Lynx over the years
Jan 4, 2023 09:05:40 #
Sakwes
Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada
diclam wrote:
Great pictures of a beautiful animal. I know the feeling when shooting animals in heavy cover. The auto-focus wants to focus in on every branch or blade of grass instead of the animal.
LOL Yeah, it can get frustrating.
Switching to manual focus is awkward at such times but I may have stumbled upon a solution, back button focusing.
One of the problems I used to have was simply focusing manual didn't solve the problem because auto focus would promptly change focus unless one changed to manual in the settings.
With back button focus that isn't an issue. So long as one doesn't push the back button you are in effect on manual focus already.
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Jan 4, 2023 12:21:34 #
Sakwes wrote:
I consider myself lucky to live in the heart of th... (show quote)
what a beautiful animal and your shots are awesome, sakwes...how fortunate to live where you do with all the
wildlife in the area.
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Jan 4, 2023 13:28:52 #
Sakwes
Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada
Photolady2014 wrote:
These are so awesome. We have them but I rarely see them.
Thank you.
Most of the time they avoid the noise and activity we create. When I've see them, most of the time there is no human activity in the area.
The old tom on the road kill was the exception.
Jan 4, 2023 13:35:43 #
Sakwes
Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada
merrytexan wrote:
what a beautiful animal and your shots are awesome, sakwes...how fortunate to live where you do with all the
wildlife in the area.
wildlife in the area.
The are beautiful aren't they.
That fur is so dense and soft. When I was young my dad trapped animals like that for their fur.
I know that is considered cruel by today's standards, but that was a different time. It was what one had to do to survive. You lived off the land or you lived in some big city in the south, there were no other options back then.
It is what made it possible for me and others to live here now.
So yes we are fortunate to be able to live here, partially because of the sacrifices our ancestors made and party due to the beauty and abundance of wildlife and indeed wild things.
You'll never find a Saskatoon pie for sale in a grocery store. LOL
Jan 5, 2023 05:11:40 #
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Jan 5, 2023 09:06:33 #
Wonderful set of Lynx. He is guarding his meal ticket for a few days. Have to wonder who or what might challenge him for it.
Jan 5, 2023 09:55:49 #
Sakwes
Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada
Hereford wrote:
Wonderful set of Lynx. He is guarding his meal ticket for a few days. Have to wonder who or what might challenge him for it.
I doubt anything other then a Wolverine would even consider a confrontation with that old warrior.
A neighbor, who traps, caught a Lynx some years ago.
Along came a Wolverine and decided to make lunch of that Lynx. My friend told me the signs in the snow told a story of an epic battle that the Wolverine survived while the Lynx did not. But it also told a story of lost appetite because the Wolverine walked away without eating any part of that Lynx, and his departing trail was marked with blood spatter and clumps of hair.
They are lighting quick with those paws and those paws are armed with five Gillette blue blades each.
Jan 5, 2023 11:15:17 #
Very nice shots! People seem to think that Lynx and Bobcats are the same animal. They are NOT. In the same family and closely related, but different animals with notice-able differences.
Jan 5, 2023 12:07:23 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/715977
The Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) or Canadian lynx is a North American mammal of the cat family, Felidae. It is a close relative of the Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx). However, in some characteristics the Canada lynx is more like the bobcat (Lynx rufus) than the Eurasian Lynx. With the recognised subspecies, it ranges across Canada and into Alaska as well as some parts of the northern United States.
The Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) or Canadian lynx is a North American mammal of the cat family, Felidae. It is a close relative of the Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx). However, in some characteristics the Canada lynx is more like the bobcat (Lynx rufus) than the Eurasian Lynx. With the recognised subspecies, it ranges across Canada and into Alaska as well as some parts of the northern United States.
Jan 5, 2023 12:21:18 #
GREAT catches and NICE to see these elusive creatures ! .....thanks for sharing
Jan 5, 2023 14:51:58 #
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