Two Feet Photo

Leaf Footed Bug Probably family coridae

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:04:48 -0400

Leaf Footed Bug

Probably family coridae

This is a mimic…it’s a type of clearwing moth, not a...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:24:16 -0400

This is a mimic…it’s a type of clearwing moth, not a hornet. I’m not sure what species it is though, perhaps Paranthrene simulans?

Photo

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:55:47 -0400

Ruddy Turnstone - Anastasia State Park - FL

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:11:48 -0400

Ruddy Turnstone - Anastasia State Park - FL

Photo

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:34 -0400

Green Tree Frog

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:57:41 -0400

Green Tree Frog

Carolina mantis Durham, NC

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:00:38 -0500

Carolina mantis

Durham, NC

Yellow Legged Gull Sanibel Island, FL

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:00:13 -0500

Yellow Legged Gull

Sanibel Island, FL

Sanderling Sanibel Island, FL

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:00:23 -0500

Sanderling

Sanibel Island, FL

Little Blue Heron Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, FL

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:20 -0500

Little Blue Heron

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, FL

Osprey Sanibel island, FL

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:00:27 -0500

Osprey

Sanibel island, FL

rhamphotheca: Outdoor Cats: Single Greatest Source of...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:46:07 -0500

rhamphotheca:

Outdoor Cats: Single Greatest Source of Human-Caused Mortality for Birds and Mammals, in U.S, Says New Study

American Bird Conservancy media release

A new peer-reviewed study published today and authored by scientists from two of the world’s leading science and wildlife organizations – the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) – has found that bird and mammal mortality caused by outdoor cats is much higher than has been widely reported, with annual bird mortality now estimated to be 1.4 to 3.7 billion and mammal mortality likely 6.9 – 20.7 billion individuals.

The study, which offers the most comprehensive analysis of information on the issue of outdoor cat predation, was published in the online research journal Nature Communications and is based on a review of 90 previous studies. The study was authored by Dr. Peter Marra and Scott Loss, research scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and by Tom Will from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Division of Migratory Birds.

According to Dr. George Fenwick, President of American Bird Conservancy, one of the leading bird conservation organizations in the U.S. and a group that has called for action on this issue for many years, “This study, which employed scientifically rigorous standards for data inclusion, demonstrates that the issue of cat predation on birds and mammals is an even bigger environmental and ecological threat than we thought. No estimates of any other anthropogenic [human-caused] mortality source approach the bird mortality this study calculated for cat predation.”…

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(photos: L - cat with American Coot, by Debbie Shearwater; R - cat with unidentified bird, photo uncredited)

1. Spay and Neuter your animals

2. Keep your animals indoors

3. If you cannot do #1 and #2, then do not own a pet.

Willets Sanibel Island, FL

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:00:25 -0500

Willets

Sanibel Island, FL

(captive) Roseate Spoonbill at the Florida Aquarium Tampa, FL

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:00:36 -0500

(captive) Roseate Spoonbill at the Florida Aquarium

Tampa, FL

Snowy Tree Cricket Oecanthus fultoni Durham, North Carolina

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:56:46 -0500

Snowy Tree Cricket

Oecanthus fultoni

Durham, North Carolina

Duke Gardens - Durham, NC

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:00:33 -0500

Duke Gardens - Durham, NC

Winter time is a peaceful time.

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:00:40 -0500

Winter time is a peaceful time.

Something slightly different. Bowman’s Beach - Sanibel...

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:00:31 -0500

Something slightly different.

Bowman’s Beach - Sanibel island - FL

Brown Pelican - JN “Ding” Darling NWR - FL

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Brown Pelican - JN “Ding” Darling NWR - FL

Duke Gardens - Durham, NC

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:00:20 -0500

Duke Gardens - Durham, NC