Category: Wildlife
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I spent a week on Kodiak Island watching and photographing the Kodiak brown bears. As winter approaches they were fattening themselves up on both grasses and the salmon which numbered in the thousands in the Uganik River. On one day we saw 19 bears, most were mother bears with their cubs. Generally they paid no…
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A few weeks back I spent a day looking for Bald Eagles in the Land Between the Lakes. After 8 hours of not seeing I decided to head back home. I made the turn onto my road and there waiting for me was this Bald Eagle. Just shows sometimes you don’t need to get far…
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Growing up, the only time I could see a Bald Eagle was on TV or perhaps in a zoo. But the last few years they have made there way to east central Illinois. This pair was feeding on a deer. They took off when they say me, but it was a beautiful sight watching them…
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One of the special places in the Land Between the Lakes (LBL) is the Elk and Bison Prairie. This is place where both Elk and Bison have been reintroduced to the LBL. Both were native species before being hunted to extinction as settlers moved into the area and Native Americans were moved out. This particular…
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I met this small Smooth Green Snake in LBL recently. He was looking at me as I stepped out of the truck. We looked at each other and I took a few pictures and he moved on his way.
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Did you know there are Elks in Kentucky? They used to roam freely in the western Kentucky area and were hunted out to extinction over a hundred years ago. They have been reintroduced to the Land Between the Lakes area in a special prairie for them and a buffalo heard.
