All, I found this online, and thought I'd pass it along. I'm glad that the company doing this was fined because I know when my family would buy tuna for our...
Dear Friends of BOS and the orangutans, I have just read and signed the petition: ""Bring me home..." Repatriation of orangutans from Bangkok Safari World" We...
Hi, everyone, I live in New Jersey and have an amazing amount of backyard wildlife. I feed and enjoy: Sknunks; Opossums; Raccoons; Squirrels;many birds and...
Hello and welcome, from a long-time member of this group. I'm also from New Jersey :) Our most common wildlife happens to be rabbits ~ sometimes I think we...
http://www.hollyandjeremy.com/Hummingbird.jpg So, this is the first hummingbird that we've been anywhere close to. Seems to be a female Ruby-throated. I was...
To amend my previous email, I've looked at the shot again, and I can make out color on the chin. It looked green all the way across in person, and it looks...
Wow, you have opossums and skunks? Amazing. We recently had raccoons in our yard eating our birdseed, but we've never had a skunk! Holly ... From: e024013...
Hi Janet, I wished I had Rabbits, they are so cute!!! Nice to hear from someone from New Jersey.Enjoy your Bunnies. Jeaneen--- In ... we have ... winter I ... ...
Hi Holly, Yes and the Opossums are very spoiled, they only eat certain fruits and cheeses.Skunks do not seem particular at all. The raccoons can be really...
So far, our raccoons haven't gotten into any trouble, although they (and the squirrels) are definitely eating us out of house and home! :) But I won't ...
... in my yard are spoiled, also, but worth it. The Opossums were out last night, they are so cute. Mommy and her baby opossum tok turns on the tree stump that...
All, While coming out of Best Buy in Sterling, VA yesterday, we had a pair of red-tail hawks circling overhead! I think they must have been looking for some...
Monday while I was out in the yard, I noticed 3 squirrels were out there at the bird feeders. One was our Black Squirrel! Haven't seen him in a long time so...
Well, last night we had a new visitor to our backyard bird feeder, but I was too slow to get his picture. Tonight, I was lucky, and Holly was ready for him!...
That's pretty cool; I wonder if it's the same one? This spring, we had a Grackle visit that had a particular deformity on his upper bill, and the same...
Hi, I'm really interested in our UK wallabies, and am calling upon each and everyone here that may be living in the British Isles, to help me in collating as...
Well, it looks like winter is on the way here in Northern Virginia. This past week, we have had quite a few new visitors to our feeders--most notably the...
I just wanted to report that when I came home on Friday, we had a flurry of activity at the feeders - a Pigeon, Mourning Doves, Carolina Chickadees, Titmice, a...
Jeremy, We also had our first Juncos here in Centreville on Friday. Our feeder activity is also up with Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse, American...
FYI... Nov. 2, 2004 National Zoo staff euthanized a 12-year-old male cheetah this morning, after several weeks of treating it for complications associated with...
Jeremy, That is a great sighting!!! We have only ever had 1 in the yard. Red breasted are showing up in good numbers this year, could be a good year for ...
This article can be found at: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/11/06/1099547432198.html?oneclick=true A race against time November 7, 2004 There's a...
Sorry it's late; so you may have already heard about this one. I haven't seen any yet, but I have heard that some anti-zoo media moguls were tying to use this...
Actually, I hadn't heard that one yet - thanks for the post. That is sad news, but I would say that that particular incident sounds accidental. I think that...
'bout a Sharp-shinned Hawk... This one stopped by and had a good long look at our bird feeder, but then flew off before I could get a shot of him/her flying -...
I agree. The public will never give the zoo the benefit of the doubt as long as certain members of the media continue their 'selective reporting'. I am still...
Looks like a sharp shinned to me! Only looked at the thumb nail so far and that's what it appears to be. Notice the squared tail which is a sure field mark...
Hello group, I don't post much, I know.... but Sunday I was in the pine barrens (near Whiting NJ) and out in the woods I saw a beautiful ring-necked pheasant....