Lion found snoozing in CA shopping center

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wildlife

California wildlife officials have tranquilized a juvenile mountain lion caught sleeping in a shopping center.

Witnesses saw the male cougar napping in a planter attached outside a Macy’s department store in Santa Rosa, California, Monday morning, Greg Martinelli, wildlife and lands program manager for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, told ABC News.

Link: https://abcnews.go.com/US/mountain-lion-found-sleeping-planter-california-macys-tranquilized/story?id=62710281

 

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Swainson’s hawk eating a mouse

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Swainson’s hawk eating a mouse or maybe a ground squirrel. These raptors are primarily insectivores but they will eat rodents and other small mammals.

Cat Charlotte

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cats

Gary helping cat Charlotte pose for an adoption photo at the Yavapai Humane Society in Prescott, Az

Here’s Charlotte

She is available for adoption at YHS!

Swainsons hawk nest building

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The Swainson’s hawk pair I’m watching in Prescott, Az are busy building their nest

Swainson’s hawks mating

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A pair of Swainson’s hawks mating. Yes, they do it in a tree. Shot in Prescott, Az