Birds and Other Nonsense

Lumen 21-11 Tame Wildlife, 2 of 2   Posted – October 13, 2021   Irrelevant tid bit – And it was determined that, while I was surely no genius, and was incapable of originality, I had a better than average mind.   I was patient and orderly, and could sort out good ideas from heaps of balderdash.             “Slapstick or lonesome no more”   Kurt Vonnegut     This is a continuation of Lumen 21-10 on tame wildlife which discussed animals tamed by the promise of easy food; however, all tame wildlife behaviors are not caused by human feeding, in some cases animals are stressed from long migrations or other forces.   So, this Lumen includes a few non-food related tame wildlife instances and a few more food-related cases.   The shape of North America sets the stage for one of the most remarkable journeys made by migrating Tired Orange-crowned Warbler birds.   The Yucatan ...

  Lumen 21-10 Tame Wildlife, 1 of 2   Posted – October 2, 2021   Irrelevant tid bit – Don’t worry about avoiding temptation.   As you grow older, it will avoid you.             Winston Churchill     Anyone who has worked with wild animals for any length of time has one or more stories of wild, unrestrained animals that were very tame and comfortable around people.   This is very entertaining for the people and is frequently a source of food for the animals, but it can lead to dangerous human-wildlife interactions when the people do not recognize that the animals are wild and do not understand, “No, you can’t have any more marshmallows”.     The classic dangerous wildlife feeding problem was at Yellowstone National Park where for many years tourists were feeding grizzly bears from their cars or in campgrounds.   The bears quickly learned that humans mean food and r...