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Jason Parent: Pay to play: Land access debate needs less outrage, more nuance
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (301+ words) The debate over leasing private land for exclusive hunting is highly divisive, with social media often amplifying outrage over the loss of free access to the land. While this article won't change the minds of those who feel slighted, it…...
Cheryl Kimball's Nature Talks: The special talents of the thrush family of birds
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (820+ words) A friend sent me an audio clip a few evenings ago with a melodious wood thrush belting out a beautiful song just at dusk. The song seemed particularly elegant in the waning light of the day. I am sure the…...
Teal Helms, the interim executive director of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center, intubates a brown pelican while Medical Director, Dr. Lizzie Wood, prepare to clean out a wound from a fishing hook in Huntington Beach on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Wood said that one of the results of the current marine heatwave off the California coast is more birds with hook injuries because they look for food closer to people. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
1+ week, 5+ day ago (362+ words) The Woodstock Police Department is asking for the public's h" Weather played a significant role in local racing on Friday," Teal Helms, the interim executive director of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center, intubates a brown pelican while Medical Director,…...
Lupines are busting out all over
3+ week, 3+ day ago (124+ words) Vibrant lupines are in full bloom across New Hampshire. Sweeping fields of purple near the White Mountains creating a buzz not just among bees, but painters. Artist Kay Leigh Kearns of Denmark, Maine, uses a landscape of colorful lupines with…...
Cheryl Kimball's Nature Talks: In search of the White-faced Ibis
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (740+ words) A glossy ibis spotted in Rye on May 10. I had a great couple of weeks birdwatching. Granted, that's not a hard thing to do in the midst of spring migration where even the birds you have seen many times before…...
Chickens tender? Fisher Cats" other names
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (539+ words) A nonprofit committee out of Washington, D. C. , wants the Manchester Fisher Cats ball club to cease and desist with occasionally calling itself the Manchester Chicken Tenders. This physicians" group says chicken tenders aren"t healthy. But it says the other name…...
The year bald eagles decided to make history: 3 eaglets spotted in Chicago for first time in a century
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (1042+ words) Two eaglets are seen in their nest, right, in Chicago's South Deering neighborhood while an eagle stands watch on Thursday. Hyde Park birding couple Pat and Steve Pearson have ventured out to Chicago's Southeast Side once a week for over…...
Bald eagle "massaging" its mate? AI deepfakes collide with the laws of the wild |
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (814+ words) Shadow gingerly places one taloned foot, then the other, on Jackie as she hunkers down on the nest. With Big Bear Lake glittering in the distance, he raises each foot in a kneading motion " evoking a bald eagle massage. "Somehow,…...
Looking Back: The hardships of frontier life for John Stark and his family
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (390+ words) Detail of a map of New Hampshire showing the White Mountains/Montagnes Blanche, 1768, French and English text, publisher unknown. In 1736 Scots Irish immigrants Archibald and Eleanor Stark lost their log cabin in Londonderry when it was consumed by fire. Archibald…...
Cheryl Kimball's Nature Talks: When all things come back to the pelican
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (144+ words) Granted, my list of favorite birds is kind of long " pileated woodpecker, piping plover, woodcock, evening grosbeak, black-and-white warbler, hummingbird, just for a start. The brown pelican is on it....