by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 20, 2020 | Feature, News
We have been notified that a young black bear was seen in the city limits of Havre de Grace last night and euthanized by the police department due to the perceived threat it could pose to the community. Many have asked why the Maryland Department of Natural Resources...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 15, 2020 | Feature, News
We just shared this message recently but with two similar rescue calls coming in back to back this week, we thought we would highlight this issue again. Last Thursday we received a call from Clinton Johnson and his family who found this Eastern Rat Snake tangled in...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 15, 2020 | Feature, News
We never know what call we’re going to get when our hotline rings and this one from Friday was certainly unexpected. Just after freeing a snake from deer exclusion netting the day before we got this report of a “Copperhead” entangled in erosion...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 6, 2020 | Feature, News
As more of us are beginning to enjoy recreational time near the water, we will undoubtedly start getting false reports of venomous Cottonmouth Water Moccasins in our region of Maryland and states to the northeast of us. There has never been a confirmed, documented...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 6, 2020 | Feature, News
Today we wanted to highlight two easily confused local frog species that you will likely hear calling in almost any wetland on a warm night. Although the bull frog can grow larger, a smaller individual can appear almost identical to an adult green frog at first...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 6, 2020 | Feature, News
Sometimes the snake eats the bird and sometimes the bird eats the snake. We thought it might be interesting to highlight the relationship between snakes and birds which might not often be thought of. In one week we discovered an eastern rat snake searching for prey in...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 6, 2020 | Feature, News
These recent humid, warm evenings have enabled a series of tiny flashing lights across the landscape that immediately warms the heart and excites our inner sense of childhood wonder. This symphony of light is put on by our local luminescent beetle, the firefly or...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 6, 2020 | Feature, News
Each year as we all become more active in enjoying the outdoors, so do ticks like this black-legged (deer) tick. This is the very small and difficult to detect species most famously associated with Lyme disease and can require medical attention if found embedded on...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | May 23, 2020 | Feature, News
Combined with other threats, the toll from poaching could wipe out populations of native turtles. Photo Credit: Gabrielle DeMeillon. Caption: An eastern box turtle moves over the forest floor. Box turtles are one of many species susceptible to illegal collection....
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | May 15, 2020 | Feature, News
Today is Endangered Species Day! While there are unfortunately many species who are candidates for protection we could talk about as well as some great success stories like the bald eagle, we are going to focus on a species that might be common throughout much of its...
