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Conservation

Pieces of the New Zealand Puzzle

May 14, 2014 by Duncan No Comments

It’s been months since I was in Borneo but for any number of reasons I’m still writing about it. This isn’t cause I’m still...

Conservation

Newly Hatched Baby Birds Actually Look Kinda Like Dinosaurs

May 7, 2014 by Larry 3 Comments

According to Wikipedia, birds (class Aves) are feathered, winged, two-legged, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates. The fossil record indicates that birds emerged within the theropod dinosaurs...

Birds, Conservation

Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

April 25, 2014 by Suzie 1 Comment

Here’s something you don’t see all the time. “We had a call one morning about a snake and a hawk,” says Tom Sweets, the...

Conservation

Crows, Contest Killing, and Communication

March 28, 2014 by Suzie 21 Comments

What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. After scrolling through piles of furious emails regarding my recent blog about Rip Van Winkle’s Crow...

Conservation

4 Lions are dead: Sad and all, but does it actually matter?

March 26, 2014 by Duncan No Comments

Well, Copenhagen Zoo is back in the news; a few weeks after killing a giraffe and feeding it to some lions, it went and...

Conservation

Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

March 24, 2014 by Suzie 38 Comments

I am not anti-hunting. I won’t pick a fight with hunters, as long as they eat what they shoot and don’t use lead ammunition....

Conservation

Snow in the Air

March 21, 2014 by Carrie 3 Comments

The Varied Thrushes came back. Then the Western Bluebirds and Meadowlarks. My Dark-eyed Juncos are trilling in preparation to retreat to quieter breeding grounds,...