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Vultures are a much misunderstood bird, the role they play though is crucial to the maintenance of a clean and healthy environment. The vulture is not a predator by nature; first and foremost they are carrion feeders, scavengers. They ‘recycle’ dead animals, road kill, the decomposing carcasses that otherwise would spawn bacteria and diseases that would endanger not only wildlife but our health as well.
Today, June 8th is World Ocean Day. World Ocean Day was officially declared by the United Nations as June 8th each year beginning in last year 2009. The purpose of having World Oceans Day, to give us an opportunity every year to honor the world’s ocean. To celebrate the inherent value to us of the [...]
Florida Sandhill cranes are akin to the heron, standing 4ft tall. They are gray in color with a patch of bald, red skin on top of their heads. Males and females are identical in markings but the male is larger, they are monogamous breeders with the young sandhill cranes called colts staying with their parents [...]
