Stage Your Own Fall Foliage Show
By Terry W. Johnson, writer of the Backyard Wildlife Connection blog. Featured image: Sassafras in fall color. Photo credit: Terry W. Johnson For those of us who do not live in north...
Category: Conservation
“Frostys” Are on Thin Ice
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Flatwoods salamanders come in two varieties: frosted and reticulated. Both can be found in longleaf pine ecosystems in Georgia, and both are facing a grim future. Flatwoods salamanders rely on...
Plover Siblings Stir Attention, Hope on Georgia Coast
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Two of the bird world’s youngest rock stars are turning heads, and binoculars, on Georgia’s coast. The young piping plovers spotted last week – one on Cumberland Island, the other...
Enjoy a Virtual Show of Youth Birding T-shirt Art
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Though we didn’t flock to the Youth Birding Competition this year due to the pandemic, hopefully this virtual tour of birds from the competition’s T-shirt Art Contest will help brighten...
Targeting Tegus in Southeast Georgia
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Danny Haro spends most days each week hunting for a needle in a haystack – a “needle” that can top 4 feet long, sprint nearly 20 mph and gobble up...
Prescribed Fire Up Close
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Prescribed fire is a topic that can range from modelling smoke plumes to gauging how much controlled burns reduce the risk of wildfires. But what can be lost in the...
Fewer Hummingbirds This Year? Don’t Worry Just Yet.
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By Terry W. Johnson, writer of the Backyard Wildlife Connection blog. Featured image: Hummingbirds at feeder. Photo credit: Terry W. Johnson As far as many Georgia hummingbird fanciers are concerned,...
The Little Boat That Could
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By PETER DIMMICK, PAULA MARCINEK and DEB WEILER Studying fish and other aquatic species is often difficult, especially if the species you’re searching for is rare and access to habitat...
Mussels: More than Just a Shell in the Mud
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Written by Denise Shepherd When I was first assigned to cover a freshwater mussel survey, I wondered why I should care about a ‘shell in the mud?’ Then I met...
iNaturalist: A Conservation Community for All Ages
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Written by WRD biologist Anna Yellin What are the weeds growing in my garden? What is that interesting mushroom in the woods? These are some of the questions that can be...