Archive for the ‘bobcat’ Tag
You see some amazing things on America’s public lands, like this cute little bobcat hanging out within the snow-covered trees in eastern Oregon. Can you spot it? While common, bobcats are rarely seen. Sometimes called wildcats, bobcats are roughly twice as big as the average house cat. They have long legs, large paws, and tufted ears, and gets its name for its tail, which appears to be cut or “bobbed.” Photo by Kevin Eldredge. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 12/30/16.
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Keeping It Wild
The Cat In The Cactus
Bobcat vs. Shark
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Where’s the best place to look for wildlife when visiting America’s public lands? Sometimes you have to look where you least expect. Case in point: This pic of bobcat hiding in a cactus at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 5/6/15.
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Meet The Kittens
Bobcat vs. Shark
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Here’s something you don’t see every day: A bobcat catches a shark at Sebastian Inlet State Park in Florida. John Bailey captured this amazing scene last night during a stroll on Vero Beach. He realized the cat was transfixed on a shark feeding on smaller fish. Suddenly, the bobcat leaped into the water atop the shark and dragged it ashore! John snapped this photo just before the bobcat dropped its catch and ran into the forest. Photo by John Bailey via the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 4/8/15.
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The elk herd in Great Sand Dunes National Park. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 11/7/14.
Prairie dogs greet each other with a “kiss.” Photo taken at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Rich Keen. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 11/19/14.
Reindeer have a right to be playful this time of year, right? Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 12/24/14.
Alaska’s Glacier National Park
A muskoxen family in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, one of the most remote public lands in the National Park system. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 12/22/14.
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Any picture of a bobcat is unusual, as these cats hunt at night when photographers aren’t as common. This particular bobcat lives on the west side of Pinnacles National Park, and is known to help keep the squirrel population in check. Look at its mouth closely. After this successful catch on 3/14/14, a coyote chased the bobcat down trying to get its meal. The bobcat kept its prize, though, by climbing up the tree and waiting out the coyote. Oh the circle of life. From the Park’s Facebook page.
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The Wild In Wilderness
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These river otters in Squaw Creek National Wildlife Reserve clearly don’t mind the cold! Posted by the US Department of the Interior, 2/10/14.
Snow is a great insulator. So is fur— something this red fox certainly must appreciate! This fox was photographed on the The Alaska Peninsula and Becharof National Wildlife Refuges, which were established to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural diversity, including brown bears, the Alaska Peninsula caribou herds, moose, sea otters and other marine mammals, salmon, shore birds and other migratory birds, and raptors, including bald eagles and peregrine falcons. Photo: Bob Dreeszen. Posted by the US Department of the Interior on Tumblr, 2/6/14.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to remove the Oregon chub from the list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife under the Endangered Species Act. If finalized, the chub would be the first fish delisted due to recovery. The Oregon chub, a small minnow found only in the Willamette River Basin in floodplain habitats with little or no water flow, was listed as endangered in 1993 and reclassified as threatened in 2010. The primary factors that threatened Oregon chub were loss of habitat and predation by nonnative fishes. These threats have been lessened over the last 20 years through collaborative partnerships to restore and acquire habitat, promote natural water flows, and conduct education and outreach to local landowners and residents; efforts that were accompanied by the reintroduction of chub into historical habitat. Posted by the US Department of the Interior on 2/4/14.
A Grizzly Bear crossing the Snake River at sunrise in the Grand Teton National Park. Photo: Donald Higgs. Posted by the US Department of the Interior on Tumblr, 1/15/14.
This shot by Steven Gifford is amazing because bobcats – Lynx rufus – are elusive, nocturnal, mostly solitary – and rarely seen by people. They first appeared about 1.8 million years ago. Today, the beautiful cat – about twice as big as an average housecat – is still found in most of its historic range from southern Canada to northern Mexico. Like most cats, the bobcat is territorial. Gifford took this photo at Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge, Indiana. Posted by the US Department of the Interior, 1/8/14. ________________________________________
Snow brings a special quiet to Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Photo credit: Cindy Souders. Posted by the US Department of the Interior, 12/30/13.
When temperatures Yellowstone National Park dropped below freezing last week, this bison woke up with a frost blanket. The bison’s heavy fur is perfectly adapted to winter conditions. Photo: Tim Townsend. Posted by the US Department of the Interior, 11/15/13.
Another stunning fall photo from America’s great outdoors. A Cottonwood tree and sandhill cranes at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Photo: Robert Dunn. Posted by the US Department of the Interior, 11/3/13.
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