Wildlife Promise » backyard http://blog.nwf.org The National Wildlife Federation's blog Tue, 21 May 2013 03:11:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Photo of the Day: Fox Squirrel Quarrel http://blog.nwf.org/2012/12/photo-of-the-day-fox-squirrel-quarrel/ http://blog.nwf.org/2012/12/photo-of-the-day-fox-squirrel-quarrel/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:14:57 +0000 Rachel Stemen http://blog.nwf.org/?p=72020 Read more >]]> Get your claws off my nuts

Photo by Flickr member Bob Daveant (daveantphoto)

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]]> http://blog.nwf.org/2012/12/photo-of-the-day-fox-squirrel-quarrel/feed/ 2 Photo of the Day: Rufous Hummingbird http://blog.nwf.org/2012/04/photo-of-the-day-rufous-hummingbird/ http://blog.nwf.org/2012/04/photo-of-the-day-rufous-hummingbird/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:17:37 +0000 Rachel Stemen http://blog.nwf.org/?p=52416 Read more >]]> Female rufous hummingbird hovering above water droplets

A female rufous hummingbird hovers above water droplets from a backyard fountain. Photo by Alandra Palisser.

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]]> http://blog.nwf.org/2012/04/photo-of-the-day-rufous-hummingbird/feed/ 0 Backyard Nature Photo of the Week: Pacific Tree Frog http://blog.nwf.org/2010/10/backyard-nature-photo-of-the-week/ http://blog.nwf.org/2010/10/backyard-nature-photo-of-the-week/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:54:20 +0000 Hannah Schardt http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/?p=6053 Read more >]]> Pacific tree frog

Tree frog? What tree frog? Efren Adalem spotted and photographed this tiny, well-camouflaged Pacific tree frog (Pseudocris regilla) in his Watsonville, California, backyard.

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]]> http://blog.nwf.org/2010/10/backyard-nature-photo-of-the-week/feed/ 2 Fresh Snow Reveals Visitors to NWF’s Backyard http://blog.nwf.org/2010/02/fresh-snow-reveals-visitors-to-nwfs-backyard/ http://blog.nwf.org/2010/02/fresh-snow-reveals-visitors-to-nwfs-backyard/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:14:36 +0000 Miles Grant http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/2010/02/fresh-snow-reveals-visitors-to-nwfs-backyard/ Read more >]]> raccoon footprints in the snow

A winter backyard can look bleak & barren. But is that reflection of reality, or just a measure of how little we really look?

At National Wildlife Federation headquarters in Reston, VA in the winter, I rarely spot anything more than a sparrow. But some fresh snow fell over the weekend, revealing visitors who don’t work 9 to 5.

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