Biologists use brain scans (and entertaining experiments and anecdotes) to show that crows, ravens and other corvids think like people.
Keep reading Gifts of the Crow: brain scan proof these birds are devious, silly and smart
 The women who care for wildlife around Houston have professionalized the group, which treats mockingbirds, armadillos, pelicans, sea turtles and anything covered in oil. Keep reading Houston organizes rehabbers in Wildlife Center of Texas  Photographer David FitzSimmons gives local birds, frogs and other common animals the spotlight in a kids book with sharp macro pictures and funny text. Keep reading Curious Critters: local animals with excellent PR  With a lack of nest cavities, urban birds are turning to outdoor ashtray boxes, post boxes, poles, lights and air conditioners Keep reading City birds love to live in mailboxes  How many bird species have you seen in New York City? Dennis Edge, an East Village photographer, has scored an amazing 88 species in and around Tompkins Square Park. Keep reading Dennis Edge, wildlife photographer, shows Tompkins Sq’s 88 bird species  About 80% of Laysan albatross live on the Midway atoll, which was hit by the tsunami. Rare Japanese wildlife live on southern islands. Orphaned pets wandering. Keep reading Tsunami hit biggest colony of endangered albatross, but wildlife largely spared  Not the usual funny David Sedaris book. Or the usual animal book. The squirrels, birds and chipmunks are prejudiced, dull and petty, just like people. Keep reading Sedaris makes animals creepy like us in Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk  A room full of fawns Today I got to visit a wildlife rehabiliator near Poughkeepsie who is far more experienced and patient than I am. Celie would need to be to handle the 98 animals in her care–including a pack of dogs, horses, chickens, birds and other permanent residents. But the reason my friend Vicki and I went to visit was that Celie got slammed by a big baby season. Every May and June wildlife rehabilitators around the country get tons of calls from people who have found baby animals and birds. The usual correct response is to tell the person to put the animal back in exactly the spot where it was found because mom was just out getting food and she’s going to be pissed when she gets back. Wildlife rehabbers usually won’t take the animals unless they’re injured, orphaned or out on their own way too soon. But in many cases people know that the animals are orphaned because they find mom’s dead body nearby. In the case of many of the animals at Celie’s gorgeous farm, they were hit by cars. possum family For weeks straight she was getting many calls a day, all leading to more and more animals. She seemed to never say no. So Vicki and I headed up to help out. Really Vicki is used to mass animal raising, but I feel like I’m a farmhand just managing 8 or 9 squirrels. Basically I figured I could clean cages, Keep reading Fawns Like to Nibble, Volunteer Visit to Wildlife Rehabber Shows  I got a call from a neighbor this morning about a new blue jay situation: one baby bird down on the street. Keep reading 2 Blue Jay Babies Survive Mean Streets of the East Village  A blue jay has built a nest on the fire escape on Fifth Street in Manhattan. It’s not a great spot; sooner or later the babies–in the natural course of things–end up on the ground before they learn to fly. And inevitably some well-meaning person picks them up to save them. As if the mother blue jay doesn’t have enough problems, her mate is not really contributing the to the household. Instead of getting food, he has fixated on a cat that lives in a third floor apartment down the block. The jay constantly buzzes and swoops at the cat’s window, as if he’s going to convince the cat to move out. Where to Go to See Unusual Birds Where to See Animals in the Northeast [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BgCQSns-Xg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6] To see more animals go to animaltourism.com |
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