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Is your birdfeeder a super spreader?
By Buckmasters Online
Prevent bird diseases and save bird lives by frequently cleaning your feeders. Photo: Clean nectar feeders each time you refill them to keep hummingbirds healthy. This spring, take the time to clean your bird feeders to prevent the spread of avian diseases among your feathered friends. Karen Rowe, nongame migratory bird program coordinator f... READ MORE
The other 364 days: Real lives of reindeer
By U.S. Geological Survey
Caribou, North America’s wild reindeer, have lives apart from their famous Christmas Eve role. Photo: Early in winter a mama caribou teaches her calf how to dig for lichen. In early winter, snow is a few inches deep, but later will be three feet deep, and probably up to the calf’s belly. To learn how the Arctic antler-bearers spend... READ MORE
Yikes! That’s a BIG spider!
By Buckmasters Online
Every fall spiders emerge—not only the decorative spiders for Halloween observances, but fascinating, living web-building spiders. But in Georgia, more people are observing a recent arrival to the family of arachnids along their woodland walks and on their back porches—bright yellow-bodied Joro spiders. They are hard to miss. They're hu... READ MORE
Turn your jack-o'-lantern into a wildlife snack-o’-lantern
By Buckmasters Online
It’s pumpkin season everywhere. Folks carve them, arrange them, paint them, use them in fall decorations, turn them into pies or roast seeds for snacks. From October through November the colorful orange squash plants are a welcome sight, but weeks later, the question is how to dispose of your pumpkin collection. If the neighbor squirrel fami... READ MORE
Brown Booby makes rare appearance in Missouri Ozarks
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Photo: The first-ever sighting of the tropical seabird, the Brown Booby, was made in the Ozarks along the Current River in Ripley County in southern Missouri. – Photo courtesy of Debbie Prance-Orosz, MDC. Missouri recently made history after a pelagic seabird— a Brown Booby — was seen perched in a tree in the Ozarks. The Departme... READ MORE
Is that a dead snake or . . . ?
By Buckmasters Online
Photo: Is it really dead or is this snake playing possum? – Photo courtesy Douglas Mills. People who study reptiles and some who simply like snakes often become very cheerful when they encounter an Eastern hognose snake on a hiking trail. Why would they be cheerful? If the hognose snake thinks it’s being threatened, it may pretend it's... READ MORE