Fighting Osprey
I recently came across this old image of mine and had to share the story with everyone. RTPI President Twan Leenders and I captured this injured female Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on June 28, 2010 after she was reported by concerned citizens as unable to fly on Bridgeport, Connecticut’s Pleasure Beach near her nest site. She had dislocated her left shoulder when being battered by a tornadic supercell thunderstorm a couple days earlier. The storm moved over the barrier beach after a tornado had touched down in the city minutes earlier. She was successfully rehabilitated and later...
Read MoreBrown-throated Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
The Brown-throated Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) can be found in the forests of South and Central America, and this utterly spectacular photo of a mother with her baby was captured by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser in Panama.
Read MoreHistoric Western New York Snowfall
The past week has been nothing short of historic in Western New York with crippling and dangerous snowfall beyond what even lifelong residents could have imagined. This lake effect snowfall weather event was the culmination of several factors that allowed Lake Erie’s snow machine to turn on full blast and dump feet of snow in very short periods of time, rivaling some all-time American records. While the final totals need to be examined, assessed and fully vetted, once you pass four, five, six, or seven feet, there is really no number that can do the impact justice. It is a tragedy that...
Read MoreCommon Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus)
Very appropriate for Halloween Eve, this Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) does indeed feed on blood…but they would never be coming after you! Unless you are some sort of livestock in Central or South America you will be just fine. Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global diversity project.
Read MoreEastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) by Scott Kruitbosch
Eastern Kingbirds are patrolling our open areas once again. I wonder how long it took this bird, photographed this afternoon, to arrive in WNY from South America…
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