If you’re looking for an actual deer rut map, showing what stage the deer rut season is in across a geographic area, you’ll want to find another webpage. But if you’re actually just curious about the deer rutting season, deer rutting times, or simply want a better sense of what rutting is, you’ve come to the right page. Deer rut season is a fascinating wildlife phenomenon, and one worth knowing something about for safety reasons, as well. A Bit … [Read more...]
Migration… Not Just for the Birds
Migration may seem like something the birds have trademarked as their own exclusive adaptation to lousy weather and dwindling food supplies. As it turns out, the reasons that birds migrate are just as likely to be concerns for other creatures as well, so lots of other animals migrate, too, with some undertaking equally impressive migration feats. Food generally tops the list of why a species adapts over time to follow a seasonal migration … [Read more...]
Wild Wildlife Jobs
If you are spending your weekends hiking camping or just looking at the bugs and butterflies in your backyard, you might consider converting your recreational passion into your livelihood by searching for a wildlife job. While animal shelters or dog training might be top of mind when considering a career with or about animals, if you use your imagination, you will find opportunities for wildlife jobs in all sectors of the economy. Wildlife jobs … [Read more...]
Great Horned Owls — early nesters and archenemies of crows
With their big bright eyes and terse-looking ear tufts, great horned owls somehow manage to be both our symbol for knowledge and the archetypal owl for storybooks. In real life, they are no less formidable or fascinating, and the exciting thing is that they are common enough, even in suburbs and cities, that you actually have a pretty good chance of eventually seeing—or at least hearing—one. Read on to learn their preferences for digs, favorite … [Read more...]
Waking Up to Do the Wild Thang
Mornings can be downright rough for some of us, which makes that “snooze” button one of humankind’s greatest inventions. Imagine how it feels for wildlife species that spend winter in the deep slumber of hibernation—or even torpor, a milder version of hibernation—when they get that annual wake-up call from Nature that simply can’t be ignored. They are commanded to wake up, go forth, and do the wild thang on behalf of helping perpetuate their … [Read more...]
How to Save a Wild Animal in Distress
Have you found an injured wild animal, or an orphaned wildlife baby? Take time to carefully assess his situation before moving him. Often, a bird who seems injured has merely been stunned by colliding with a window. A wildlife baby who seems alone may actually have a watchful parent nearby, but out of view. So you may not need to save a wild animal who appears injured or alone, but do keep children and pets away from the animal, giving it a … [Read more...]
Wild Animal Shelter for Orphaned or Injured Wildlife
Have you found an orphaned or injured wild animal you believe is in need of care? While your first thought may be to rush him to a wild animal shelter, or wildlife rehabilitator, unless there is no question that he’s in imminent danger, take time before intervening. Some situations can be misleading. Here are a few examples of animals who typically do not need to be rescued and brought to a rehabilitator: A bird who is feathered and … [Read more...]
Finding the Right Wildlife Control Service
Got a family of raccoons in your chimney? Have you heard rustling and other little noises coming from within your walls or vents? Time to hire a wildlife control service company. Why? Because some problems are best left to the professionals. You’ll save yourself considerable time and trouble—as well as the possibility of additional problems and expenses if your do-it-yourself plan goes awry. When you hire a carefully chosen wildlife control … [Read more...]
Wild Animal Sanctuary — Create Backyard Habitat
Are you looking to create a wildlife sanctuary? Or, maybe just wondering why friends or neighbors are making their yards more like natural habitat? Read on to find out what’s in it for wildlife, and what’s in it for you, if you decide to try it—and more important, how to make a wild animal sanctuary happen in your own yard. Why create a wildlife sanctuary? Wildlife is losing several thousand acres of habitat every day, causing countless … [Read more...]
Helpful Raccoon Facts
Are raccoons on your property impressing you in ways you wish they weren’t? Do they scale your chimney inside and out, for example, or harvest veggies from your garden before you can enjoy them? If so, it’s time to learn more about these resourceful animals, so you can solve and prevent the conflicts they can sometimes cause. We've got the raccoon facts. Raccoons are often blamed for things other animals do—one more reason it’s worth taking … [Read more...]