Visiting Tree Sparrow
This tree sparrow paid a visit to Shiawassee County, Michigan today.
Tree Sparrow
Maine Bear Baiting Opponents Deliver 80K Petition Signatures
Nearly 80,000 signatures were delivered to the Secretary of State’s office this afternoon – enough, say activists, to get a bear hunting referendum on the ballot this November. The group Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting wants to end the practices of baiting, trapping, and hounding. Details of the HSUS’ interference with sound game management are here…
Idaho Fish and Game kills 23 wolves
Idaho Fish and Game, in cooperation with the USDA Wildlife Services, has completed another wolf control action in northern Idaho’s Lolo elk zone near the Idaho/Montana border to improve poor elk survival in the area.
In February, Wildlife Services agents killed 23 wolves from a helicopter. Details here…
Detroit man shoots at intruders, killing one in latest home invasion
“The homeowner was able to retrieve his weapon, and fired hitting one of the
burglars,” Johnson said. “He ran away and collapsed in the driveway. The other
burglar was able to escape.”
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140306/METRO01/303060100#ixzz2vH4eVyAS
Warming Temperatures Pushing Chickadees Northward
The two chickadee species meet and hybridize in a narrow zone that has shifted northward 7 miles in the last decade.
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Ithaca, N.Y.-The zone of overlap between two popular, closely related backyard birds is moving northward at a rate that matches warming winter temperatures, according to a study by researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Villanova University, and Cornell University. The research was published online in Current Biologyon Thursday, March 6, 2014.
In a narrow strip that runs across the eastern U.S., Carolina Chickadees from the south meet and interbreed with Black-capped Chickadees from the north. The new study finds that this hybrid zone has moved northward at a rate of 0.7 mile per year over the last decade. That’s fast enough that the researchers had to add an extra study site partway through their project in order to keep up. Read more
Thompson/Center Arms(TM) Offers Consumer Rebate For T/C Venture(TM) Rifles
Mail-in Rebates Available Until April 30, 2014
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.- Smith & Wesson Corp. announced that Thompson/Center Arms™ is currently offering mail-in rebates for consumers who purchase any new T/C Venture™ rifle. Where allowed by law, the mail-in rebate program will be available to consumers who purchase a T/C Venture rifle from January 25, 2014 through April 30, 2014 in the United States or Canada. Read more
M&P15-22 Tin Can Promotion Available Until April 30, 2014
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Smith & Wesson Corp. announced that the company is currently offering a consumer promotion for any individual who purchases a new M&P15-22 rifle. The M&P15-22 Tin Can promotion will be available to consumers in the continental United States who purchase any new Smith & Wesson modern sporting rifle in .22LR from January 25, 2014 through April 30, 2014. Read more
Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Celebrates Virginia Decision
Washington, DC – Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has signed Sunday hunting into law, allowing Virginia to join the 40 other states that allow hunting on privately owned lands on Sundays. Sponsored by Delegate Todd Gilbert, and cosponsored by many members of the Virginia Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus, HB 1237 passed the Senate on February 18 (28-11) after clearing the House of Delegates on January 30 (71-27). An identical bill (SB 154) sponsored by Senator Phillip Puckett also reached the Governor’s desk, after passing the Senate on February 10 (29-10) and later the House on February 28 (73-24). Read more
Two Midland men arrested on charges of commercializing black bear parts
Two Midland, Mich., men have been arrested on charges of the illegal buying of Michigan black bears and black bear parts. The charges, authorized by the Midland County Prosecutor’s Office, are the result of an undercover investigation by the Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division’s Special Investigations Unit. Read more
LaPierre Blasts Mainstream Media and Obama Administration at CPAC
“A little over a year ago, I offered the answer for school violence,” said the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, “and the media elite called every nasty name imaginable. Fortunately, Americans disagreed.” That was the opening shot, and LaPierre never stopped firing at the “media elite” and the political figures he says are dedicated to “fundamentally changing America” as he addressed the attendees of the National Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington. Read more