During the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reminds beachgoers statewide to be mindful of nesting birds. The eggs and chicks of nesting birds are delicate and susceptible to harm from disturbances that cause adults to fly off the nests.
“Just approaching a bird is enough to flush it away [...]
FWC - “Since the birth of our nation, four American bird species have gone extinct, including the passenger pigeon, once the world’s most abundant bird. At least 10 more species are possibly extinct.”
This sad news about troubled ecosystems in the United States comes from the recently released “State of the Birds Report, 2009,” commissioned by [...]
Since 1923, the St. Augustine Alligator Farm has entertained visitors who want to see vast masses of Florida’s most fearsome predator — over 1,500 alligators inhabit the park. In my childhood, I was awed by the fearless alligator wrestlers who flipped over the massive squirming reptiles, showing their bravado by sticking a head or an [...]