Right now there is a trend in “owl-love”. People think they’re so cute and decorate everything from paper-products, to clothes, to wall art with rather cartoony looking owls. Is there anything wrong with that – NO! Owls definitely are super cute, but they are so much more than just fluffy balls of feathers. They are …
Tags: Animals, barred owl, birds, cute, diet, ecology, environment, food, food chain, great horned owl, owls, photography, predators, rodent, screech owl, The Art of Ecology, wildlife
I’ll gladly go bungee jumping or skydiving. Not much scares me, yet for some strange reason, I gasp at small things. A door closed unexpectedly? Gasp. Did a leaf fall on my shoulder? Gasp. I’m startled for a fraction of a second and react. Who knew that this is a similar trait to shy, cute, …
Tags: Adaptations, Animals, bold, chipmunk, communication, personality, rodent, shy, speech, The Art of Ecology, vocalization, wildlife, Wildlife Behavior