Category: Animals

This category is dedicated to animal related topics

Turkey Vulture and Barn Owl Presentation

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A Turkey Vulture(Cathartes aura) and Barn Owl(Tyto alba) presentation by Animal Ambassadors at a Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo show.

You can learn more about Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo by visiting their website at:

Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo:

http://www.raysreptiles.com

For more information about birds of prey click to this page:

https://brantamedia.com/2019/10/12/what-are-birds-of-prey

For more information about vultures click to this page:

https://brantamedia.com/2021/03/01/all-about-vultures

For more information about owls click to this page:

https://brantamedia.com/2019/10/22/typical-owls-and-barn-owls

Video Transcript:

Vulture, this is the giant Turkey Vulture, that is absolutely right. Now guys this is a bird of prey remember, birds of prey are vultures, … Continue

Protect Endangered Whooping Cranes

You might expect to see any number of wild birds and fish in a wildlife refuge – but you probably wouldn’t expect to see huge industrial-scale power lines and 20-story transmission towers.

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is a globally important bird area, and it is home to endangered whooping cranes. It’s also a popular outdoor recreation spot for local communities.

Protect habitat for Whooping Cranes and other wildlife: Urge the FWS to block construction of industrial power lines and towers in the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge!

Video Transcript:

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife … Continue

Surveying For Hellbenders

Join Ben Prater, Southeast Program Director, and our partners in surveying for Hellbenders in Western North Carolina. Learn about new technology Defenders is deploying in the field to detect and inventory for Hellbenders and other animals. Learn more at https://dfnd.us/hellbender.


Video Transcript:


I’m Ben Prater, Southeast program director for Defenders of Wildlife.

And today we’re here in Western North Carolina, at a beautiful hotspot for the Eastern Hellbender, one of the world’s largest salamanders, and one of the coolest salamanders we have here in the Appalachians – doing some inventories and surveys, really just to kind of help give … Continue