#wildlife

[considernature]

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That's right! It's International Bat Appreciation Day! We share our planet with over 1400 species of bat, making the second most abundant mammal order, and they perform a wide variety of ecological roles, from dispersing seeds to pollinating flowers to eating thousands of insects in a single night! Over 200 bat species are listed as Threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature--that is over 14 percent of all bats!

YOU can help endangered bats today by donating to Pennsylvania Bat Rescue at this link. This PA-based organization rehabilitates sick or injured bats and helps educate people like you and me in how we can create more bat-friendly environments.

If you want to learn about particularly-cool bat species native to New Zealand, check out this Consider Nature article on the Pekapeka, the bat that walks:

For the rest of the day, Consider Nature will be bat-bombing Tumblr with some of our favorite bat species to share them with the world!

Alt text: a small brown bat stretching its wings with the kind of fabulous flourish that would impress Ryan Evans.

[niqvassieart]

Studies of some orphaned badger cubs I met last month, in the safe hands of a fantastic wildlife rehabilitator.

[thomas--bombadil]

Gentle Bluebird, emissary of spring - I am grateful to see you come back again.

[raccoon-central]

[dragoncuspid]

Mourning Dove by my house, Columbus, OH, USA

Photo by me, taken on FujiFilm X-T30 II

[yolas0]

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[jasonlowder]

Osprey

[seabeck]

Gray Squirrel

[longingforrotkehlchen]

An emperor, and a friend. But they just don't know.

Aaskrähe (carrion crow) auf der Karlshöhe, Stuttgart-Süd.

[admiralgiggles]

European Herring Gull

[considernature]

Hey kid

Time to learn about tomato frogs.

This weird frog blows up like a balloon and makes glue. Click below to learn more:

[rhiannatruex]

brown creeper portrait

[sitting-on-me-bum]

An Arctic fox gives a huge yawn before curling up to keep warm from a strong northerly wind in Churchill, Man. About the size of small house cats, Arctic foxes remain active all through the long northern winter, often following polar bears to the sea ice to scavenge their leavings. 

Photo: Dave Sandford

2023 Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year

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[autistrix]

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197196563] White-Bellied Treepie || Dendrocitta leucogastra Observed in India Least Concern in location of observation