By the middle of the twentieth century, the peregrine falcon was placed on the Endangered Species List, due to a sharp decline in its population. This decline was caused by DDT pesticide contamination, which caused their eggshells to be so thin that they would break when the adults tried to incubate them. In 1999, due […]
It’s a common belief that great horned owls are nocturnal, although they are actually crepuscular, which means they prefer to hunt dusk and dawn. They will, however, also hunt in the middle of the night, and aren’t against coming out of their tree to grab up a meal in the middle of the day. Great […]
When visitors first see Isham, our red-tailed hawk, often the first thing I hear is, “We have lots of these back home.” That is probably true, as red-tailed hawks are the most common soaring hawk in all of North America, from Alaska right down through Mexico and Central America, as well as in Jamaica. But […]