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I thought of doing something like an early Munday thing. I want to share some photos of some of the wildlife in the southern part of the US. Most of them are what you can find everywhere in the country, but there are some that are found specifically in the south like the Eastern collared lizard. 

I’ll start with the new pictures, then with the older ones that I took from other national parks I went to in the past year. Some of you may recall the older photos but I want to share them again in case new people want to see.

I went to a national park in the northeastern part of my state where there were reports of bald eagles spotted. I have seen them pretty often on the reservations while I lived in South Dakota and later North Dakota. But they’re less frequent further south. 

On the way to the nature center, I came across a raccoon fishing in the water. Judging by the size, he looked pretty young. I point this out because young raccoons and other nocturnal animals may be out during the day before transitioning to be more active at night as they reach adulthood.

 They were just chilling, so I let them be after watching for a few minutes. I went to the nature center where they have some animals living on campus like foxes, coyotes, and opossums. 

There were two vixens named Roxy and Ruby. It was pretty late in the afternoon so they were napping.

Sadly, I couldn’t get a photo of the opossum. They were asleep in a cave-like house the staff made for them. Every animal there have a few places to hide in their own exhibits. I did get a new picture of the opossum living in the forest by my house though. They come to visit and we leave food out for them. 

The pictures below are a bit older and I share them here before but I want to do it again for people who didn’t get to see them. I went to another park back in June where I saw a barred owl. They were hanging out by a creek, just chilling. The ranger at the center nearby said they’re one of the pair of owls that lived in that forest. So, there was another one elsewhere, possibly this little guy’s partner. 

There were also some plants that I like to share too like the cacti that grow around here. I live in the more forested side of my state, but they can show up. They are more common further west where there’s more desert. 

This flower is called an Indian blanket, which is very pretty. There’s also another plant called Indian paintbrush, which are red. I’ll get a picture of it when I see them. 

I went further west in July which was a new area for me. As I mentioned before it was more desert. I visited an aquarium that also have animals that are native in the area. They have a place where they kept quail and you can buy some lettuce to feed them. 

They enjoy it, but there were also wild plums in their enclosure. Someone took some to feed the quail. At that point, the quail acted like the lettuce was for “peasants.” Plums are what they all wanted. 

Part of the aquarium had trails that had native plants on display and you could use them to go see the animals outside the aquarium.  You come across wild animals out there like this lizard. It’s the Eastern collared lizard, aka: the mountain boomer. They got that nickname when early settlers believed they made loud sounds. Of course, they actually don’t but that was the old belief and the name stuck. 

The lizard is on top of the rock in the front. I know it’s a bit blurry, so I got a picture of a lizard living in the aquarium. 

I always thought they were kind of pretty because of the color. 

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//aside from lazy mistakes... I'm quite happy with this. Behold, Leto's Strix form! Zoom in for fuzzy details.

...I can't draw trees or wings well, which is why I hid one behind a shitty tree I gave no shading to. Totally gave her that neck turn owls do, its official.

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I’m on! I’m on!

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Fuck Seoul

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it's getting worse for that canadian menace. good

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Hi! This is the little owl

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OMG ADORABLE

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Hi! This is the great grey owl

owl tw under the cut

Omg THEY'RE MAGNIFICENT <3

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