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The Wild Sights My name is Dave Anderson, I love watching birds and other wildlife.

Male Williamson’s Sapsucker 😍
08/11/2026

Male Williamson’s Sapsucker 😍

Shorebird Season is Here 🎉A dreamy Lesser Yellowlegs hunts for its morning breakfast. , , ,
08/04/2026

Shorebird Season is Here 🎉

A dreamy Lesser Yellowlegs hunts for its morning breakfast.

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LAKE MEAD - It’s Black and White. We are running out of Water!I captured this image of a few herons and shorebirds in a ...
07/31/2026

LAKE MEAD - It’s Black and White. We are running out of Water!

I captured this image of a few herons and shorebirds in a tiny pool of water cut off from the main body of Lake Mead.

40 million people directly depend on the Colorado River and its reservoirs.

But the reality is the shrinking water supply affects almost everyone in the United States and beyond.

If you have bought fruits and vegetables in a store, chances are many of those products were grown with Colorado River water.

With time running out on the current agreement governing the Colorado River, the federal government stepped in today to break a years-long deadlock among the basin states. Its newly released proposal outlines the critical water cuts required to save the vital, overdrawn system from collapse.

Is the proposal too little too late? Time will tell.

The birds in the photo have run out of time as their habitat will be dried up in a few days :(

Why do Black-tailed jackrabbits have such big ears?Large ears certainly help the jackrabbits hear potential predators be...
07/30/2026

Why do Black-tailed jackrabbits have such big ears?

Large ears certainly help the jackrabbits hear potential predators better, but the main reason is for the desert air conditioning

Living in dry, scorching environments like the Mojave Desert, jackrabbits face extreme heat without the ability to sweat like humans or pant heavily like dogs (which would waste vital water).

Their ears act like biological radiators. Packed with an extensive network of tiny blood vessels right beneath the thin skin, the jackrabbit can pump blood into its ears to radiate excess body heat into the cooler surrounding air.

During hot days, blood flow to the ears increases significantly to cool the animal down. At night or during chilly winter conditions, the jackrabbit constricts those blood vessels to prevent body heat from escaping.

However, Black-tailed Jackrabbits’ body temperature is 106F, so when the temperature gets hotter, like the current deadly 110+F heat wave that is gripping Las Vegas, this evolutionary adaptation is less effective.

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