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Looking Out: Critters become collection of characters
“Cream Puff is back!” I holler to my beloved wife, Marsha. She walks quickly into the kitchen to stand next to me to look out the window at the bird feeder. There, underneath, is a very large and fluffy raccoon, nibbling at the fallen sunflower seeds from the grass.
Fluff ball season
The phone rings early in the morning. It’s the post office, announcing that our baby chicks have arrived from the hatchery. Mom and Steve load up the van to run to town to fetch them, while I finish preparing the coop to receive the tiny fluff balls. The day before, we had stapled fresh cardboard to the walls of the coop as a clean barrier and to help round out the corners a bit. Then we spread wood shavings on the sanitized concrete floor. On...
Lenawee Smiles: Waging war with militant mice
A friend of mine has lost his sight over a span of many years. This is a horror I cannot imagine. When I visited him some weeks ago, I happened to open one of his kitchen drawers. I looked inside and discovered clear evidence of a rodent infestation. He was...
Abbey's Road: In an era of chicken moms, be a chicken aunt. It's the best of both worlds
I’m not sure what happened to millennial women that all of a sudden, they have made the collective decision to become chicken moms. Was it the pioneering spirit absorbed through their skin whilst playing "The Oregon Trail"? Leveling up their COVID-era homesteading game from sourdough starter to microfarming? An impulse buy at Tractor Supply that now is a part-time job … er, hobby?
How long is the cicada season in Illinois?
After 17 years underground, billions of periodical cicadas are about to emerge. The emergence of two broods across Illinois is an event that has not occurred in over 200 years and will not happen again for another two centuries. Here are some things to know about the Brood XIII cicadas that will...
Magical mangroves
Paddling through the intricate network of branches and leaves, the sound of silence reverberates through the air. Looking down into the musky water, sunlight pierces through to reveal a garden of oysters, snails, and upside-down jellyfish. A multitude of gray and black striped fish swim quietly by, then disappear amongst the roots seeking shelter. This is the real wild Florida: a mangrove forest.
Maryland woman adopts dog from Afghanistan in support of Kabul animal rescue
An Olney, Maryland, woman is adopting a dog from Afghanistan and helping an organization raise funds to get other animals from that country to their forever homes in the U.S. Rachel Mack said her family has always had dogs. As she and her husband were preparing to buy their first home together, they decided to get a dog together.
Pa. aviary announces new member of ‘extinct-in-the-wild’ species
Here’s some wonderful news with regards to wildlife conservation efforts. A bird that has been considered extinct for decades has gained a fresh hatchling. The National Aviary — which is based out of Pittsburgh, Pa. — sent out a press release announcing how the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas welcomed a female sihek chick back in April as part of a collaborative project looking to restore the bird’s wild population called the Sihek Recovery Project.
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