#Gregory Slobirdr Smith

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

South American cougar (Puma concolor concolor) by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith Via Flickr: One of the most wanted species on my list while leading tours was to see a mountain lion. This was my very last scheduled Naturalist Journeys' tour and it was to one of my favorite places - Patagonia. Trackers in the area that abuts Torres del Paine National Park have been able to track some of the fifteen pumas that roam a private ranch that abuts this park. This is Sol and her single 1yr+ old cub. Many more photos to follow of this now not-so-elusive species to follow...

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Gray Wolf - Canis lupus

One of the thirty wolves of the Junction Butte pack in Lamar Valley this summer...

Photographer: Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

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A pair of musk ox bulls (Ovibos moschatus) headbutting in Alaska, USA

by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

[fridaybear]

Y'all look like you could use not one, not two, but THREE BEARS in your timeline on this fine Friday. Make your weekend amazing. - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos ssp.)" by Gregory 'Slobirdr' Smith is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Aleutian Tern

Photo: Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

"An uncommon bird, nesting around the Bering Sea and nearby waters, including much of the southern Alaskan coast and Aleutian Islands. May associate with Arctic Tern, but is far less numerous. Its habits have not been thoroughly studied. Its winter range was completely unknown until the late 1980s; now it is known that many Aleutian Terns spend the winter near the Equator in the western Pacific."

- Audubon Field Guide

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Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

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Humpback Whale Tail (Megaptera novaeangliae) by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith https://flic.kr/p/21F3fpy

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A new variant has been added!

Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) © Gregory 'Slobirdr' Smith

It hatches from big, black, common, dark, diagnostic, greenish, large, overall, pale, scarce, southern, white, whitish, and widespread eggs.

squawkoverflow - the ultimate bird collecting game          🥚 hatch    ❤️ collect     🤝 connect

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Peninsular Grizzly Bear - Ursus arctos gyas by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith Via Flickr: This female is starting her lunge towards a male chum salmon that she caught and devoured. The start of the salmon run in this particular Lake Clark National Park & Preserve river system was three weeks late in commencing, and had just started about 90 minutes before we flew in...

[amnhnyc]

Meet the ʻIʻiwi (Drepanis coccinea)! It lives in tropical forests across the Hawaiian islands, where it sips on nectar and plays an important role in pollination. Its skinny decurved bill is specialized for fitting into and reaching nectar from tube-shaped flowers. ��� Photo: Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, flickr https://www.instagram.com/p/CPUk3x8grFA/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thecreatureawaits]

The Creature Awaits #64:

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry.  Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

(Photograph by fabulous photographer, Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith. You can view more of his amazing work here. (CC BY-SA 2.0))

Snow Petrel

Scientific Name: Pagodroma nivea

Region: Antarctica, primarily

Size: About a 30"–31" (76-79cm) wingspan.

Interesting Note: Much of the snow petrel's life is spent sitting on icebergs, from which they'll dive down into insanely cold waters to feast on fish, krill, cephalopods, mollusks and various carrion.  When they take off from the water, they run along its surface in such a way that earned them their moniker "Petrel", named for the Biblical account of Peter walking across the water toward Jesus.

This amazingly resilient bird is one of only three species which nest farther south than all other birds - all the way to the frozen cliffs of inland Antarctica, and have even been seen as far south as the Geographic South Pole.

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Guira cuckoos (Guira guira) in Brazil's Pantanal

by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

[fridaybear]

Good morning. It's Friday. It's September. Fall is coming. Make that weekend amazing.

(Know what else approaches? Fat Bear Week...) - - - - - - - - - - - "Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos ssp.)" by Gregory 'Slobirdr' Smith is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Lapland Longspur

Photo: Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

"Found throughout the Arctic zones of Europe, Asia, and North America in summer, this is one of the most abundant breeding birds of the far North. Birders who visit the tundra in summer will find Lapland Longspurs very common almost everywhere there, the bright males singing their short warbling songs from hummocks or rocks or while flying. In winter the birds come south in flocks, to forage in windswept fields. Although they range widely across the continent, the vast majority winter on the Great Plains, where flocks in the thousands seem to reflect the abundance of the species on its northern nesting grounds."

- Audubon Field Guide

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Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith