Ducks Swim Into Traps But Find Friendly Captors

Posted by on Jun 13, 2011 in blog, Pony Tales | 0 comments

[Show as slideshow] 1234...789► By Sarah Taylor and Robert Boswell If you were one of the black ducks that stops over for rest in the winter at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge you might find a welcome meal of corn waiting for you along one of the waterways.  No problem getting to it, just swim through an open space in some wire and there it is. But guess what. You have just been trapped. That open space you swam through to get to the corn only goes one...

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Lively Young Audience at Refuge Raptor Program

Posted by on Jun 3, 2011 in blog, Island Life, Wildlife Tales | 0 comments

  [Show as slideshow] 1234...131415► By Kate White Co-Editor, Wild Pony Tales If the two members of the Maryland Conservation Corps who gave a presentation on raptors at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge were looking for an enthusiastic audience they had to look no further than the first two rows of the auditorium. It was the International Migratory Bird Day Festival at the Virginia refuge and two representatives from the Maryland Park Service had taken...

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