Category Archives: wildlife

In the Gulf for two weeks

Posted on July 24, 2010 by lackofintellect

I am on assignment on the Gulf Coast helping out with the Oil Spill.  Right now I don’t have much to share, I spent yesterday completing all the mandatory training and I am now stationed in Navarre, FL.  I will … Continue reading →

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The cats

Posted on May 26, 2010 by lackofintellect

Had some friends over this weekend and we were discussing some of my family pets and the conversation turned to the two bobcats my family raised.  I hadn’t looked back at those photos in a long time, after showing them … Continue reading →

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Red Shoulders

Posted on April 20, 2009 by lackofintellect

This morning at work I was able to get really close to two juvenile Red Shouldered Hawks. We seem to have a large number of these hawks on the refuge. Here are two of the many photos I snapped.

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You’re doing it wrong!

Posted on February 13, 2009 by lackofintellect

A fawn tries to hide in the black, the camoflage doesn’t work that well after a fire.

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Birding trip

Posted on February 5, 2009 by lackofintellect

My mother is down Florida on a 10 day birding adventure trip. I managed to spend the other day with them while they were in the area. I can say I can’t handle doing the birding thing, but I appreciated … Continue reading →

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A hapless visitor

Posted on August 6, 2008 by lackofintellect

This young coyote pup got more than he bargained for when he strolled through the refuge visitors’ center this evening. A doe decided that the coyote was too close to her fawn so she chased it across the lawn and … Continue reading →

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Crazy rains, bring frogs

Posted on July 16, 2008 by lackofintellect

So far today we have had almost three inches of rain. This makes it noisy as hell outside, every damn frog is looking for a mate today. I managed to capture one of the culprits in the act.

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Work week update June 19th

Posted on June 19, 2008 by lackofintellect

I thought I would share some of the week’s events. We are finally getting some rain so we may soon be able to start doing some prescribed burns on the refuge. Hopefully we get to some of the areas that … Continue reading →

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