Posted in golden retriever, West Virginia, tagged fall foliage, golden retriever, West Virginia fall foliage on September 28, 2014| 4 Comments »
Autumn is slowly revealing its splendors.
Posted in birds, tagged domestic duck, domestic mallard, drake, male mallard, mallard on September 28, 2014| 7 Comments »
The young drake is coming into his adult winter/breeding plumage.
Posted in dog breeding, dog health, tagged boxer, Brussels Griffon, corgi, irish wolfhound on September 20, 2014| 6 Comments »
The closed registry system is so nineteenth/twentieth century. This is what the dogs need now.
David Cunningham comments on this blog pretty regularly.
Posted in birds, West Virginia, wildlife, tagged Eastern wild turkey, West Virginia turkey, wild turkey on September 19, 2014| 1 Comment »
The sun was not cooperating, but look at the beards on those toms!
Outside of the mating season, male and female turkeys form sex-segregated groups.
Oh, and a word about the terminology:
In the UK, the term for a male turkey is a “stag.”
In North America, it is a “tom” for a mature male and a “jake” for a younger one.
Posted in Carnivorans, West Virginia, wildlife, tagged American black bear, bear, black bear, West Virginia bear, West Virginia black bear on September 19, 2014| 2 Comments »
Posted in West Virginia, wildlife, tagged Eastern wild turkey, wild turkey on September 18, 2014|
Posted in West Virginia, wildlife, tagged deer, white-tailed deer on September 18, 2014| 1 Comment »
As you may have noticed, last week I had two trail cams out. One was in a beech wood, deep in a hollow, not far from creek, where lots of animals come by to drink.
Posted in West Virginia, wildlife, tagged deer, white-tailed deer on September 18, 2014| 2 Comments »
Posted in West Virginia, wildlife, tagged buck, deer, white-tailed deer on September 18, 2014|
Posted in Carnivorans, West Virginia, wild dogs, wildlife, tagged coyote, coywolf, Eastern coyote, West Virginia coyote on September 18, 2014| 1 Comment »
The trail cam spooked this coyote before it ran off. If you can look closely and have a bit of understanding of domestic dog body language, the fear and nervousness exhibited here are unmistakable.
I posted this video on Facebook a few days ago, but Youtube’s resolution is just a lot better. You can tell this is a very typical Eastern coyote, which is a coyote that has some wolf and domestic dog ancestry.
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