Wildlife in autumn
Pupils and teachers have returned to their desks, the grape harvesters have honed their shears, and from the back of the wardrobe you’ve brought out that faithful woolen sweater. There can be no mistake: summer is slipping away.
Along the hedgerows and deep within the forests, as the stag’s bellow resounds through the dusk, all is in motion. Creatures stir and bustle, making ready before the long stillness of winter sets in.
Some will flee on swift wings toward distant lands untouched by snow or frost. Others remain behind, feasting while the earth is still generous, then retreating to snug hideaways where life will slow to a gentle hush until spring’s return. And then there are the hoarders, tucking away caches of seeds and berries against the hard days ahead. Yet who can say if they will remember their hidden treasures when the biting wind comes calling?
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Chouette hulotte
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A Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) stag emerges from a wallow pit in the early morning sun in the Peak [...]
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Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland, Europe
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robin on a branch Vosges France
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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) captive, Bavaria, Germany
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Red deer (Cervus elaphus) herd in the mist at dawn against the light in autumn, Ardennes, Belgium
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Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) feeding on a rowan tree in Autumn, Kuhmo region, Finland
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Adult seven-spott ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) resting on leaf of european rowan (Sorbus [...]
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Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) stag roaring with vegetation hanging in antlers, United Kingdom
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Wood Nuthatch (Sitta europaea), On an old trunk in fall, Country garden, Lorraine, France
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Enormous Red deer (Cervus elaphus), roars in the rut, sunrise with sunrays in early fog, [...]
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Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) feeding on red berries, California, USA
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Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) in deciduous forest, adult, calling on perch, Slovakia, Europe
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Montane forest at lake side in colorful fall foliage seen from bird's eye perspective, Flims, [...]
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Migrating flock of common cranes, Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) in flight silhouetted against orange [...]
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Beech forest in autumn, Switzerland, Europe
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European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) adult animal amongst fallen autumn leaves, Suffolk, [...]
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Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) looking for food, old autumn leaves, Saxony, Germany, [...]
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Red squirrel sitting between colorful autumn leaves
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Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) perched on a branch and fighting, England
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Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) with ripe acorn between autumn oak (Quercus) leaves Allgäu, [...]
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Cute European Hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, eating orange mushroom in the green moss
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Marmot padding its burrow with grass before hibernating
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Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag at sunrise, England
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Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) flight during fall migration, Saguenay lac St Jean region, Province [...]
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Sounder of wild boars (Sus scrofa) foraging in autumn forest in the Belgian Ardennes, Belgium
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Blue Tits perched on a Rowan with berries in autumn - GB
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Marsh tit (Poecile palustris) on Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) reflecting in water, Alsace, France
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Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) perched on Spindle (Euonymus europaeus), England
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Common Robin (Erithacus rubecula) autumn song on a hawthorn, Regional Natural Park of Northern [...]
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Eurasian squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), sitting in the grass with a nut in its mouth, surrounded by [...]
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Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), foraging, walnut, in autumn, Saxony, Germany, Europe
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Little owl (Athena noctua) perched amongst red leaves, England
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Red deer (Cervus elaphus) hinds at dawn, Vosges, France
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Great tit (Parus major) Tit amongst autumn leaves, England, Autumn
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Northern Goshawk on a branch in autumn Spain
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Little owl on a dead branch in Belgium
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Flock of migrating Starlngs (Sturnidae) in flight
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Flight of Cranes at dusk Lac du Der France
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Male red deer in a swamp at sunset Spain
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Big male Wild Boar standing in a beech forest in autumn
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Speckled Wood in flight in autumn
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Red Deer stag roaring under sunlight Denmark ; Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010
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Raccoon - Montevallo Alabama
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Head of Stag Red deer between the ferns
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Red squirrel finding a nut in autumn Ile-de-France
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Brown bear in Bavaria National Park Germany
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Hedgehog on sheets in a cherry orchard
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European Tree Frog on an autumn leave Germany
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Hazel dormouse on a leaf