NX's Location, View at Work, Wind Farms, Lead Poisoned Eastern Shore Bald Eagles, Bald Eagle Liberty, Bald Eagle Nesting Platform, Therapy Dogs at Airports, White-Nose Syndrome in Bats, Hong Kong Apartments, Liger Cubs in Taiwan, Wild Animals are not Pets

NX checked in today. She isn't done exploring Aquia Creek!

I'd love to have this view from my window at work... I'd never go home!

This is a pretty good article about the possible affects of wind farms on Bald Eagles.

Looks like there's a total reward of $7500 available for information about the Eastern Shore Bald Eagles that recently died of lead poisoning.

The Bald Eagle Liberty is going to appear this weekend at the Montezuma Audubon Center's 7th Annual Wildlife Festival.

Here's a story about a 17-year old that built and installed a nesting platform for Bald Eagles for his Eagle Scout badge. I'd like to know if any birds build a nest on this platform...

Here's a neat story about Therapy Dogs at airports. I'd love to do something like this one day... And I would have loved to have seen a Therapy Dog last week while I was traveling!

Many bat populations are in decline due to White-Nose Syndrome. Bats are very important because they help to control the insect population -- especially mosquitoes. This problem should concern everyone. If you have available land, think about putting up a bat house! Do your research first though, they are sensitive to location and the direction they face.

Here are some pictures of apartment buildings in Hong Kong. I can only imagine what so much over-crowding does to natural resources...

Liger cubs in Taiwan! So cute! The zoo is in trouble though. They didn't anticipate the Tiger and Lion mating since they had been in the same enclosure for six years.

You should not try to raise wild animals as pets! Here's an article about the dangers. Wild animals, even if raised in captivity from birth, are still wild animals. They aren't suddenly tame because they grew up in a house. It's in their nature to be wild. I know someone that "rescued" a baby raccoon and the thing is kept in the house. It has bitten everyone. All the people that live there or have visited there have been bitten. And the raccoon is no longer fit to be released in the wild. It doesn't know how to take care of itself and it doesn't have a natural fear of humans. It sees humans as a source of food. Can you imagine how freaked out someone would be if a raccoon came up to them because it was hungry? I'd be thinking, "rabies" and trying to get away or trying to physically keep it away from me. It often happens that people think a baby in the wild is an orphan. If you think that, you should leave it alone and contact wildlife officials. Here's an article on the subject from The Wildlife Center of Virginia. This article contains links for what to do for various animals that you suspect might be orphaned.