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Banding elusive Saw-whet Owls
By Buckmasters Online
Some visitors to Indiana Dunes State Park will be burning the midnight oil in mid October when they come to observe the popular Saw-whet Owl banding project, now in its seventh year.
The banding project monitors long-term changes in Saw-whet owl populations as found along Lake Michigan’s southern shore, by counting owls and studying the bird... READ MORE
Eastern hellbenders new video stars
By Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Eastern hellbenders, slippery cold water salamanders that can grow more than 2 feet long, are one of the best known, yet least seen amphibians.
That’s why it’s so unusual that a few of them have become new video stars.
The videos became available following a Georgia Department of Natural Resources hellbender survey which canvassed a G... READ MORE
Wood stork colonies continue to grow
By Buckmasters Online
Once nearly gone from the swamps in the Southeast, the wood stork has been making a comeback as wetlands are preserved and managed. In Georgia, biologists surveying nesting colonies have seen a drop from the record-setting 2,932 nests documented in 2014, but an increase over the previous two years. Wildlife biologist Tim Keyes, wood stork survey le... READ MORE
The hidden life of a new fawn
By Buckmasters Online
Recently, Young Bucks readers were advised to NOT rescue new born wildlife they encounter in the woods. You may think you’re saving a fawn, but you don’t realize there’s an adult nearby, and what you’re actually doing is harmful. Here, wildlife biologist Steve Bryant with Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries... READ MORE
Hmmmmmm ... Listen for the cicadas
By Buckmasters Online
Photo: Red-eyed, black-bodied periodical cicadas emerge in large broods every 13 to 17 years, depending on the specific brood and location. If you missed the huge emergence of 13-year cicadas in 2011 because they were not present in the area where you live, you may have another opportunity this year. Two other broods of periodical cicadas will emer... READ MORE
Now you can track a golden eagle
By Buckmasters Online
Photo: Watch movements of the golden eagle captured in Kentucky on the Bernheim Forest website. – Photo Courtesy Billy Pope, Alabama Department Conservation and Natural Resources Researchers recently captured a golden eagle in Kentucky’s Bernheim Forest in Bullitt and Nelson Counties and fitted it with a tracking device as part of... READ MORE