Wild Things: Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Raccoons are distinguished by their black facial mask, dark gray fur and a tail ringed with black...
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Wild Things: Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)
This small active chickadee is about 5 to 6 inches in length and occurs throughout coniferous...
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Wild Things Brown creeper (Certhia Americana)
The Brown creeper is a small bird of mature forests, being found year round in the Rockies and...
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Wild Things: Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
This forest hawk is a member of the accipiter group, having long legs, long tails, and short,...
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Wild Things: Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
The loggerhead shrike is a robin-sized bird, about 8 to 9 inches long, with a wingspan of about a...
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Wild Things: A Fawn’s Unsuccessful Rescue Story
Years ago I had trail cameras set up in a 400-acre urban forest in north Kansas City at a natural...
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Wild Things: Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)
This large, 12-inch long woodpecker ranges throughout the U.S. and Canada, occurring in a variety...
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Wild Things: Darkling beetle (Eleodes obscurus)
There are about 400,000 species of beetles, which make up 25% of all existing animal species. The...
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Wild Things: Sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)
This large crane is from 3 to 5 feet tall and 8 to 10 pounds, with a 5 to 7 foot wingspan. The...
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Wild Things: Wilson’s warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
This beautiful little warbler is 4-5” in length and has a yellow face, breast and belly. The back...
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Wild Things: Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus)
This medium-sized thrush is 6-7 inches long with a brown back and rusty brown tail. The white...
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Wild Things: Bull or Gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer)
The bull snake is a common name for a race of snakes in the same species more commonly known as...
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Wild Things: Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
The mule deer, named for the large mule-like ears, occurs in the western mountains and plains of...
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Wild Things: Broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
This tiny 3-4 inch hummingbird is a summer resident and breeder in New Mexico mountains, the...
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Wild Things: Killdeer (Charadrius vociferous)
This species is in the order of the shorebirds, and inhabits lake shores and mudflats, but is also...
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Wild Things: Black bear (Ursus americanus)
The black bear is a North American native and ranges across most of Canada and parts of the...
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Wild Things: Pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
This tiny 4-inch-long bird frequents Ponderosa pine forests throughout the central mountains and...
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Wild Things: Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa)
The praying mantis is so named because of the front legs, which are normally held together in...
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Wild Things: American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
This is the smallest and most common North American falcon. It is 9-12” in length and has a...
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Wild Things: Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus)
This medium-sized shorebird is the largest member of the sandpiper family and breeds in far...
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