SouthCoasters are excited about playing on the area's frozen lakes and ponds, but Mass WildLife says take time to make a plan and be sure conditions are safe.
I have always wanted to keep chickens in my backyard, but after reading a recent warning from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, I'm a little glad I don't have any yet.
It seems with all the extra black bear sightings around the area, comes the warning that these big guys are going after chickens and destroying coops to get to them.
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The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife is counting all of the wild turkeys in the state and is seeking the public's help with the tabulating.
The weather has gotten warm quick and it's no surprise that winter's hibernating animals are waking up and looking for food. In fact, bears are reportedly everywhere these days with sightings being reported all across Rhode Island and Massachusetts...
According to Mass Wildlife's documentation of active bald eagle nests in the SouthCoast, there are no known nests outside of Fall River, Middleboro, and Lakeville.
But over the last few weeks, dozens of people have taken to social media to report eagles soaring over New Bedford's Hathaway Road area, perched in parts of Dartmouth's Noquochoke Lake, and allegedly roosting along the shore of Fort Phe
MassAudubon is still cautioning people to keep their bird feeders empty a little while longer while they try to link the mystery illness to the Brood X cicadas.