Flaco the Owl was once a staple of the Central Park Zoo. He captivated the hearts of many New Yorkers when he made a daring escape into the wild. His journey, though tragically short-lived, sparked inspiration among the city’s inhabitants. For one New Yorker, Flaco’s story served as a wake-up call. Working in Central Park, […]
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Killing owls to save owls: the US wildlife plan that sparked an ‘ethical dilemma’
It sounds like a set-up for an ecological horror film – to save one species of owl, US wildlife officials want to shoot down half a million of its cousins. The federal government’s latest proposal to save the endangered spotted owls has raised complicated questions about the ethics of killing one species to save another, […]
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Petition: Help Save Half a Million Barred Owls from Being Massacred
The U.S. government is proposing a plan to shoot 500,000 barred owls dead as part of a massive cull in the Pacific Northwest. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is suggesting this horrible cull in order to restore balance between barred owls and northern spotted owls in Washington, Oregon, and California. In order to carry […]
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Should we give a Hoot about the mass killing of Barred Owls?
The Barred Owl’s hooting call, “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?” is a classic sound of old forests and treed swamps according to online source allaboutbirds.org. Read More: Barred Owl Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology All about birds is managed by Cornell lab of Ornithology, whose mission is to […]
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Sleepy Owls, Hoodies and Dogs On Skateboards
December has been a slow birding month for me so far. I’ve been reading the local eBird lists and noticed that birders have noticed that the species lists have dropped down to 10-20 species per outing. One reason I prefer fishing to birding is that I’ve never been “skunked” while birding. There have been many […]
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Birdie Beauty Contest
I took a lot of bird photos over the last week and didn’t know what to do with them so I thought I’d have a bird beauty contest. My favorite for this week was this Cedar Waxwing so I’m giving it first place. I thought these baby Canada Geese were kind of […]
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The Northern Spotted Owl: One of the Most Studied Owls in the World
I recently attended the Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival located in Arcata and the surrounding areas of Northern California. One of the reasons I wanted to attend this magnificent seventeen year old festival was because of the diversity of birds and wildlife located in the area. Confirmation of my attendance was made when I […]
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Central Florida Birding, 4/6/2013
This morning my son had a 9am appointment in Sanford, and I had a work obligation in Orlando at 2pm. Not wanting to risk something going wrong, I decided to stay local and bird my way from Sanford to Orlando. I first went to Spring Hammock Preserve, hoping for a Prothonotary Warbler and Northern Waterthrush. […]