Syracuse.com - It's mating time for skunks, TV star served squirrel at Thanksgiving: Oddities in the outdoors

HuntingNY-News · February 3, 2014

Drones are being used for all sorts of things these days. Could they be used to deliver beer to thirsty ice fisherman?

The following are among the more interesting, funny and bizarre outdoors stories I've come across (or thought about) lately:

1). "Love Stinks," is a tune made popular by the J. Geils Band. It also reflects a phenomenon that's starting outdoors across our area this month.

February is mating time for skunks.

"The females are coming into estrus and every male skunk within four city blocks wants to stop by and offer his services," said Al LaFrance, of Pompey, who runs Al's Critter Solutions.

2). The deep freeze we've been going through lately raises a lot of questions when it comes to wildlife and their survival. For example, birds during the winter get their water from sources like dripping icicles, puddles or unfrozen waterways.

But what if anything is frozen solid? The eat snow, according to an article posted on ezinearticles.com.

3). Anna Faris, who stars on the CBS sitcom, "Mom" said on national TV recently that her family's Thanksgiving meal included squirrel meat.

Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Love, Faris mentioned that her husband, actor Chris Pratt, shot the squirrels. Faris told Kimmel that Pratt and her brother regularly "harvest squirrel for the holidays."

4). With things getting progressively warmer in the Arctic Circle, scientists are noticing all sorts of changes in wildlife behavior.

For example, polar bears, are mixing up things in their diet. When seals aren't readily available to eat, the bears look for alternative nutrition - including snow goose eggs, according to nationalgeographic.com.

5). Drones are being used for all sorts of things these days. Could they be used to deliver beer to thirsty ice fisherman? Check out this commercial below for Lakemaid Beer.

Hey, it's possible.

A commercial raises the possibility.

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog