Charges in Elmwood cemetary deer shooting
A man who shot and killed a deer in Elwood Cemetery Aug. 3 says he didn’t know the deer was tame and wanted the meat to save money to feed his family.
Phoenix M. Vankirk, 19, has been cited by the Missouri Department of Conservation ...
Peregrine falcon chicks hatched near Plaza, other sites
Photo courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation.
With a little help from humans and some tough bird parenting work, there are now more than a dozen more Peregrine falcons in Kansas City.
The birds nesting on Kansas City buildings and power ...
Valentine beekeeper will take your unwanted swarms
David Paschke keeps bees in his Valentine neighborhood yard.
It’s the time of year when honey bees swarm to create new hives and their lives are tough enough – with mysterious die offs worldwide – without being sprayed with insecticide.
If ...
Live viewing – Kansas City’s peregrine falcons
Photo courtesy MIssouri Department of Conservation.
The world’s fastest creatures can now be seen anytime at their home on a 30-story Downtown office tower.
A 24-hour camera for the first time shows a pair of nesting peregrine falcons at the ...
Spring in Midtown…and it’s bat season
Ah, spring in Midtown. A whoosh heard at night, a black blur flies over your bed and your wife dives under covers and screams, “do something.” Bat season has begun. We have some tips on what to do if bats invade your house.
Bats are part ...
Winter storm: birds need all the help they can get
Those who feed birds might want to throw in some peanut suet or other extra entrees, experts say.
Faced with months of drought topped with about two feet of snow, area birds need all the help they can get.
Nature usually produces all the food ...
Good news at Midtown high rise…the starlings have left
At the San Francisco Towers this summer, huge flocks of starlings were a regular site on the roofs and lawns each evening. No one really understands why they came, or why they left suddenly last week. But they’ve likely moved south for the ...
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