Wildlife Journal

  World Sea Turtle Day is celebrated on June 16th.     This is  to highlight the importance of sea turtles in the marine biodiversity and saving the turtles from near extinction. The International Union for the conservation of nature (IUCN) has considered it as endangered species.  This day coincide with the birth day of   Dr.Archie Carr, the father of sea turtle biology.    Turtles have been in existence on planet earth for more than 100 million years . One of the few species that have  survived since  pre historic time period,  even before the time of  Dinosaurs. Turtles have a life span of above 100 years and meant to live longer than humans.   Only 1 out of 1000 sea turtle eggs survive to adulthood giving a very low chance of survival. Out of the seven species of sea turtles,  six of  are considered under extinction.  The seven species of sea turtle are Loggerhead,...

 

 

 

 

 

  Mule Deer : Odocoileus hemionu 14th September 2020 . Mule deer is one of the 68 species found in the Zion National Park and most photographed mammal. . Free roaming Mule deer at Zion National Park enters the Zion Lodge premises in the evening and graze at the grass lawn in front of the lodge restaurant. The Mule deer is not afraid of the visitors and you can go up close to photograph them. however, the mothers are very protective of the calfs and resent when you come too close to the calfs. . The deer enters the spacious area in front of the Zion lodge in the evening in small groups and it is a sight not to miss by anyone visiting Zion National Park. You can sit at the benches around the small park and gaze at the scene for hours. The deer herd spend the night at the lawn of the lodge under the giant tree at the center. During the day also you could sight some Mule deer in the surrounding area of the lodge and the path along the Virgin river. . One reason for Mule population ...

 

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                                      Deer sighting at Grant Grove

  A duck couple crossing the road at Newport Back Bay nature reserve on 30th April 2021. It is Spring in California and ducks are out and about enjoying the weather.

  Bear encounter at Sequoia National Park at the Giant Forest museum car park.  Sequoia National Park 8th August 2020 Bear encounter. . This is the first time I encountered a bear. . We were about to go to the sunset trail across the car park after visiting the  Giant Forest museum premises (it was closed due to Covid 19). Then after hiking the Beetle rock view point adjacent to the car park we returned to the car park to find our way to the sunset trail. On our way back to the car park we heared a commotion and we saw the bear next to our car. It was trying to open the luggage of a another visitor who has parked next to our car.   . The arrival of the bear was unexpected and those near the bear was shouting and honking to alert others to avoid the area and the foot path that the bear wold be heading to which leads to the meadows and sunset trail. As you see in the second video some people were not aware of the presence of the bear and continued to walk along the pa...

  Kings Canyon | 7th August 2020 . Mule Deer in Kings Canyon National Park, California . First sighting of a deer at the Grant grove in Kings Canyon. The deer was so close that you could hear the deer munching grass. . California Mule deer can be sighted in close proximity to main attractions in the park and visitors can enjoy their sight very close to the animals. . Mules have populated abundantly inside the park as animals are not hunted inside the national parks.

Bisons|Yellowstone| 27th Sept 2020 . The below video captures a herd of bison’s gracing at Hayden Valley in Yellowstone. There were several hundred of them ranging from small calf’s to older adults in Hayden valley. The nearest bison was just 25 feet away from where I was recording the video. Visitors to the park are advised not to get too close to these massive animals as they can charge any moment. The recommended distance by the national park services is to maintain a distance of 23 meters as they are wild and unpredictable. Bisons can be aggressive when they are agitated. The bisons in the video continued eating the grass ignoring all the tourist awed at the sighting so many bisons at the valley. Bisons are prehistoric animals that was roaming freely in the Midwest when the Europeans discovered the Americas and is the largest land mammal found in North America. But their number dwindled rapidly as the bisons were hunted for meat and killed by poachers. The numbers became near extin...

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  Brachythemis contaminate