Collared peccary photographs taken in my yard in Sedona, Arizona.
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- Javelina eating out of my hand.
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- Javelina eating out of my hand.
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- Javelina and very protective of their young.
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- Collared Peccary strolling across the front yard.
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- Javelina are nocturnal; though, they are occasionally active in the daytime.
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- Notice how narrow javelina are from the front. From the side, they look huge. Actually they usually weigh only 35-45 pounds.
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- Javelina browsing the yard while fragrances of Thanksgiving dinner filled the neighborhood.
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- Spring couple.
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- Javelina have very thin legs–all the better to run fast with!
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- Never, ever get between any herd member and javelina young.
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- Joaquin’s favorite food (besides birdseed which I never offered him) was saltines.
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- Going bravely where no collared peccary has gone before.
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- Not afraid to walk right up to the door. (Is he carrying a vacuum cleaner?)
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- Javelina are primarily vegetarians, though they do eat grubs, insects and small opportunistic bits of meat (scraps people throw out).
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- While it’s questionable whether encroaching on wildlife habitat justifies supplementing their forage, I will not deny any creature water in the desert. Javelina here take a long drink.
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- One of the best things about the dustings of snow we get at 4300 ft. elevation is discerning by their tracks who’s been around. Javelina make tracks similar to those of deer, but more blunt, not pointy, on the forward going end.
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- A face anyone could love. Adolescent rogue javelina.
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- This one came ’round at Thanksgiving. Javelina’s second favorite food is pumpkins, then anything in the squash family.
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- The javelina come for water and snacks – usually produce trimmings from salad prep.
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- Javelina rogue coming onto patio to sniff my pant leg while I was on the telphone. He’d been eyeing me pretty close up for a couple of days.
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- Javelina are extremely protective of their babies, called “reds,” and act vicious if you come near when the reds are with them.