Green Heron Uses Bread To Bait And Catch Fish

Damnedest thing I’ve seen in a long time… dumb beasts indeed.

Scarlet Tanager Feeding on Peanut Suet

at my feeder in Red Wing, MN May 15th, 2014

Scarlet Tanager at my feeder tonight…

Shot hand held at F5.7, 1/8th, ISO80. Through two layers of dirty glass and one layer of screening… Gotta fix that.

Ducklings Adopted by…

Have you #GotMilkweed?

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Who’s got milkweed?

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By Jode Roberts, Team Lead, Homegrown National Park Project

The monarch butterfly has it bad. Fortunately, we have a solution. As part of our Toronto-based Homegrown National Park Project, we’ve #GotMilkweed.

This year the number of monarchs overwintering in Mexico hit an all-time low. Severe weather and the disappearance of milkweed (the plant they depend on) along their migratory path are making an already epic journey downright dangerous. There are even doubts that the monarchs will make it back to Canada!

That’s why we launched the #GotMilkweed earlier this month. We’re planting a milkweed corridor through the City of Toronto. And the response so far has been amazing!

Torontonians bought almost 1,000 milkweed plants in the first few days and are close to double that amount now. And hundreds of nice folks like you contributed $25 to buy plants for our volunteer Homegrown Park Rangers to plant in local schoolyards and parks. The Toronto Star even splashed the story on its front page.

Want to help?Torontonians can order milkweed now, while supplies last. When spring finally arrives, plant them in your yard or on your balcony. You can even become a butterfly “block captain” and inspire your neighbours, local schools, stores and churches to do the same.

Not from Toronto? No worries. You can check in with local conservation groups and nurseries in your community. Here is a good list of local nurseries. If they don’t stock milkweed species native to your region, politely ask them to start.

The monarch butterflies have it bad. Help us bring them back, one milkweed plant at a time.

Truly,

Jode Roberts
Team Lead, Homegrown National Park Project
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Invite pollinators to your neighborhood …

Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!

Starting on Page 16 of the planting guides you can find lists of plant names that will attract pollinators and help you build beautiful pollinator habitat!

Print these lists and bring them to your local native plant, garden center or nursery

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Eagle buzzed by a seagull

Red Wing, MN at Colvill Park 3/26/2014

my distance from the eagle :-)

Gull Buzzes Eagle, Colvill Park, Red Wing

Gull buzzing an eagle at Colvill Park, Red Wing, MN 20140326 4pm

There’ll always be an England…

“A parrot owner was given £2,200 in compensation after a low-flying RAF plane caused his feathered friend to drop dead.

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The pet bird was terrified by the noise when the Hercules transport aircraft roared over its owner’s house.

parrot-peg-leg-on-crutch-pirate theme-small-edgedIts death in Ayrshire followed a similar incident where a low-flying plane caused a parrot to fall off its perch and break both its legs. Military chiefs agreed to cover vet bills – including two splints.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/parrot-owner-given-2200-after-1928036

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218