NSFW bird photos — Birds of New England.com

I’ve never happened across copulating turkeys and until this spring I had never been sent photos of turkeys copulating. That changed earlier this month when, in the span of a few days, I received two such photos. Thanks to Wayne Snelley of Pepperell, Massachusetts, and Gino Farina of Jeffrey Center, N.H., for taking these excellent […] …

Wild Bee Swarm — The Wilden Marsh Blog

A wild bee swarm settled in a Wilden Marsh hawthorn bush today, not the first time this has happened. Seven years ago, too late in the season for the bees to survive, a swarm chose this particular hawthorn bush to build a nest; I arranged for a local beekeeper to rescue and overwinter the colony.… via …

Bonnie Kohleriter debunks ASPCA’s conclusions about increasing wild horse adoptions — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

photo by Carol Walker by Bonnie Kohleriter In the proposal supported by the ASPCA, HSUS, Return to Freedom and the American Mustang Foundation, they propose helping the BLM to increase the adoptions for 45,000-60,000 wild horses and burros they want to remove from public lands in only 3 years. The ASPCA has claimed ”In 2017, …

An Artist Has Turned This Central Coast Meadow Into a Mesmerizing ‘Field of Light’ — KTLA

https://www.youtube.com/embed/YIXDrsOA5ik?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Artist Bruce Munro’s light exhibit “Field of Light at Sensorio” in Paso Robles is seen in this undated photo. (Credit: Serena Munro / From Bruce Munro) Wander around a meadow in Paso Robles after dark and you’ll find a field of 58,000 “flowers” undulating with colored lights covering 15 rolling acres of land. Comparisons to… …

Climate change link to puffin deaths — BBC News – Science & Environment

Climate change played a role in the deaths of thousands of puffins in Alaska, according to a study. Scientists believe the birds starved to death when the fish they eat migrated north with rising sea temperatures. The bodies of dead, emaciated puffins began washing up on beaches on Saint Paul Island in autumn 2016. Up to …

Free the Twins and Their Mother, A Wild Mare From Warm Springs in Oregon — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

Posted by Carol Walker from WildHoofBeats.com This article is below re-posted from the Skydog Sanctuary website. This is an absolutely glaring example of how the Bureau of Land Management does not have the best interests of our wild horses at heart, and in fact is actively working toward their extinction and destruction. There is absolutely […] …

A Sea Of Sagebrush Disappears, Making Way For Fire-Prone Cheatgrass — News : NPR

In the past two years, more than 800,000 acres in northern Nevada have burned. The traditional sagebrush rangeland is being replaced by cheatgrass that burns hotter and more frequently.(Image credit: Ashley Ahearn for NPR) via A Sea Of Sagebrush Disappears, Making Way For Fire-Prone Cheatgrass — News : NPR