Please forward this to those who are interested !! Rhoda Bryan Delaware Eco-Alerts from Care2 <ecoalerts@...> wrote: Date: 5 Apr 2005 16:10:13 -0700 To:...
Hi all, Yesterday while hiking along the road to the dam at Liberty Reservoir in Baltimore Cty., a wild turkey flushed from behind some pine saplings along the...
All, While at the Loudoun County Arbor Day Festival at Banshee Reeks, we saw the following birds: White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers (1 male and...
All, Looks like the San Diego Zoo may again see another baby panda this year. I think the National Zoo is still on Panda Watch (at least the last I heard),...
Holly, Glad you saw the bald eagle pair in Loudoun County. Bald eagles are really making a comeback everywhere. Many have become very tolerant of human ...
If I were to put myself in their shoes, I might make such a statement to appear more objective - that is to say that there are, unfortunately, a growing number...
The other night as I was driving, windows up, music on... the Spring peepers were so loud I could hear them over everything! I had to lower my window and mute...
There's a small secluded pond back in the woods, located off the trail around Centennial Lake in Columbia, MD, that retains sounds like that. Last year, I...
Tonight, we saw our favorite female cardinal (we have named her Brownie) at the feeder with a male cardinal, and she was feeding him from the feeder. This is...
Hey Holly, Yup it is courtship behavior. I have never heard of a female feeding the male - I have seen males feeding females - but wither way it is courtship....
FYI, I thought I would pass this on: Please join Dr. Glenn Olsen at the National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Wednesday evening for...
All, In honor of National Wildlife Week and the robin that is building a nest in our front yard, here's a link from the National Wildlife Federation about...
Hi Holly, We have a robin's nest in progress here in a shrubby area between us and the neighbor's. There are sassafras, multiflora rose, and various other...
Here are two pics I took tonight of the baby turtle my dad rescued. He also found a Spotted Turtle earlier in the day in the middle of a road and helped it...
Hi Rudy, Our robin was working on the nest out in our front yard, we have a tree out front where we keep the suet and she picked a spot high enough up that she...
Janet, Good pictures, your Dad deserves a pat on the back for saving the turtles. I imagine since we've had such nice weather over the past week here in...
All, Well, to help round out this National Wildlife Week, here's a few interesting facts about the state flowers! Most unusual: Oklahoma's state flower is...
Here in neighboring Maryland it's the Black-eyed Susan and our state insect is a butterfly we don't see all that often...the Baltimore Checkerspot. Click on...
Dear Friends, Apologies to all who did not receive the attachment correctly in my previous email about the new magazine called Rainforests, a very important,...
I had to smile when I read Janet's note: "Oh it's suddenly spring yes, here in NJ. The flowers are blooming, the bees are out, spiders in force... spring...
Eddie, Welcome to the group! What got you into wildlife watching when you were younger? I found it difficult to sustain any interest in bird watching when I...
Michelle, Thanks for the information on this magazine, it looks very interesting. I wonder if a copy can be bought at bookstores here in the U.S. Holly ... ...
All, This morning driving into the parking lot at work here in Reston, there was a male mallard standing in the middle of the parking lot. I tried to get him...
All, This article in the Washington Post today seemed to echo yesterday's encounter with the mallard in the parking lot, and is a helpful reminder to all to be...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the wildlife-watchers group: Where is your favorite spot to find wildlife? o My backyard o Local parks ...
wildlife-watchers@yah...
Apr 26, 2005 3:05 pm
847
My work is a zoo, does that count for both? ;-) Eric ... Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the wildlife-watchers group: Where is your...
Eric, It definitely should! Especially, since at a zoo you get both captive and noncaptive wildlife! I know, the last time I was at the National Zoo, there...
You would love my neighborhood then -- we have so many ducks around right now! They walk in the road, sit on the grass, hang out anywhere they can. We also...