List of Wildlife Articles
Avoiding Crash Landings
March 21, 2021
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife Center
It’s happened to most of us. We hear something hit a window and when we go outside to check it out, we find a little bird laying on the ground....
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New Tomball Residents
February 7, 2021
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife Center
A pair of beautiful bald eagles are now calling Tomball, Texas, home and they’ve become quite the attraction....
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A Bird That Says Its Name
May 16, 2020
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife Center
A few years ago, when I took my dog out for her last potty of the night, I heard the most beautiful bird singing. Just a few seconds later, another bird responded with the same beautiful song....
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Is it a Frog or a Toad?
April 4, 2020
How to tell the difference
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife Center
Did you know there are 30 different species of frogs and toads in Texas? The problem I have, however, is telling the difference between a frog and a toad. Can you tell the...
Baby Squirrel Season
February 20, 2020
What you need to know
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife Center
And so it begins. Baby season 2020 and it all begins with baby squirrels. There are a number of reasons why baby squirrels get separated from mom....
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Little Ladies
January 19, 2020
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife Center As a child, I enjoyed having Ladybugs crawl on my hand. I’d try to count the black spots. Women in the Victorian era believed that if a Ladybug landed on them, they would get something new....
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The Wildlife Drummers
November 9, 2019
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife Center
Is it a red-headed woodpecker or a red-bellied woodpecker? One would think that the names are self-explanatory, right? One has a red head and one has a red belly. Both birds have red feathers on their...
Three Billion Lost
October 15, 2019
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife CenterRecently, the journal Science published a study showing that we have lost more than 1 in 4 birds from the United States and Canada since 1970. That’s 3 billion! The study was conducted by scientists at...
Purple Martin Migration
September 16, 2019
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife CenterEveryone looks forward to the arrival of the Purple Martins each year. Most of us think their arrival means spring is just around the corner. But, at this time of the year, no one really thinks about them...
The Plastic Plight
August 11, 2019
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife Center
I’m deviating from my usual articles about local wildlife and addressing an issue that should be important to all of us. It’s the plastic pollution of our oceans. Why should we be concerned? Plastic is...