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A Hummingbird Story
Story and illustration by Karen Slote It was June 23, 2023. The middle of the busy season. Orphaned baby bats were arriving daily who...
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battyloon
- Oct 31, 2023
- 2 min
Bat Week 2023
Today is the last day of bat appreciation week and also Halloween! It seems appropriate that I write about something scary. Northern...
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WildCare WNY
- Oct 22, 2023
- 4 min
The Impacts of Light Pollution on Bats
We exist in a world where artificial light is ubiquitous, but it hasn’t always been. Humans once had a much different relationship with...
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battyloon
- Dec 22, 2022
- 4 min
Espresso the Bat: Surviving Frostbite
On January 11, 2022, three Big brown bats were found outside in single-digit temperatures. It wasn't clear why there were there, but they...
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Jennifer Miller
- Oct 2, 2022
- 9 min
Winter Sowing Native Plant Seeds
Starting native plants from seeds can be wonderful, rewarding, and fun -- but it can also be intimidating, especially with plants that...
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battyloon
- Oct 31, 2021
- 4 min
Bats in the Winter - Hibernation!
Bats are awesome! There are over 1,400 known species of these flying wonders, each having fascinating adaptations which allow them to...
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battyloon
- Oct 5, 2021
- 2 min
Our Bat Neighbors
Bats make great neighbors. They amaze us with their nightly acrobatic displays while gobbling up thousands of flying insects -- all for...
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WildCare WNY
- Dec 17, 2020
- 3 min
Wolves
By Amanda Gabryszak My classmates and I were leaving Yellowstone that day. On one last assignment, we trudged over the snowy hills at...
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battyloon
- Dec 14, 2020
- 2 min
"Kiss the Ground" shares the Importance of Healthy Soil
By Beverly Jones Do you find that every once in a while, a book or movie comes along that you really like or connect with and you think,...
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WildCare WNY
- Dec 13, 2020
- 1 min
Bat Garden
Bats eat a huge variety of insects! In order to provide them with a suitable diet, we can plant native flowers and shrubs that bloom at...
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WildCare WNY
- Jun 17, 2020
- 4 min
Invasive Fungi
White-nose syndrome, Tricolored bat. Photo by Karen Slote Plants are not the only type of invasive species easily transported in our...
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WildCare WNY
- May 23, 2020
- 4 min
World Turtle Day
by Amanda Gabryszak Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina), 2018 I was driving somewhere in the Hudson Valley when I noticed an...
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WildCare WNY
- May 12, 2020
- 5 min
World Migratory Bird Day
By Amanda Gabryszak It may be snowing here in Western New York, but migratory birds are still on the move. Some of these birds include...
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WildCare WNY
- Apr 22, 2020
- 2 min
Earth Day 2020
By Bev Jones Earth Day celebrates its 50th anniversary today. April 22nd, 1970 is the birthday for the environmental movement that...
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WildCare WNY
- Apr 17, 2020
- 4 min
Bat Appreciation Day
by Karen Slote Today is a day to celebrate bats. I am going to do things a little differently. I am not going to tell you why bats are...
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WildCare WNY
- Mar 29, 2020
- 3 min
Born To Be Wild
Hey, I’m Amanda. I wear several hats with WildCare; I coordinate social media, write and edit blog posts, help Karen with the bats from...
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battyloon
- Mar 28, 2020
- 3 min
Trees are the Answer
We are living in strange, unprecedented times. Keeping our distance from other humans and putting our fast-paced life on pause is needed...
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battyloon
- Dec 19, 2019
- 3 min
The Magic of Nature
By Beverly Jones As Karen mentioned previously, we thought it would be a nice idea to share a bit about ourselves and explain why we are...
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WildCare WNY
- Nov 28, 2019
- 4 min
Botulism & Warming Waters
Climate Change: Impacts Near & Far Photo by Karen Slote Our world is interconnected. Everything exists in balance - and the way climate...
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