It's springtime in the nature world. We came across two mating lizard couples yesterday while many others are running around like cuckoos trying to get into the game. (… looked up cuckoos and they're a family of birds that include roadrunners.) The season of love has also struck other animal …
Even More on Rattlesnake Relocation
Dr. Erika Nowak from Northern Arizona University commented on my last rattlesnake blog on relocating rattlesnakes, and provided the following info - so I thought I would provide it as a separate blog. In a nutshell, if you must relocate rattlesnakes (which is preferable to the alternative of …
Our Backyard Brethren: Recent Wildcam Photos
I took a hiatus with our Bushnell wildlife camera, but have put one up again the last couple months in 3 different places to track our wildlife visitors. Thought I would post a few photos of what's been in our yard, plus what's been waking up my husband most early mornings as it goes through the …
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More on Relocating Rattlesnakes – including a research bibliography
Here's a more recent post on rattlesnake research by Dr. Erika Novak. A reader and nature appreciator, Gary MacGrumbley from New Mexico, responded to my earlier article Rattlesnakes! Relocating them works just fine, saying there was not enough evidence to say that relocating rattlesnakes worked. I …
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Our Welcome (and not welcome) Nature Guests
Our housesitter called when we were away to say that we hadn’t told her about our unexpected friend. At dusk she had walked out onto the back patio and discovered a 5-foot gopher snake slithering along the house. Knowing our respect for critters, she successfully whisked it away with a broom. …
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Saving Wildlife: Keep Cats Indoors (and Other Suggestions)
First a full disclosure: I have had both indoor cat and outdoor cats. Yesterday I came across a half-eaten bird kill caused by a cat I’ve seen stalking our bird-friendly property. It made me think of some research The Secret Life of Roaming Cats I heard on NPR in August. Working with the National …
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