Tag: wildlife conservation
American kestrel nest box success
A nest box trail in Ohio helps boost American kestrel populations, offering landowners a rare chance to support the recovery of this falcon in decline.
Help the amphibians in decline
Frogs and toads are vital to ecosystems but rapidly declining. Learn how to help protect these summer sound-makers right in your own backyard.
Moths and light pollution: A fatal attraction
Tami Gingrich outlines the effects of light pollution on native moth populations and makes suggestions for helping them.
‘Little picture’ plans for backyards, birds and butterflies
Jim Abrams provides tips for homeowners to offer a “way station” for local and migrating birds, butterflies and other small, yet valuable, wildlife species.
Study focuses on parasite affecting snakes
Jim Abrams participates in a study focused on a protozoal parasite that infects the gastrointestinal tract of snakes.
Egg-laying season for snapping turtles is upon us
Tami Gingrich explores the unique qualities and lifecycle of snapping turtles, as egg-laying season is upon us in northeast Ohio.
H2Ohio wetland restoration project benefits farms and birds
The Little Portage Project has benefited a couple of Ottawa County, Ohio farmers and nearby wetlands that a host of birds and wildlife rely on.
Robin on the menu
Tami Gingrich offers a look inside the lifecycle of the American robin — a songbird that should never be taken for granted.
Animal orphans? Probably not!
While living in the wild can be perilous, many concerns are misplaced when it comes to baby animals in the spring.Wild babies are seldom orphaned or lost.
House sparrows: Cold-blooded killers
Tami Gingrich explains the devastation house sparrows cause and highlights strategies to protect bluebirds and other native cavity-nesting birds.
