Starting Monday, Feb. 24, 2019 VIA THEHORSE.COM Each day researchers at universities and other institutions around the world are investigating new ways to care for and understand our horses. Whether you realize it or not, the work they do influences your daily interactions with your horses. That formulation you scoop into feed buckets each morning? […] …
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F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 200. Brant What kind of shoes do you make with banana skins? Slippers! Interesting Fact: The Brant is also known as the Brent Goose. The spelling “Brant” is the original one, with “Brent” being a later folk-etymological idea that it was derived from a classical Greek water bird name brenthos. It actually …
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Nombre en español: Guacamaya Azuliamarilla Nombre en ingles: Blue-and-yellow Macaw Nombre científico: Ara ararauna Familia: Psittacidae El guacamayo azulamarillo (Ara ararauna), también conocido como guacamayo azul y amarillo, papagayo amarillo o paraba azul amarillo, es una especie de ave psittaciforme de la familia de los loros propia de América del Sur. Su área de distribución …
From Inside Climate News (Bob Berwyn): The loss of the reflective snowpack drives evaporation and reduces the flow of water, the study found. The 40 million people who rely on Colorado River water need to prepare for a drier future. Global warming is shrinking the Rocky Mountain snowpack that feeds the river and flows are […] …
Who Me? An Ermine stands tall and looks a bit perplexed when asked a simple question? Do you per chance know where have all the rabbits gone? We started the winter with several in the yard but have seen none these last few weeks. Have a wonderful weekend. via Who…Me? — nature has no boss
This sweet mural by Nick Sweetman, is an awareness tribute, … to some of the most important pollinators on our planet. The mural turns 3 corners. I will do my best to show it left to right. The above shot was taken from across the street. Cars, vans, trucks and busses dominated 19 of the …
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You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. People sometimes ask me if I am a birder, or they refer to me as one. I am not. In my spare time I am a wildlife photographer, but not a birder. The birders that I have […] …
A bear was sighted in a Monrovia neighborhood for the second straight day Friday. The large bear appeared about 2:30 a.m. in the 300 block of North Mayflower Avenue. Video showed it walking in circles and laying on a front lawn. About three hours later, the bear was seen again, this time as it wandered… via …
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NEW ORLEANS, La. (WGNO) — Mardi Gras Parade horses are up for adoption again this year. Twist reporter, Peyton LoCicero tells us about a unique way to take home a horse after carnival season. These are the regal creatures that lead the parades every year. They’re known as the Mardi Gras Horses and you can […] …
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WILDER SIDE OF OAKLAND COUNTY I had not thought much about Screech Owls until recently, when two things happened this month. A few weeks ago I began to hear their annual high-pitched whinnies and magical sounding soft trills coming from the edge of my woods. It’s a sound I know well and hear every February,… via …
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