Animal Forum

ChiffChaff collecting insects from among the cherry blossom in Spring.

Animals in distress can’t speak for themselves, which is why compassionate people around the world have founded organizations to ensure the safety and well-being of all living things. Here are just a few organizations that you can get involved with to help further this goal. Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) AWI works to reduce the number […]

Bird Identification – Black-capped chickadee The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, nonmigratory, North American songbird that lives in deciduous and mixed forests. It is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is the state bird of both Maine and Massachusetts in the United States, and the provincial bird of New Brunswick […]

The common Vampire bat lives in caves across south America they carry the deadly virus called rabies their fur is a ash-brown colour and have white fur on their stomachs their babies have a tiny thumbs to cling on their mothers fur on her stomach Vampire bats can only last for 36 hours without drinking […]

From: www.geocities.com/Heartland/1133/animalpoems/birds.html Once I saw a little bird Come hop, hop, hop. So I cried, “Little bird, Will you stop, stop, stop?” I was going to the window To say, “How do you do?” But he shook his little tail, And away he flew.

Bird Identification – Great Blue Heron Standing motionless as the sphinx, with his neck drawn in until his crested head rests between his angular shoulders, the big, long-legged, bluish-gray heron depends upon his stillness and protective colouring to escape the notice of his prey, and of his human foes (for he has no others). In […]

Ingredents: Pine cone Peanut butter smooth —————————————– Grab the pine cone and smoother in peanut butter, then place on a low tree branch or bush make sure the Robin is able to feed. A handy tip is to place a small plate of water near the pinecone.

excerpt from denver.yourhub.com Since most of us can’t make it to the jungles of Africa, we are bringing the jungles to Denver. Keep your eyes open because on October 22, there will be hundreds of mountain gorillas running through the streets of downtown Denver. The Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund is hosting the 2nd Annual Denver […]

Make up what this Dog is Thinking or Saying.

Bird Identification – Rails Rails are such shy, skulking hiders among the tall marsh grasses that “every child” need never hope to know them all; but a few members of the family that are both abundant and noisy, may be readily recognised by their voices alone. All rails prefer to escape from an intruder through […]