Saluting the Squirrel

Every January 21st is Squirrel Appreciation Day. What are you doing for the noble, nimble nut-burying ninjas in your backyard this year? Here are some smashing ideas from the National Wildlife Federation. And if you don’t appreciate this compilation of squirrel videos, your cat will. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yikpWtIFU8 ************************************************************************************* ©2016 H. Hiatt/wildninjablog.com. All articles/posts on this blog […]

Crossing Paths

Coworkers brought to my attention a wonderful, easy to read monthly newsletter from the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Crossing Paths. This month’s edition features the best article I’ve ever read on why it’s important to keep your leaves, not throw them away. Other articles feature how to properly interact with local wildlife. As […]

Bare Bear Encounter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA8oWIdC-to Whoa! Who could have seen this coming? This was forwarded to me last week and it’s a good reminder to mind your surroundings in the wilderness. As a kid who grew up sharing woods with the neighborhood bears, I saw some interesting things, but never this.

Thumbs Up!

This week we Washingtonians got happy news from our Department of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA. First, our Southern resident orcas– orca pods J, K, and L that live in the Salish Sea and Puget Sound– will continue to have Endangered Species Act protection. Many people don’t realize that we have two types of orcas […]

RIP Nashi

Cougar dies at Cougar Mountain Zoo; curator plans memorial. Nashi, the resident cougar of Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah, passed away February 24th. He was 17, which is old for his kind. I was at the zoo the day before New Year’s Eve, and Nashi wouldn’t come out of his lair. It was a very […]

Prozac Perch

River fish loaded with Prozac: study. Ugh. Here is another story about how our use of pharmaceuticals is fouling up our wildlife and water supply. Most people are already familiar with how birth control hormones are causing sexual mutations in fish. Now the fish are getting Prozac-ed too. Thanks to WorldNetDaily for featuring this. ************************************************************************************* […]

Animal Voice-overs

This is one of the funniest videos I’ve seen in awhile. Some friends and I laughed so hard we cried when we watched this. Alan! Alan! Alan! Alan! http://www.wimp.com/animalvoiceovers/

The Skunk That Ate Chuck Norris

When my brothers and I were in our teens we were given three Chinese hamsters as gifts. I was surprised that we were allowed to keep them after what happened with their predecessors. Two caramel and white-colored teddy bear hamsters had broken out of their cage and were later found in domestic bliss inside two […]

	Jen on Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus…
	Moi on The Guy Next To Bruce Lee
	Patricia Cote on Reynolds Murder Update
	Mark Steven Kennedy on Reynolds Murder Update
	Still Night on Reynolds Murder Update