IMG_3083 Originally uploaded by antilocapridae Great photo of a bat feeding from a southern Arizona hummingbird feeder.
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Did you know that you can help birds by simply drinking coffee? The right type of coffee, that is. Mass Audubon, a leader in bird conservation since 1896, has joined Massachusetts-based Birds & Beans®' efforts to provide consumers with shade grown Bird Friendly® coffee to help stop population loss of North American songbirds in...
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The world recently got bigger for 36 New Bedford teenagers. The youths spent their summer participating in a jobs program that taught them important job-readiness skills and how to care for the environment, thanks to a partnership between NorthStar Learning Centers, a New Bedford-based minority nonprofit organization, and Mass Audubon's Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary...
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Mark your calendar: on September 17—20, 2009, the Midwest Birding Symposium (MBS) is returning to Ohio for the first time in a decade. The charming Victorian Chautauqua community of Lakeside will repeat as the host site for this year's event. The MBS will feature presentations by North America's leading experts, an extensive vendor area...
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From remote and rugged northern forests and notches to sparkling lakes and rocky shorelines this sample of bird-watching locations in New Hampshire offers destinations to satisfy all manner of bird spotting habitats. Connecticut Lakes State Forest – Pittsburg: Deep in the North Woods of New Hampshire and far away from the busy hiking paths in the...
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We had a strange visitor to the butterfly bushes at the Byam Learning Garden the other day. At first, it appeared as though a smaller than usual hummingbird had found our newly planted butterfly bushes. But after closer inspection we discovered the visitor was not a bird at all, but an insect...
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Partnership protects nearly 1,000 acres of forest, farmland and caves LEWISBURG, WEST VIRGINIA — The Nature Conservancy and Greenbrier County Farmland Protection Board have joined with a local landowner to protect 934 acres of land that is covered in forest and pasture and perforated with cave openings, sinkholes, springs and hidden underground streams. A conservation easement...
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Plimoth Plantation and the Mayflower II ship are illuminating exhibits on a major event in early American history. Both are places to stir the imagination and entertain your knowledge cells. At the Mayflower II you’ll discover first-hand all about the voyage the pilgrims endured, and then barely a few miles away you’ll experience the...
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This Guinness World Record™ attempt at creating the world’s biggest bird feeder by volume of food is supported by Natural England, the government’s wildlife advisor, Yara Ltd, who have been involved in the Trust’s game crop trials, and Belmont Seeds. The aim of this record attempt is to raise awareness of the increased...
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Three tiny chicks, rescued before hatching from the first piping plover nest found in Illinois in 30 years, were recently released, at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan, representing new hope for the recovery of this endangered shorebird.. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources confirmed that a...
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The state’s coastal shoreline, forests, and privately-owned conservation areas have long been a magnet for bird-watching in Connecticut. Whether you’re looking to spot a year-round raptor resident or a migratory bird you’ll find something for everybody in this collection of bird-watching destinations in the Nutmeg State. White Memorial Foundation and Conservation Center - Litchfield: In 1913 Alain...
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A 58-year-old UK grandfather, Allan Dyche, was recently arrested and prosecuted for illegally collecting wild bird eggs. North Wales police raided Dyche’s home and uncovered nearly 500 wild bird eggs in an upstairs bedroom. Eight endangered eggs including a cirl bunting, avocet, crossbill, red-necked phalarope, red-backed shike and three merlin eggs were found...
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Video of squirrel completing an amazingly difficult obstacle course. Brilliant.
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The Toucan family is comprised of 37 species, concentrated in South America, but found as far north as Mexico. Toucans are very noisy members of the jungle population. They live in small communities and loudly make noises that sound like the croaks of frogs. They nest in tree holes, laying two to...
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