In the article “Learning when to rescue wildlife animals… and when not to“, wildlife care manager Tammy O’Neil says “Our main goal is dealing with orphaned animals; we don’t want animals kidnapped from the parents. We want a consistent message going out to the public.” Her message is the same one we use to teach [...]
Online TV Shows by Ustream In San Marcos, California, a pair of barn owls, Molly and her mate McGee, have made their home in a barn owl nesting box in the backyard of Carlos and Donna Royal, who set up a webcam inside the box. The live video feed is above. According to news sources [...]
Here’s a video of a skunk with a peanut butter jar stuck on it’s head being rescued in Grand Junction, Colorado. The Huffington Post has an informative article about it here. I like happy endings. I’m relieved the skunk was rescued and set free. It makes me wonder if I should be leaving the tops on [...]
Have you ever thought about using your car as a wildlife photography blind? I never have and think it’s a very creative and effective idea. Read this article about how one wildlife photographer captured a photograph of the often elusive pileated woodpecker by accidentally using his car as a photography blind. Learn more.
Many consider the best bird book to be Peterson Field Guides’ Birds of Eastern and Central North America. I’ve got an older copy and it’s terrific. Peterson created a field guide that Robert Bateman, in his foreword to the fifth edition, says was the doorway for millions of people into the wonderland of natural history. According [...]
My sister-in-law Kim sent me this duck story from San Antonio, Texas yesterday. I want to share it with you as it’s a wonderful story. Michael R. is an accounting clerk working downtown in a second story office building. Several weeks ago, he watched a mother duck choose the concrete awning outside his window as [...]
This California wolverine needs a mate. This morning I read the article “Calif. wolverine looks in vain for a mate, nearest is 800 miles away” in USA Today, and felt bad for this wolverine. Biologists in California spotted this wolverine in the Sierra mountains. According to the article, the species had been extinct in the state for [...]
We care about bears and feature them in our children’s books One Child, One Planet, A Pirate’s Quest, and in our wildlife gallery. I want to to let you know about a group I recently discovered that is helping bears. The World Society for the Protection of Animals is helping bears and other wildlife in the [...]
An environmental group is asking federal wildlife officials to set aside habitat in Southern California for the endangered jaguar, according to the article “An environmental group wants to bring jaguars back to Southern California and the West” in The Press-Enterprise. As stated in the article, researchers with the Center for Biological Diversity unearthed field notes [...]
Who was Roger Tory Peterson and how did he manage, at the age of 25, to revolutionize birdwatching? Watch the video to learn the answers!
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