Birdwatchers are loving this really cool video making the rounds of the internet. Take a look at it first…click here to see the video … before reading any further. What do you think this crazy woodpecker is trying to do ! ? Get killed or what ? !
Here is the scoop. And okay, it is not Connecticut, but battles like this one go on every day among our animal friends right here too.
In the video this female crimson crested woodpecker has been filmed repeatedly attacking a 10 ft olive whipsnake which invaded its nest on Peru’s Yarapa River in the Amazon. (more…)
In early fall, less daylight triggers an increase in the bucks’ testosterone, the hormone responsible for, among other things, antler maturation. Male white-tailed deer grow and shed antlers annually. In the warmer months the antlers are soft and covered with a sensitive tissue known as velvet. By fall, the antlers harden the velvet that covers them dies and dries up; the deer scrape them against trees to remove the velvet in preparation for the rut. Antlers are used in sparring with other bucks during the mating season. The antlers are shed from mid-December to late-January. 
