Owlets run for cover

| July 29, 2009

TweetMy last few postings about a local band of burrowing owls was more about the trial and tribulations of their lives in a habitat continually being squeezed by urban development.  Whether under threat of a housing development or a community center, the tone was less than upbeat as I waded through red tape and alternating [...]

Free At Last

| July 7, 2009

TweetAs I returned from a 2.5 week hiatus, I read a post at GreenSpot-On entitled “Ode to My Sister, Rescuers and Other Rehabbers!”  For the few of you who have been following JournOwl since its inception, you are quite aware that the origins lie within a daily log of my time as an intern at [...]

Bald eagle shooting

| June 15, 2009

Tweet On June 8, 2009 the FWS released the following: Jesse Barresse of Hudson was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tampa today for intentionally shooting and killing a bald eagle, while he was illegally duck hunting in Ruskin on January 13, 2008.   Barresse received six months in federal prison, followed by a year of [...]

Landfills are burning our raptors

| May 27, 2009

Tweet If you have ever driven by a landfill it becomes quite apparent that it is not a biological wasteland.  As tractors move an endless supply of debris about the land, the skies are littered with flocks of birds capitalizing on the smorgasbord of human consumption.  It is disturbing to see wildlife integrate a daily [...]

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