The Bluebird Patch

  Learn to Rule the Roost at Chicks in the City The Sixth Annual Chicks in the City is a daylong symposium on how to begin and care for your own flock of happy healthy backyard chickens. The rapid growth of urban farming and the desire for healthy eating led the Wylde Center to offer this full plate of classes that engage and inspire both the curious and committed audience. Sign up quickly – registration limited to the first 100 registrants and tickets always fly fast! Complimentary coffee and treats provided by Revolution Donuts! Contact  Andrea@wyldecenter.org  with any questions.    "Learning from our eggsperts, you can have happy healthy chickens while saving time, money and gaining access to metro Atlanta's growing chicken keeping community."     - Wylde Center Topics include: Breeds of Chickens by  Cara Guri of Golden Farms   Chicken Health and Wellness Baby Chicks -  Incubation and Care B...

  A fter General Beau Lee predicted an early spring for Atlanta on Groundhog Day,  I decided to visit Yellow River Game ranch that afternoon for a fun family day. Located just two and one-half miles  east of Stone Mountain on Highway 78 , the Yellow River Game Ranch gives families the opportunity  to meet wildlife on a close and personal basis. Stroll along a mile-long trail on 24 wooded acres and encounter over six hundred highly sociable birds and animals indigenous to the state of Georgia.   White-tailed deer, bunnies, buffalo, sheep, kid goats, black bears and a bevy of new-born animals are waiting to be fed, admired and petted on a “nose-to-nose” basis. Yellow River Game Ranch specializes in “people-friendly” wildlife. General Beauregard Lee is a groundhog that resides at the Yellow River Game Ranch in Lilburn, Georgia just outside of Atlanta. He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Georgia - "DWP, Doctor of ...

Double happiness! Lun Lun,  Atlanta's most beloved panda gives birth to twin cubs. The cubs are the fourth and fifth giant pandas born at Zoo Atlanta. T he cubs are the first to be born in the US in 26 years. The first cub, Mei Lan, was born in September 2006. Fewer than 1,600 giant pandas are believed to remain in the wild, where funds from Zoo Atlanta are used to support giant pandas living in eight different nature reserves in China. Lun Lun in labor! Follow the cubs’ milestones on PandaCam presented by EarthCam on zooatlanta.org/pandacam and on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Instagram. Panda fans now also have the opportunity to subscribe to exclusive email content via the new Cub Confidential; subscribe on the PandaCam page on www.zooatlanta.org . 

Peek into the nursery with a first look at Blaze's infant. Blaze, a 16-year-old Sumatran orangutan, gave birth to a male infant on January 10, 2013.    The newborn was delivered via Caesarean section with the consultation of an extensive pre-appointed medical team that comprised human obstetricians, neonatologists and veterinary anesthesiologists. Find out more at http://www.zooatlanta.org/home/article_content/orang_caesarean_section_birth *Photo credit: Zoo Atlanta