Will Mama Bird Abandon the Nest if you Touch it?
It seems to be widely believed that if you touch a bird’s nest, an egg or the baby bird itself, that the mother will then abandon it. This is just
Spy Camera Shows All!
We have two spy cams in our yard–one in our screech owl box (no takers this year) and one in a bluebird box. These tiny cameras are mounted at the
Woo Hoo, Guess Who’s Back!
I have been looking and looking and waiting for my hummingbirds to be back and this morning I finally got my wish. I spotted the first male at around 9.
What I Learned about Barred Owls
I spent a good part of today watching a barred owl hunting from just a few feet off of a boardwalk at an Audubon Society property called Francis Beidler Forest
Who Cooks For You?: Ten Things You May Not Know about Barred Owls
“Who cooks for you, who cooks for you all?” This is the call of the BARRED OWL, the subject of this week’s creature feature. When I was at Corkscrew Audubon
Corkscrew Sanctuary
On Friday I spent the day at Corkscrew Sanctuary, a wonderful 13,000 acre National Audubon preserve near Naples Florida. I witnessed so many WOO HOO moments it’s hard to even know
Hummingbirds Head South
It’s getting to be that time of year when the hummingbirds are fattening up for their long journeys south. Most will double their body weight, which during the summer is