In late July, Bob Anderson turned off the live-streaming video that allowed the world to witness a pair of eagle’s nurse three eggs into healthy eaglets. The web site was visited more than 205 million times as viewers watched the raptors mature and finally leave the nest on June 16th. But nest cam fans and [...]
CBS Sunday Morning aired this beautiful video, “Nature: Bobcats riding out the snow”, at the end of their show yesterday morning. I want to share it with you. Enjoy! Video Link Nature: Bobcats riding out the snow
I wondered how Dakota the great horned owl, missing recently after being stolen from the Wildlife in Need Center in Wisconsin, was faring after being rescued. Happily, Dakota is doing well. All the fan mail from his young supporters is very nice to see! View some of Dakota’s get well cards.
Snowy owls are flocking to Michigan! I have not seen one yet on my hikes on local state lands, but according to this article, “Snowy owls flock to Michigan in unusual numbers“, in the Detroit Free Press, they are flying further south for food. Their home is the Arctic tundra. The full article is here. [...]
Two orphaned bear cubs were released in the Sierra National Forest by the California Department of Fish and Game. Hikers found the 6-month cubs last summer after their mother was illegally killed by a poacher. Enjoy the short video below about the release of these two cute bear cubs. Video Link “Bears Released In [...]
“60 Minutes Presents: Into the Wild” is a wonderful program. In a special hour devoted to the natural world, Scott Pelley visits Kenya to witness the great wildebeest migration; then, Bob Simon listens to the secret language of elephants; lastly, Lara Logan visits with Jane Goodall in the forests of Tanzania. If you love nature [...]
The use of snares to kill bears is a “train wreck” of wildlife management policy, former Alaska governor Tony Knowles said as he announced he was joining biologists in opposing the expansion of such methods, according to the article “Ex-Alaska governor Knowles, former biologists to oppose snaring of bears to help moose numbers“. The former governor [...]
The new bear Cub House is open at the Animals Asia Moon Bear Rescue Center in Vietnam. The bear cubs, all rescued from smugglers, explore the great outdoors for the first time in the short video below! Video Link Cub House opens in Vietnam Torn from their mothers at a very young age, these four cubs [...]
Habitat loss occuring in the northern plains as farmers return land to production is hurting wildlife according to the article, “Habitat loss as farmers return land to production hurts wildlife, hunting in northern Plains“. Land once enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is shifting back to farming, according to the article. According to the [...]
As whitetail deer are featured in our children’s books and movies, I thought you’d enjoy some interesting whitetail deer facts. Do you know that whitetail deer use speed and agility to outrun predators, sprinting up to 30 miles per hour and leaping as high as 10 feet, according to National Geographic? “White-tailed” refers to the [...]
