Tag: wildlife
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November 24, 2006 12:10 PM EST --
I wanted to share a few photos from my "Thanksgiving animal release" yesterday. Earlier this week we were given the opportunity to release an opossum, and of course I jumped at the chance. This . . .
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March 11, 2008 07:23 PM EDT --
A few years ago my brother was working at a local supermarket. While he was walking through the parking lot discovered 2 baby squirrels under the wheels of a parked pick up truck. Concerned that they would . . .
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April 23, 2008 01:42 PM EDT --
Look who joined us for lunch today.
We live in what I laughingly call a "rural" area, which just means located just far enough out of town to be inconvenient, but not far enough to be private. . . .
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November 16, 2006 11:50 PM EST --
Yesterday I took an inservice class on the topic of opossums from the Wildlife Rehab Center of MN, and thought I might share some of the interesting things I learned with y'all.
The Virginia Opossum . . .
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May 30, 2007 12:28 AM EDT --
My husband is of the opinion that I am a kind of magnet for animals in need, but I'm pretty sure that I'm just a bit more observant regarding wildlife than is the average person. Take our Memorial . . .
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April 21, 2007 12:54 PM EDT --
This morning we found a crow with a broken wing. It appears he has also been attacked. He's now in the pet carrier in our aviary. We have saved many doves and other birds. Last . . .
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July 07, 2008 12:49 PM EDT --
I was just saying to someone how much I like where we live. We have deer, pheasant, fox, rabbit, groundhog, peregrines, I've seen a bald eagle, bluebirds, goldfinches, frogs, garter snakes...I'd . . .
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December 16, 2006 05:19 PM EST --
The wildlife center at which I volunteer has been playing host to some interesting new denizens these last couple of days: A flock of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) was discovered . . .
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June 03, 2007 12:13 AM EDT --
I want to share some photos of this year's crop of baby squirrels, which were born and are in the process of being raised in my front yard trees. This year it appears that not one, but two female eastern . . .
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November 18, 2007 07:47 AM EST --
This one is for the kids. Please share with them. (Photos & Poetry by Robert B.)
MY ZEBRA DOESN’T DO HOMEWORK
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April 28, 2008 11:31 PM EDT --
Well, at dusk we got to see the frist grazing elk of the year right in our own neighborhood. The elk always come around when it is warmer and the grass is growing.. Yay for wildlife!
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December 02, 2008 04:27 AM EST --
I was standing outside my back door. The sliding door of my office. And standing under the awning, looking over at the pool. It was a strange day weather-wise because we had a bit of rain, sunshine, more . . .
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October 14, 2006 08:29 AM EDT --
Hubby and I have been doing Wildlife Rescue for decades. We rescue opposum., raccoons, squirrels,skunks, birds. We've done Exotic Bird Adoption as well. I'm licensed by my state.
We have . . .
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December 01, 2007 08:32 PM EST --
This one is for the kids. Please share with them. (Photos & Poetry by Robert B.)
THERE’S A HIPPO . . .
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October 02, 2008 10:03 PM EDT --
I grew up in the swampy back-lands of rural Mississippi, surrounded by gorgeous nature, everywhere. We trek miles into town to see a building taller than one story (and even . . .
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October 03, 2008 03:09 PM EDT --
Here is part 2 of National Geographic's Best Photos Of The Y ear. Hope you enjoy.
As I grew past my teenage years, as all men, and women, tend to do, I started . . .
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October 13, 2006 08:50 AM EDT --
We do Wildlife Rescue. One little batch of babies we received were midget raccoons. We assumed they were babies but once they became more active we realized what we had Miniatures.
We named them the Pointer . . .
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June 03, 2008 11:14 PM EDT --
Critters have been wrecking havoc on my flock of chickens, lately. They had begun to make inroads into the yard devouring the cats and dogs food. First one, then two, and then more began to . . .
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October 08, 2008 10:30 PM EDT --
Okay. You already know we are part of the Raccoon relocation Program. Already relocated one, looking to unite his/her family with him/her. Problem is, they aren't . . .
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March 27, 2007 02:22 AM EDT --
In December, we spent a chilly day at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, which is actually located 35 miles outside of San Diego, east of the city of Escondido. The zoo is huge: 1,800 . . .
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