January Calendars - 2022

My 6 calendars each have a different poster animal for January. Here's a summary. (Note that these calendars probably over-represent charismatic megafauna.)

Defenders of Wildlife has gone with the Alexander Archipelago Wolf, a subspecies of Timber Wolf. I probably have a picture of a Vancouver Island Wolf, but there is reason to believe they should both be considered the same species.

Coastal Wolf
September 2021
Photo 161788080, (c) Marcie Callewaert John, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

One of my Audubon calendars has gone with someone you can see here in NJ, the Black-capped Chickadee. This is our most widespread chickadee, though the (very similar) Carolina Chickadee is making inroads.

Black-capped Chickadee
January 3, 2018 at Corvallis, Oregon
Photo 174938497, (c) macrhybopsis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

My other Audubon calendar has gone with the Florida Scrub-Jay, a species that is a candidate to be the Florida state bird.

Florida Scrub-Jay
December 2021 at Polk County, Florida
Photo 173979576, (c) Christopher Altwies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Maybe no mammal epitomizes cold weather more than the Polar Bear, the selection of the National Wildlife Federation.

Polar Bear
November 9, 2021 at Churchill, Manitoba
Photo 174181118, (c) rt23, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

And maybe no bird epitomizes cold weather like the Snowy Owl (though it's a bird that's been seen in NJ during winter months with mild weather).

Snowy Owl
December 2021 at Texas
Photo 174887452, (c) Bryan Box, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Finally, the Wilderness Society opted for North America's rendition of the Reindeer: the Caribou.

Caribou
August 3, 2019 at Quebec
Photo 172599944, (c) Jean-Marc Vallières, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)






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