Despite All, Birds Flourish Mother Nature Victorious, Audubon Census ’20 Says By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The year was 1889, the day was Dec. 25. In many rural parts of the nation, the festive “Christmas Side Hunt” was underway, where – according to one description – “armed participants wandered the countryside shooting at every bird and small animal they saw.”Concerned about the toll on the bird population, a year later American ornithologist Frank Chapman of New York City…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Fun With Oobleck OOBLECK – 6 – 7:30 p.m. Celebrate birthday of Dr. Seuss and make the mysterious substance from the book ‘Bartholomew and the Oobleck.’ Learn about the strange properties of non-Newtonian fluids. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980 or visit www.facebook.com/hmloneonta/…
Local Audubon Society Pledges $250 To Eagle-Shooting Reward The Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society has pledged $250 toward the reward fund set up to identify and prosecute individuals responsible for shooting an immature bald eagle found in New Lisbon on Saturday, April 25. The bird is presently at Cornell University recovering from surgery. Part of one wing was amputated. The bird will not be able to be released since it will never fly again.…