For those of us that despise the taking of an animal’s life for whatever reason we must understand that to the Maasai his wealth and stature is contained in his herds of cattle.
When wild animals make depredations on those cattle it is well understood that the warrior will defend his property as you or I [...]

We have all heard of the mourning dove. Most of us recognize a dove when we see it and the cooing of this lovely bird is recognized by all as seeming somewhat poignant, even sad. But, have you ever heard of a mourning crow?
As a boy growing up in the Illinois of the forties, hunting, [...]

I don’t remember what color the dog was or its breed, or even its precise size. What I do seem to remember is that it was a boy dog and I will not go into details as to how I arrived at that conclusion.
Yes, size, color, breed, all seem to blur in that Cro-Magnon era [...]

Well, here we go again. I promised that I would give you the rest of the ‘BOOM!’ story so here it is.
Beaver, as I am sure you know, love to build dams. The only problem with their dam building is that they build their dams with little regard to what humans might consider ‘expeditious,’ to [...]

When are we going to learn?
It seems that bears are more intelligent than humans and they are paying the ultimate price! Bears are opportunistic feeders. That simply means that they go where the food is and when they find food at one location they are smart enough to return the next time they are in [...]

You never know what you might see. This is a once in a lifetime bit of footage. I had been sitting next to the bear trail when the diamondback, about three feet long crawled into sight. It laid there for awhile next to the log and was in the process of crawling away when this [...]

The following video clip was filmed while I was in a camera blind made of palm fronds that I had built next to a bear trail. I had been sitting there meditating on my mosquito bites for several hours when this fellow wandered into view. He stood there real peaceful like just being a bear, [...]

“What’s a bog?” asked Pooh. “If your ankles get wet, that’s a bog.” said Eeyore. “I see”, said Pooh. “Whereas,” continued Eeyore, “if you sink in up to your neck, that’s a swamp.”
As we gaze in awe at the natural beauty surrounding us we are unaware of the fact that we are being watched. The [...]