How do Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) show affection? I am not sure exactly what these two eagles were doing when I spotted them on Tuesday at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Were they singing to each other? Maybe they doing some version of eagle French kissing? Whatever the case, the eagles definitely seemed to be […] …
Valentine’s Day — Say It with Penguins. — Wickersham’s Conscience
Valentine’s Day is a mostly commercial affair; candy, cards and flowers. But the first known link between the Catholic saint and romance comes from is in Parlement of Foules (1382) by Geoffrey Chaucer: “For this was on seynt Volantynys day Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make”. [“For this was on St. […] via …
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Happy St Valentine’s Day — Tuesday’s Horse
Love is in the air, in all kind of ways. A terrific supporter of the Fund for Horses invites you to make a $7 donation to us today, St. Valentine’s Day, and he will double it to $14 all day long, in honour the horses he so greatly loves. Now that’s a sweetheart of a …
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Love Has Wings
Salt Wells Horses Get Short End of Stick — Western Horse Watchers Association
The Tier 1 analysis in Appendix A of the draft EIS for the Rock Springs RMP amendment provides data for current conditions on the Salt Wells Creek HMA. The numbers were copied into a spreadsheet to see if the current management plan favors privately owned livestock over wild horses and if so by how much. …
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Join SIB for 2020 Great Backyard Bird Count — SIB
Sunday February 16, 2020 8:00am – 5:00 pmGreat Backyard Bird CountLocation: Various locations around Seabrook IslandMax: 20 No cost to members, $5 to non-members Join us in participating in Audubon’s Great Backyard Bird Count. The day will involve walks at various locations throughout the day. The schedule below allows for individuals to sign up for […] …
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Trigger the horse recovers after being dragged behind a pick-up truck — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
by Jennifer Meckles as published on 9News.com He’s been working through his physical and emotional recovery at the Dumb Friend’s League Harmony Equine Center in Franktown, CO. It’s a place for second chances. It’s a place where one horse is learning to trust again. “Trigger came to Harmony as part of a cruelty case,” explained […] …
Hop on in. — nature has no boss
A little Sand Piper gives me a wink and motions me to join in their morning yoga class on the beach. Although balancing on one leg proved not too difficult I fell flat on my face trying to hop away on one leg like these characters did when a rogue wave came up the beach […] …
Colorful bufflehead — Mike Powell
I was thrilled Saturday when the sunlight illuminated the beautiful colors of this male Bufflehead duck (Bucephala albeola) as he was drying his wing feathers at the pond at Ben Brenman Park in Alexandria, Virginia. In the past I had gotten glimpses of the brilliant purple and green colors on the head of a bufflehead, […] …
The Northern Herper 
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