William H. Wiley
402-875-1809
bill@wmwiley.com
1221 Rockhurst Dr.
Lincoln, NE 68510
View of La Sal Mountains in Arches National Park in Utah. Mother Nature is the master sculptor throughout much of the American West and in no place is this more evident than at Arches National Park.
Looking up to its parent, a one-week old baby loon wonders what the future holds. The Common Loon (Gavia immer) is the Minnesota state bird and is a widely-recognized symbol of northern wilderness. It’s known for its unusual cries that vary from wails to tremolos to yodels that can be heard at great distances. Loons have striking red eyes, black heads and necks, and white striping, checkering, and spotting on their backs. Loons are monogamous and can dive as deep as 200 feet to catch fish.
Only hours after a successful hunt, this timber wolf and his pack consumed most of an elk. According to biologists in Yellowstone National Park, an adult wolf typically consumes about one half elk per week. Wolves are near the top of the food chain in Alaska, Canada and now northwest Wyoming and Montana. Persecuted over the centuries, wolves were eradicated in the lower 48 states by poisoning, trapping, shooting and other methods now considered cruel and unethical.
