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Wildlife and Life Celebrations

10,000 Birds

Recently a baby was born in North Carolina with Trisomy 13, a chromosomal abnormality so severe most carriers die at birth. As the baby survived days, weeks, and months, his parents created an entire social media life for him, including Facebook pages, YouTube videos, and a gofundme site to help with medical bills. No balloons.

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Life Along The Delaware Bay: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Once used as fertilizer, the crabs are now harvested as bait for common whelk and bled for an extract used in medical research. One bird, the authors discovered, flew 5,000 miles nonstop from southern Brazil to North Carolina. Most articles on the Delaware Bay focus on horseshoe crabs and Red Knots.

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