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Photographed: 2012-12-22
Original title: DSC03521
Fresh snow changes the way a forest carries sound. The hush has as much to do with the spaces between crystals as with the winter landscape.
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Photographed: 2012-11-10
Original title: DSC03269
On the right morning, bare twigs acquire a delicate new outline. The crystals growing on them tell a story about invisible water and a cooling night.
4 min readA few prints across a snowy path can turn an ordinary walk into a story about movement, food and the neighbours you rarely see.
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Photographed: 2013-03-20
Original title: Mountain caribou on first day of spring
For deep-snow mountain caribou, winter can lift the forest floor towards food hanging in the trees. Snow, lichens and old forest have to work together.
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Photographed: 2017-08-06
Original title: Ghost pipe (also known as Indian pipe) (Monotropa uniflora L.) (3148e9f0-6e3b-4214-85f6-14ea314e0c00).JPG
A record from Forests for the World leads into the hidden life of a flowering plant that gets its carbon through fungi.
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Photographed: 2021-01-15
Original title: Gele trilzwam (Tremella mesenterica) op dode tak van een eik 15-01-2021. (actm.) 02.jpg
A yellow jelly fungus can reveal a second fungus, a microscopic encounter and the reason a fallen branch deserves a closer look.
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Photographed: 2012-02-12
Original title: Barred Owl (Columbia).jpg
Cackles, gurgles and piercing cries belong to the owl repertoire too. Listening carefully reveals much more than a familiar hoot.
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Retain source credit and licence. This Arizona gray fox demonstrates eyeshine generally; do not present as Prince George wildlife or infer species identity from eyeshine colour.
Photographed: 2016-09-26
Original title: Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus (30727174932).jpg
Two bright points can turn a dark wood into a mystery. The explanation begins with your own light coming back.
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Photographed: 1976-10
Original title: Little brown bat hanging from wood plank - DPLA - ad99352d5245e4f91aab30b3acf032ed.jpg
The silhouette is familiar. The animal inside it is a flying mammal, an acoustic hunter and a specialist in surviving the lean months.
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Photographed: 2015-08-08
Original title: Stewart, BC-Hyder, Alaska & Granduc area - dead and spawning Salmon, in Fish Creek, near Hyder Alaska - (21369423480).jpg
A salmon can reach its spawning stream with a body already breaking down. Its extraordinary final act continues long after it stops swimming.
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