by scwc | May 14, 2013 | Uncategorized, Wildlife
LIVING LIGHTLY: FLYING CLEAR © Bigstock Exhausted at the end of a 1,200-mile journey from South America, a male indigo bunting descends slowly toward what looks like an inviting tree in a lush backyard. Then, thwack! He hits a window that’s reflecting a tree...
by scwc | Apr 17, 2013 | Uncategorized, Wildlife
Retired military bunkers used as artificial bat hibernacula at Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge in Maine (April 9, 2013) In an effort to address mortality rates of little brown bats, biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Maine Department of...
by scwc | Mar 18, 2013 | Uncategorized, Wildlife
Kentucky Environmental Literacy Plan approved by Kentucky Board of Education Press Release from the Education Cabinet Kentucky Environmental Literacy Plan approved by Kentucky Board of Education FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 7, 2011)The Kentucky Board of Education today...
by scwc | Feb 19, 2013 | Skunks, Wildlife
Do you have skunks under your deck or porch? In Kentucky, March is the time to send them on their way (IF you have dogs and don’t want them there). If you wait much longer, moms will have her tiny babies there. You can’t get rid of babies like you can...
by scwc | Jan 30, 2013 | Uncategorized, Wildlife
Behind Cute Face, A Cold-Blooded Killer: Study Finds Cats Kill Billions Of Animals by EYDER PERALTA January 29, 2013 6:52 PM Emma looks out from her cage at a pet trade show in Dresden, Germany. Maybe that New Zealand environmentalist we told you about — the one who...
by scwc | Jan 18, 2013 | Uncategorized, Wildlife
This true story is from a wildlife rehabber named Brenda. I love this story. Most wild opossums and domestic ones too, live well with cats. Of course it depends on the cats and opossums. If they are aggressive animals –they won’t get along at all. However,...
