Broad-billed Hummingbird — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Broad-billed Hummingbirds have an extremely limited United States range, confined almost entirely to Arizona’s southeastern corner. Most of their range extends down into Mexico. However, as limited as these hummingbirds’ range may be in the United States, […]Broad-billed …

Feel Good Sunday: Video~Woman Spends Over A Year Trying To Find Wild Horse And All Of His Mares And Babies — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

https://www.youtube.com/embed/BZo8OkgCZ3Y?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&start=28&wmode=transparent Clare Staples and her crew at Skydog Sanctuary work their magic, once again! When this wild horse dad and his family were rounded up and sold, one woman promised to track down every mare and baby for him — watch how proud he is to finally run with all of them 1 year later …

Microcosm of the Macrocosm: Planet-Focused Stories from Around the World — Life & Soul Magazine

Here’s some of the stories that have captured Life & Soul Magazine’s attention this week: Spring repotting – Spring is the best time to repot your plants as the warmer temperatures stimulate new growth. If your plants have outgrown their nursery pot, it’s time to upgrade. The Stem offers a guide to repotting plants. 19 Sustainable […]Microcosm …

Equestrians race to save horses abandoned in Ukraine warzones — Tuesday’s Horse

YAHOO! NEWS via REUTERS, Joseph Campbell reporting, 1st Apr. 2022: When bombs began to fall as Russian forces poured into Ukraine in late February, thousands of people fled for safety, leaving their homes and property behind. Those who could often took beloved pets with them. It wasn’t so easy for horse owners, though, who faced […]Equestrians …

Talkin’ Birds — SIB

Although I love technology, I only recently discovered podcasts. I had always thought of myself as a visual learner and I’ve was never been much of a “book” reader. But during the pandemic, Flo finally convinced me to try listening to books. Then I started “reading” (listening) to books with our two younger nephews during […]Talkin’ …

Singing the praises of flowering hedgerows — Scottish pollinators

I shouldn’t really like hedges. I should be mentally scarred by them.  “Why?”, I hear you ask.  Well, if you remember the cheap footballs that used to be standard issue for children, you might also recall their frequent demise when a wayward shot went into a hawthorn or blackthorn hedge.  Many a childhood game ended prematurely due to […]Singing …

Microcosm of the Macrocosm: Planet-Focused Stories from Around the World — Life & Soul Magazine

Here’s some of the stories that have captured Life & Soul Magazine’s attention this week: Reframed – Women make up less than five percent of US carpenters by trade. By sharing her skills with a group of women apprentices, Patagonia Films meets timber framer Jenna Pollard who is reframing the narrative—one dovetail joint at a […]Microcosm …

The American Heritage of Wild Horses — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

By: William E. Simpson II Our history is important when it comes to managing our public lands, natural resources and wildlife. Much of our factual history today is being obscured by the white-noise of ignorance and politics that abounds in the media, where hearsay and monetary-motivated myths are sometimes couched as fact.   Some of […]The …

‘SEXING THE HUMMER’: A GENDER GUIDE TO ABACO’S HUMMINGBIRDS — ROLLING HARBOUR ABACO

‘SEXING THE HUMMER’ A GENDER GUIDE TO ABACO’S HUMMINGBIRDS The drastic effects of Hurricane Dorian on Abaco’s birdlife continue, with recent reports suggesting that all species remain affected, and some severely so. However there are signs of a slow improvement, and this good news includes the two hummingbird species, the endemic Bahama Woodstar and the […]‘SEXING …