Fontenelle Forest

Fontenelle Forest

Founded in 1913, Fontenelle Forest is one of Nebraska's oldest conservation organizations and one of the largest private nature centers in the nation. This federally designated 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity is a National Natural Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites.

FF owns and manages two nature centers: Fontenelle Forest Nature Center in Bellevue and Neale Woods in Omaha. The properties encompass nearly 2,000 acres of forest, prairie and wetlands along the Missouri River in the geographically significant Loess Hills.

The mission of Fontenelle Forest is to provide a place where people can experience and enjoy the quiet wild of nature.

We want to inspire current and future generations to care for the natural world.

Winter at Fontenelle Forest

Winter at Fontenelle Forest

Summer Fontenelle Forest

Summer Fontenelle Forest

Spring at Fontenelle Forest

Spring at Fontenelle Forest

Fall at Fontenelle Forest

Fall at Fontenelle Forest

Mudpies 2022 Kick Off

Mudpies 2022 Kick Off

Winter Wonderland 2021

Winter Wonderland 2021

Beer on the Boardwalk 2021

Beer on the Boardwalk 2021

All About Butterflies!

All About Butterflies!

Woodhouse's Toads

Woodhouse's Toads

National American Eagle Day

National American Eagle Day

Missouri River

Missouri River

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  • @GetRocStar
    @GetRocStarАй бұрын

    Can I eat them??

  • @raddadray7535
    @raddadray75352 ай бұрын

    I see these little hunters around where I live in west coast Canada all the time.Brave and ferocious to any that come within their nestlings,even against bald eagles.

  • @ClownActual
    @ClownActual5 ай бұрын

    I just stumbled upon these and couldn't find any information, thank you for making this vid! Very informative and easy to understand.

  • @user-td4zz8kh4c
    @user-td4zz8kh4c6 ай бұрын

    جميل

  • @katwoerner2948
    @katwoerner29487 ай бұрын

    Amazing video! 👏 very well put together

  • @deguinn
    @deguinn7 ай бұрын

    I love the way he side-steps. Great job Ell.

  • @johnpetelle9747
    @johnpetelle97477 ай бұрын

    Love the camera work - that split screen view of Helios is delightful

  • @johnpetelle9747
    @johnpetelle97477 ай бұрын

    Frowny-faced pumpkins with ded thingz! Amazing!

  • @debbiebeck5826
    @debbiebeck58267 ай бұрын

    What a cutie!!!

  • @piedrapartida
    @piedrapartida7 ай бұрын

    Way to go, Ell!

  • @miriamholder4644
    @miriamholder46447 ай бұрын

    Great job, Ell!!

  • @wendyscott8425
    @wendyscott84257 ай бұрын

    Very complete overview of the benefits of these remarkable creatures. I wish we had some around here in the Central Valley of California. I'm sure we'd have a lot more water both above and below ground even if there were one of our frequent droughts.

  • @skottlucas4812
    @skottlucas48129 ай бұрын

    You forgot to tell the people what happens if your pets try to eat them. they will go into shock or worse.

  • @Brandeena233
    @Brandeena23310 ай бұрын

    I just encountered one this afternoon. Snapped a few photos. Beautiful bird.

  • @georgepickle3404
    @georgepickle34049 ай бұрын

    nice! I think I did too...did it look kinda flappy for a bird of prey?

  • @Brandeena233
    @Brandeena2339 ай бұрын

    @@georgepickle3404 He was sitting on a branch. Once he took off, yeah.

  • @kevinhiggins7257
    @kevinhiggins725710 ай бұрын

    Hi Taiga, "I'm listening" to your majesty 😊.

  • @derrickjustice8891
    @derrickjustice889110 ай бұрын

    Great info. How did you get started in falconry?

  • @FontenelleForest
    @FontenelleForest10 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Our Raptor Care Specialists have all volunteered with and/or studied birds of prey.

  • @oscarperez5628
    @oscarperez562811 ай бұрын

    very good video and explanation, beautiful raptor.

  • @laurentbeaulieu2446
    @laurentbeaulieu2446 Жыл бұрын

    I don't even need to go in tje forest for these I have some growing in the cracks of the concrete pad just in front of my house

  • @comradegotogulag8513
    @comradegotogulag8513 Жыл бұрын

    She’s Gorgeous thanks for the video.

  • @workhardplayhard801
    @workhardplayhard801 Жыл бұрын

    These are literally canned up and sold for consumption in stores outside of the United States. Some varieties are more toxic than others and some people are more sensitive than others These must be thermally deactivated and during the cooking process it is the steam that is the most dangerous. Apparently the toxic chemical is carried away by the steam. If I remember correctly this chemical is used as a rocket propellant 🚀 This is why there are so many alien sightings, just gassing up. 😄

  • @jeremybds1901
    @jeremybds1901 Жыл бұрын

    Cute

  • @joryvgphoto
    @joryvgphoto Жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed this? Thank you.

  • @karinacolonLA
    @karinacolonLA Жыл бұрын

    So cute!!!

  • @ericwanderweg8525
    @ericwanderweg85252 жыл бұрын

    Was this former grassland that was converted into forest, or a native patch of forest on the edge of the prairie?

  • @FontenelleForest
    @FontenelleForest2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Eric, our land stewardship team is working to restore this habitat into an oak savanna. You can learn more about these effort on our website: fontenelleforest.org/habitat-restoration/

  • @ericwanderweg8525
    @ericwanderweg85252 жыл бұрын

    Up here in southern New England, mixed oak forests are very common. Finding a hackberry in the woods is as common as hen’s teeth though 😂

  • @ledialex8690
    @ledialex86902 жыл бұрын

    Hi bro I got 03 I’m from ToGo 🇹🇬

  • @Beargreaser
    @Beargreaser2 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful! I love those views!

  • @sauronthegreat489
    @sauronthegreat4892 жыл бұрын

    As someone who's studying falconry I find this videos really helpful!

  • @nunsie
    @nunsie2 жыл бұрын

    They are so sweet 🥰

  • @davemyers7507
    @davemyers75072 жыл бұрын

    Is the wing broken?🦅

  • @lohikarhu734
    @lohikarhu7342 жыл бұрын

    Nice :-)

  • @GAnimeRO
    @GAnimeRO2 жыл бұрын

    Noooo! You can't just show cute toads without given them pets!

  • @martanieves4772
    @martanieves47722 жыл бұрын

    Fontenelle Forest is a wonderful Place!

  • @jessicapearson9479
    @jessicapearson94792 жыл бұрын

    You didn't give any real information about either of them. Why make a video like this if you have no idea what your talking about. This is click bait just to get people to go to your links. Bad, audio. Didn't even show what you were talking about. Have no idea what you think your talking about and no information at all. All around bad video!

  • @Cavapoo2023
    @Cavapoo20232 жыл бұрын

    Could you breed them in captivity? And if…. How?

  • @JeepUSMC
    @JeepUSMC2 жыл бұрын

    Good info thanks you. Found 1 today outside my house in Phoenix az. He was munching down grasshoppers 😂

  • @1_fishin_magician153
    @1_fishin_magician1532 жыл бұрын

    awesome creature and great presentation....thumbs up from Lake George, NY

  • @troyellis7489
    @troyellis74893 жыл бұрын

    Honey suckle seemingly taking over in Maine. I have property with some on it and removal is a pain.

  • @rat_dragon
    @rat_dragon3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the informative video! I'm positive my boy, Kiwi, is a Fowler's, except for two reasons...His dorsal crown, color, patterning, personable/reactive personality, and relative size are identical to that of fowleriil, yet the sound of his call, fact he has a small black spot below his throat, and high elevation area (Colorado Springs) where he was found isn't "right". The call also sounds nothing like fowlerii - it's very quiet (we joke about saying how he would attract a dog with his "squeaky toy-ness"), then again he is assumed to be around 1 year and 7 months - under the age of sexual maturity which is 2 years. He could just be "practicing" and has not reached adulthood. Overall, I'm convinced Kiwi's pure Fowler's or possibly a hybrid (bufos fowleri x woodhousii). I'm doing even more research to double check :)

  • @rat_dragon
    @rat_dragon3 жыл бұрын

    Btw his "rescue" was pretty intense. We suspect he was attacked by a raccoon or barely got away from a bird. The skin on his left arm was completely ripped away and slightly bleeding when my Mom first found and brought him to me. Fortunately, I had honey on hand. I applied it and within maybe a a week or two, his arm was completely healed! Now Kiwi's "living the life" in a 12×12 terrarium but should be moving into a 24/30/36" bio-active enclosure! He's a spoiled boy feeding readily on anything that approaches whether it be his staple of fingers, Repashy Meat Pie or the occasional wax warm, mealworm, or even berries in gelatin (yet planing more variety)! What an imperfect, beautiful boy he is! :D

  • @HighlanderNorth1
    @HighlanderNorth17 ай бұрын

    ​​@@rat_dragon Male toads make a chirp sound if they are grabbed by other toads(or by humans), as a way to let other male frogs know to leave them alone and not try to mate with them. They chirp especially if you touch their sides. Some toads will chirp if their back is touched. Here's a southern toad chirping when picked up by people. kzread.info/dash/bejne/la2oqNpuqrCrkso.htmlsi=xTHvXvA4QyhEpUQo

  • @starseed462
    @starseed4623 жыл бұрын

    I’m in SW Florida tons of Osprey. We have a town called Osprey! They nest high up we have polls for them huge nests! Tons of Turkey Vultures their heads have no feathers so they can get into carcasses without a bloody mess they are 🤮 gross.

  • @Shawnbzilla
    @Shawnbzilla3 жыл бұрын

    Cooool

  • @APheonixPretense8
    @APheonixPretense83 жыл бұрын

    Hack and squirt? More like:hack

  • @Tigerpuffer
    @Tigerpuffer3 жыл бұрын

    Merlin are so cool.

  • @danoenco9487
    @danoenco94873 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video, my whole family was squealing in delight at their cuteness. Quick question--Are you certain Woodhouse Toads' lifespan is 2-4 years? We have two and the thought of having them for so short a time is awful!

  • @FontenelleForest
    @FontenelleForest3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Dan, I reached out to our resident expert on toads and here's what he had to say. "The Woodhouse’s Toads life span is normally 2-4 years, depending on their environment. They’ll sometimes live longer in captivity since they don’t have to fight for their food, and there are no predators to hunt them. In captivity, they might be able to live up to 6-8 years. Patrick Conner Animal Care Specialist

  • @danoenco9487
    @danoenco94873 жыл бұрын

    @@FontenelleForest Thanks very much for your reply! Grateful to know, but sad too-- we were hoping they'd live more like 10-15 like some other species. Will just be sure we make the most of it!

  • @perseusstoned7388
    @perseusstoned73883 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for recording, my kids loved watching!

  • @josiahcooper280
    @josiahcooper2803 жыл бұрын

    Just got a Woodhouse's toad for the museum that I work at. I've noticed how curious and responsive they are which gives them some charm. Didn't really expect that cuz our other frogs are way less responsive.

  • @CrazyFunnyCats
    @CrazyFunnyCats3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing 👍🦅✨✨✨✨✨

  • @CrazyFunnyCats
    @CrazyFunnyCats3 жыл бұрын

    We are in Edmonton. There’s an Albertasaurus too, sp? Great channel we’ve seen a bunch of your birds

  • @CrazyFunnyCats
    @CrazyFunnyCats3 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting info. Thanks 🙏🦅

  • @CrazyFunnyCats
    @CrazyFunnyCats3 жыл бұрын

    Cool 👍🐍