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Raccoons are successful in cities due to their amazing ability to problem solve and find their way into spaces only an animal with dexterous hands can achieve. When i walked by this trash can and heard rustling inside, I quickly setup a camera and captured this raccoon stemming down on the exit:) From our July @natgeo feature story “Why Cities Are Going Wild” #urbanwildlife #natgeo #raccoon #trash #wildlife

When you move into a house that comes with a bear. This woman bought a house in Asheville, North Carolina and every day, a three legged mama bear named Sarah would show up on her porch and stare at her through the window. Years later, she’s developed a unwavering bond with Sarah as described in this interview. Shortly after I arrived to photograph Sarah, she flung opened the broken sliding door and walked right in the house. Behind the scenes from our @natgeo story “Why Cities Are Going Wild” in the July, 2022 issue. #urbanwildlife #bear #blackbear #asheville

This fence hole along a river in chicago proved to be an amazing testing spot for camera trapping. One of the toughest variables is predicting where the animal you are cam trapping will travel within a frame. This hole really narrowed the options for the better. A parade of animals passed through this hole every night to access an underpass under a busy highway which connected two large green spaces. I was surprised to see this house cat showing up almost every night, sometimes minutes before a coyote passed through. One night while I was adjusting the camera quietly, I was nearly run over by a coyote running full speed through the hole. Check out our feature in the July issue of @natgeo “Why Cities Are Going Wild” hitting the newsstands this week. @christinedellamore #urbanwildlife #coyote #deer #raccoon

San Francisco was my raccoon destination for this @natgeo feature, but everywhere That I staked out for raccoons, a coyote seemed to show up at some point. This coyote is letting out a defensive warning howl/yip towards the presence of a dog walker nearby. Coyotes eat a lot of rodents and find a fair amount of natural foods in parks/empty lots and overgrown green spaces but there are conflicting opinions on whether coyotes should be allowed to multiply in densely populated areas. Cats and small dogs have increasingly been targeted as the coyotes expand across the Bay Area. Check our story in the July issue of @natgeo “Why Cities Are Going Wild” #urbanwildlife #coyote #howl #carnivore

My favorite experience during this multi-year @natgeo assignment on urban bears, coyotes and raccoons was capturing this massive black bear (looks brown I know but it’s def a black bear:) as he left his abandoned house den in search of neighborhood food. In slide #2 you can see my camera trap setup. He moved so slowly that my motion trigger didn’t always go off at the right moments, but despite being a bit startled by the flash, he came right back before dawn and nestled back in backwards! Check out the July issue of @natgeo hitting newsstands this week for my story “Why Cities are Going Wild” written by @christinedellamore Huge thank you for the support from my editor @alexa_keefe and always supportive head photo honcho @sadiequarrier and camera trap photo engineer @mechanicalphoto plus bear expert @tahoetoogee #southlaketahoe #blackbear #bearden #bear #urbanwildlife #cameratrap

Mama raccoon moving one of her kits from the wall of a house in San Francisco to a new home. There is an explosion of raccoon babies being born inside walls and attics of homes all over the Bay Area every spring. I followed @mr_raccoon_01 who performs no-kill raccoon evictions in SF and got into a lot of raccoon mischief in some pretty dank crawl spaces. This is a behind the scenes moment from my @natgeo feature in the July issue: “Why Cities Are Going Wild”. #raccoon #urbanwildlife #mama #baby

Coyotes in Chicago use the railway system to link various hunting grounds within their urban territories. This young male, tracked via a radio color fitted by the Cook County Urban Coyote Project found his way to a small green strip near downtown, settling with a mate in one of the few areas not already claimed by existing packs (Sears tower in the background!) After the first flash of the lights from the camera trap, they were weary to ever walk by again. I left this camera setup for four months with a lot of misfires before finally getting this shot. Thx to Dr. Stanley Gehrt, Shane McKenzie, my assistant @aabenja and NG engineer @mechanicalphoto for the trapping expertise! Also shout out to @chamiltonjames and @ronan_donovan for the knowledge and inspiration to troubleshoot my way through camera trapping. Check out my feature “Why Cities Are Going Wild” in the July issue of @natgeo written by @christinedellamore #urbanwildlife #coyote #chicago #onassignment #natgeo #natgeowild

Mr. Raccoon is a professional no-kill raccoon removal service in the Bay Area. Their business model is a work of brilliance. Mr. Raccoon will find the raccoon kits in your walls or attic that are keeping you awake at night with their raccoon chitters, remove them and place in a cardboard box outside your home, then patch up the entrance points so they can’t return. At night, mama raccoon will return to steal her babies back and break into the neighbors house who then in turn calls Mr. Raccoon! Junio, the owner is a wonderful human being and so generously let me tag along on dozens of raccoon calls. Eternally grateful for these urban wildlife experts that taught me their ways. “Why Cities Are Going Wild” is featured in the July issue of @natgeo Pictured here is Erik Serrano. @mr_raccoon_01 #raccoon #urbanwildlife #onassignment #natgeo #animalrescue #trashpanda

Along with raccoons and coyotes, I’ve been chasing urban black bears over the past couple years in Asheville, NC and South Lake Tahoe, CA. In South Lake Tahoe, some town bears have even been skipping their long naps (torpor) during winter due to the plentiful year round food supply provided by or left unlocked by humans. Some animals, like the bears here are thriving in greater numbers in town then in the wild. Check out our story for the July issue of @natgeo magazine “Why Cities are Going Wild” written by @christinedellamore and shout out to @tahoetoogee for his Tahoe Bear knowledge! Thx to my wonderful photo editor @alexa_keefe urbanwildlife #blackbear #garbage #wildlife #onassignment #natgeo

An urban coyote uses a railway bridge to connect its various hunting grounds and avoid crossing lanes of traffic in South Chicago. Our feature story written by @christinedellamore about how Urban coyotes, bears and raccoons are adapting to the human built landscape will be published in the July issue of National Geographic Magazine and is now live online at nationalgeographic.com Huge thanks to my editor @alexa_keefe @natgeo Dr.Stan Gehrt who leads the Cook County Urban Coyote Project in Chicago managed by Shane McKenzie, thx to my assistant @aabenja This project was funded in part by a NG Society Storytellers grant. #coyote #urbanwildlife #chicago #night #natgeo #onassignment

My three years in the making Urban Wildlife story for @natgeo magazine launches online tomorrow! The print version will arrive soon in the July 2022 issue! Thx to @tahoetoogee for a tour of South lake Tahoe’s impressive in-town population. #urbanbears #urbanwildlife #laketahoe #trailcam #housebear

Textures of the Oregon Coast and a Q? 1. #SubaruOutback Onyx in the fog 2. Nooka the Mighty Bear Dog being a creep 3. The Pacific Ocean 4. Please help name this algae/seaweed type? #oregoncoast #seaweed #SubaruRoadTrip