Western Kingbird — Farewell ’til Spring — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. A couple weeks ago I captured this image of a Western Kingbird. The lighting was beautiful and the bird photogenic in its setting. I was pleased to capture this image. That said, I felt just a tiny […] …

Stand-in BLM boss: Solving wild horse problem will take $5 billion, 15 years — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

By Scott Sonner Source: multiple and unedited William Perry Pendley says the agency adopted out more than 7,000 mustangs and burros captured last year — the most in 15 years It will take $5 billion and 15 years to get an overpopulation of wild horses under control on federal lands across the West, the acting […] …

79 – The Mouse Town Autumn Musical Extravaganza — The Postal Adventures of Morris Mouse

Dear Lucy, As I recall I left you last letter with my account of being knocked over just outside the park in Mouse Town. The trumpet wielding maniac, whom I’d previously referred to, turned out to be none other than my dear friend Clive who’d been sent into a frenzy after having a bumble […] via …

Q&A with Matthias Fiechter: Media and Communications Officer for the IUCN — The Jaguar

This Q&A is with one of the first conservationists who reached out to me when I started this blog: Matthias Fiechter. At the time he was the Communications Manager for the Snow Leopard Trust, but now he’s a Media and Communications Officer for the IUCN. via Q&A with Matthias Fiechter: Media and Communications Officer for the …

Giggity, Giggity, Quack! — Through Open Lens

F/11.0, 1/500, ISO 500. Ruddy Duck What did the calculator say to the cashier? You can count on me. Interesting Fact: Most males pair up with one female each for the duration of the breeding season, but some take multiple mates. Their eggs are proportionally the largest of all waterfowl. The ducklings hatch well-developed and […] …

Will you help stop horse slaughter? — Tuesday’s Horse

H.R. 961, a bill pending in the nation’s capitol, that will ban horse slaughter and export for slaughter, has 190 cosponsors. In order to take advantage of the Consensus Calendar rule[1], we need 290 cosponsors. That’s 100 more. Will you help our horses get those critical cosponsors? Using the Consensus Calendar rule is how the …