Tag: prairie conservation
EOC 169: Livin’ On a Prairie!
Most endangered species are easy to understand. There simply aren’t very many of them. We struggle to see them in the areas where they’re from. Others aren’t so clear. Take, for example, the black-tailed prairie dog. It seems like they’re ...
EOC 054: Matt Bergles is Teaching Kids about Prairie Ecosystem Conservation
Episode Summary: Today on the show we are talking with children's book author Matt Bergles. Matt's new picture book Larry Saves the Prairie tells the true story of Larry Haverfield, a rancher from Kansas who fought against a state regulation that required ...
Bluebirds in a post-wildfire landscape
A few weeks ago fellow Bluebird Man producer/director Neil Paprocki wrote a blog article about the installation of almost 40 new nestboxes along the Prairie Bluebird Trail. Much of this area burned last August in the Elk-complex fire and these ...
New Nestboxes for Bluebirds in Prairie
Yesterday was our first trip of the year to Al's Prairie Bluebird Trail along the South Fork of the Boise River. A good section of this trail was burned last August in the Elk-Complex fire resulting in the loss of ...
Bluebirds are Happiness
While out on the Prairie bluebird trail one day this past summer I went to check on a nestbox and noticed that it had the words, “Bluebirds are Happiness” inscribed just below the hole. The words were just barely discernable, ...
The Most Interesting Bluebird Box in the World
Sometimes birds can surprise you with their resilience. You've heard stories of Peregrine Falcons being trapped at migration sites in Florida with one eye missing. One foot missing. How can a bird so dependent on these anatomical parts for survival ...
First Flight
Yesterday we found ourselves back on the bluebird trail in Prairie, Idaho. This time we weren't out with the Bluebird Man and were just focused on capturing the bluebirds daily routine. We had two goals in mind: to film parent ...
Another day, another trail… part 2
Accompanying us on our bluebird trip Monday to Prairie, Idaho was an extended family with members visiting all the way from Alaska. With the family were four kiddos; all of whom were very excited to see bluebirds up close. It ...
Another day, another trail…
Another day, another bluebird trail for Mr. Alfred Larson. Yesterday Wild Lens accompanied the Bluebird Man on yet other bluebird trail in southwest Idaho. Al has several trails, but the two big ones we'll be documenting for our film Bluebird ...
