Screech owls of Wye island, Md. While monitoring Wood Ducks in the mid-Atlantic area I came across a mother Screech Owl with eggs. I stopped by every several days and took pictures.
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Watch the predators team analyse the keen sense of hearing and ideal hunting body shape of the owl. Their satellite-shaped head means that the penalty for rustling is almost always death. Watch some of the most amazing animals on the planet with BBC Worldwide.
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Lady Bird Johnson, our former first lady, and Actress Helen Hayes founded the Wildflower Center in 1982 to protect and preserve North America’s native plants and natural landscapes.
Decades ago, Mrs. Johnson recognized that our country was losing its natural landscapes and its natural beauty. As much as 30 percent of the world’s native flora is at risk of extinction. The Wildflower Center was intended to help preserve and restore that beauty and the biological richness of North America. Since then, the Center has become one of the country’s most credible research institutions and effective advocates for native plants.
www.wildflower.org
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Dr. Jeff Wells explains how Canada’s tar sands (US’ #1 source of oil, over Saudi Arabia), will likely result in millions of birds lost, where waterfowl land and die, and through habitat loss and water and air pollution. Most North American migratory birds breed in Canada, but are finding it increasingly difficult due to massive industrial projects like the tar sands.
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