Author: PerchSpective

No issue is either black or white, encouraging discussion and asking eveyone to look at issues from all angles and with an open mind. PerchSpective champions the protection and conservation of the natural world.
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Starving horse becomes safe and happy — Tuesday’s Horse

https://www.youtube.com/embed/8hTarWb0C9M?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&start=7&wmode=transparent First Taste of Freedom This horse was so hungry that she stuck her head in an electric fence looking for food. But now she’s gotten plenty to eat and feels like a whole new horse. Today she’s about to find out she has a whole field of grass to run in! via Starving horse becomes …

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Photos of the Week – April 17, 2020 — The Prairie Ecologist

Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens) is one of the most popular of the early spring prairie wildflowers, and for good reason. It’s a gorgeous plant, with an unusually large and showy blossom for a plant that blooms so early in the season. To continue my accidental rhyming paragraph, I’ll also mention that the plant has interesting adaptations […] …

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MEET THE MODEL – GARRY THE GREY HERON — Wildonline.blog

Grey Heron Ardea Cinerea Words and pictures by Graham Stewart Now I know what you are all thinking, the big dummy has spelt Garry wrong. But have I? My friends Larry, Harry, Barry and Mary all think I am correct! I always love seeing this bird for two reasons, firstly when it flies it reminds […] …

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Wild Mustangs reunite at Skydog Sanctuary — Tuesday’s Horse

https://www.youtube.com/embed/SQuj6kQmmTo?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent We are yearning to see something beautiful, moving and inspirational. How about you? Horses offer that, and much, much more. Sit back and relax for a few minutes and watch this. Watch DESCRIPTION: Wild horses Goliath and Red Lady reunite after being separated by a BLM roundup. After being apart for six months they …

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Return of the Bird of the Week: White-necked Jacobin — Wickersham’s Conscience

Here’s another hummingbird that isn’t called a “hummingbird.” It’s a Jacobin, instead. The White-necked Jacobin is a strikingly beautiful hummingbird. The male has a blue, green and black which a sharply defined white belly and a white band on the back of its neck. The female has a green back and head, but the throat […] …

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Colibrí de Goldman/Violet-capped Hummingbird/Goldmania violiceps — One Bird Per Day/Un Ave Por Día #1.122

Foto: Dave Curtis (CC)Nombre en español: Colibrí de Goldman Nombre en inglés: Violet-capped Hummingbird Nombre científico: Goldmania violiceps Familia: Trochilidae Canto: Peter BoesmanEl colibrí de Goldman​ o tucusito de coronilla morada​ (Goldmania violiceps), es una especie de ave de la familia Trochilidae, orden Apodiformes. Distribución y hábitat Vive en Colombia y en Panamá, en bosques …

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Santa Anita kills its 11th racehorse since December — Tuesday’s Horse

We changed NPR’s published title which was “11th Racehorse Dies At Santa Anita Park Since December,” to the title above. Here’s why. It’s subtle, we know, but when reports say a racehorse dies or has died at a racetrack it sounds like it couldn’t be helped, or that the horse was somehow at fault. This […] …

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