natural balance

Utah’s Bounty Program on Coyotes is just plain stupid

By Mia McPherson|October 22nd, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Conservation, Coyotes, Davis County, Utah|Tags: bounty, Bounty Program, Canis latrans, Coyote, coyotes, exterminate, facts, Mule Deer Preservation Act, natural balance, nature photography, population, stupid, superstition, wildlife photography, worthless|

There is an article about the coyote bounty program in the Salt Lake Tribune that has me ticked off, or should I call it the ignorant name the state gave it, "Mule Deer Preservation Act".

Fish Crows – Why I Can’t Dislike Them

By Mia McPherson|August 13th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, Egmont Key State Park, Fish Crows, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Gopher Tortoises, Pinellas County|Tags: coastal, coastal island, coastal key, Corvus ossifragus, crow, crows, environment, Fish Crow, Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, natural balance, No Pets, shorebird conservationists, sign, tortoise, tortoises|

I was going to do a simple post about this image of a Fish Crow with a young Gopher Tortoise in its bill that was taken on Egmont Key State Park (also Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge), an island located just to the west of Fort De Soto, Florida.