Category Archives: Aside

A snowy owl has been spotted in California. Bird watchers noticed the bird on a road near Davis late last week. Snowy owls summer in Canada and migrate south for the winter. But their migration rarely brings them so far as Washington state or Oregon, let alone California. The last reported snowy sighting in California was in 1978. Read Crystal Ross O’Hara’s story in The Davis Enterprise.

New York’s Central Park has a resident Canada goose population of more than 300, up from 20-30 just five years ago. The flock congregates around the Harlem Meer in the park’s northeast corner. As each individual produces 1-3 pounds of feces per day, the park is starting to have a goose-poop problem. Read more of Clem Richardson’s story at the New York Daily News.

Goose Family by edenpictures, Creative Commons on Flickr

A lead-poisoned eagle is brought back to health with compassion, teamwork and luck in Jeffersonville, New York.