According to the KJ, an EXTREMELY rare bird has been spotted in Augusta's Togus Pond. The bird has spent the last week hanging out in the pond, fishing, and putting on shows for the pond's visitors.
Apparently, it is only the second Clark's Grebe to ever be spotted in Maine...
Live Stream viewers were shocked and some horrified when a large bald eagle decided to target a young osprey who hatched in the nest earlier this year on the same live stream video.
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Explore.org and the National Audubon Society are bringing you this sneak peek into the life of Rachel and Steve Osprey and their chicks. Take a look; you will be hooked after a few minutes. The cam will be on until the family heads south through the Caribbean and South America in September...
The pitter-patter of crazy Koolaid the bird's feet makes while he runs after his ball in this video is probably the greatest sound ever. Sorry, Beethoven -- yer DONE!
If you're not familiar with Birds With Arms, a single-serving Tumblr that posts images of birds with human arms Photoshopped onto them, Bears With Beaks might make no sense. If you are familiar, and you like Birds With Arms, you'll love this.
Just as he finished a sermon on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI symbolically released two doves into the air as a call for peace. But soon after the birds took flight, an aggressive seagull began dive bombing one of them. Uh oh. We're generally not superstitious, but we sure hope this isn't a sign of bad things to come.
Warning: our obsession with baby animals is unstoppable. Can you honestly blame us, though? We're already suckers for anything fuzzy and adorable, but when it comes in a tiny version, we're just sucked in automatically. Remember miniature puppies or itty bitty kittens? Our point exactly.
If you know anything about us here at TheFW, it's that we love any sort of furball, particularly those of the adorable variety. Tiny dogs, piglets in people clothes, you name it-- we're fans. There are also times when we sort of feel bad for our fellow animals. This is especially true when unfortunate haircuts are involved.