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #pavementplants #ukwildlife #streetweeds #bathnature #urbanwildlife #urbanbotany #botany
Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens) on an Oxford Ragwort, growing out of a pavement on #Twerton High Street, #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ukwildlife #bathnature #ukinsects #streetweeds #urbanwildlife #urbanbotany #botany #pavementplants
We normally have hares around here, they're much bigger and their ears are way longer, and one part of the city has feral domesticated rabbits. But this appears to be a wild rabbit! Munching on my front lawn today.
I've just seen a fox in the middle of Edinburgh - strolling along N St Andrew St before nipping into St Andrew Lane behind the National Portrait Gallery.
I've seen foxes locally - in my tenement's garden, and in the nearby allotments - but never in the centre of the city.
It took me some moments to realise what it was - I knew it wasn't a dog immediately, but "fox" didn't compute!
Common Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) growing out of a wall in #Twerton, #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #twerton #ukwildlife #bathnature #ukinsects #streetweeds #urbanwildlife #urbanbotany
I nearly tripped on my spiky friend just now, as I went to fill his food bowl. 
Tux gently steps down, but he still spooks the hedgehog enough that it quickly curls up into a ball, lol. They're lightning fast!
And suddenly we were face to face
More cuteness for #WildlifeWednesday! 
I met this young #squirrel in the Walsrode bird park quite unexpectedly – it wasn't one of the i̶n̶m̶a̶t̶e̶s̶ inhabitants, but a wild one, roaming the park for food.
@addiebeal: I thought I could show you the tufts on our #squirrels, but I'm only just realizing that this one doesn't have them (yet?), damn! Aaand I also just learned that the tufts are more prominent in their thicker winter coat. In summer, the ear-tufts are a lot smaller or even gone. I had no idea!
#Eichhörnchen #redSquirrel #squirrelsOfMastodon #squirrelContent #WhiskersWednesday #urbanWildlife #animal #animalPhotography #Tier #wildlife #VogelparkWalsrode #WeltvogelparkWalsrode
I met this young #squirrel in the Walsrode bird park quite unexpectedly – it wasn't one of the i̶n̶m̶a̶t̶e̶s̶ inhabitants, but a wild one, roaming the park for food.
@addiebeal: I thought I could show you the tufts on our #squirrels, but I'm only just realizing that this one doesn't have them (yet?), damn!
Aaand I also just learned that the tufts are more prominent in their thicker winter coat. In summer, the ear-tufts are a lot smaller or even gone. I had no idea!#Eichhörnchen #redSquirrel #squirrelsOfMastodon #squirrelContent #WhiskersWednesday #urbanWildlife #animal #animalPhotography #Tier #wildlife #VogelparkWalsrode #WeltvogelparkWalsrode
Red-tailed Hawk preying on a Gray Squirrel, observed at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, yesterday.
There is a nesting pair of Red-tailed Hawks with two fledged chicks on one of the dorm buildings. As I was leaving, this adult soared low over a lawn and up into a nearby tree, pursued by some Blue Jays. A large Eastern Gray Squirrel decided to join in with the Blue Jays, and got way too cocky. The hawk grabbed the squirrel.
The Jays eventually left off and the hawk began feeding on its prey. However, the squirrel was too large for the Red-tailed to take flight, so s/he glided down to a lawn area and continued to feed, while the partner and the offspring called and then perched nearby.
Looks like hedges aren't the only thing they hog 
And that was the last of the cat food, too, poor Tux... 