http://magblog.audubon.org/mockingbird-benefits-parasitic-cowbird

http://www.kccommunitynews.com/liberty-tribune-community-living/30189402/detail.html 

http://www.care2.com/causes/beach-visitors-use-kayak-to-reach-pelican-trapped-in-fishing-line.html UGH!!!

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/01/kalamazoos_snowy_owl_meets_nat.html

KALAMAZOO — An emaciated snowy owl collapsed Monday at the Kalamazoo /Battle Creek International Airport, and was retrieved, dead, by the airport employees who had so cheerfully accommodated the visitor from the Arctic Circle during its brief stay here.   

http://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/136983883.html  Two snowy owls have been confirmed on the San Juan Islands by local bird experts. And one was caught by a camera lens.

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2012/jan/11/northern-hawk-owl-grabs-birding-attention/ Beautiful Owl, great video also.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2011/12/29/wdr-great-grey-owl-kingsville.html Search for food draws owl from the north to Kingsville, Ont.

One at nest with some snow!

SNOW!!



  Mercury almost a white-out!

http://www.clickliverpool.com/news/local-news/1215102-perry-the-falcon-released-into-the-wild.html   I know I posted this when it happened but can't find the thread. Perry's fine!!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/01/120112-white-penguin-albino-antarctica-animals-science-blonde/?source=link_fb20120112news-albinopenguinfound# 

http://www.northjersey.com/news/137158993_Falcon_trapped_in_a_tree_freed__returned_to_owner.html 

The two-day odyssey of a hand-raised peregrine falcon ended with the bird of prey's rescue from a tree outside Park Ridge High School on Tuesday, Dec. 27.

http://youtu.be/YP9RnDp_tms Hysterical!