Gus Ben David
Gus Ben David
November 20, 2020
Cold-Stunned Kemp's Ridley Finds New Life
A juvenile, cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is on the road to recovery Friday after washing up on the Chappaquiddick side of Norton Point Beach Thursday morning.
July 10, 2020
New Species of Brown Snake Discovered on Island
Wildlife specialist Gus Ben David has been looking for Dekay’s Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi) on the Vineyard since he was a boy.
February 24, 2020
Is There a Mouse in the House? Not on Island
An unusual story of extinction on Martha’s Vineyard revolves around a humble mouse. To be exact, the house mouse.
May 1, 2019
Great Horned Owl Joins Gus Ben David's Flock
Island naturalist Gus Ben David stopped by the Gazette Wednesday morning with a strigine guest in tow: a five-and-a-half-week-old great horned owl.
April 17, 2018
Gus Ben David Takes Great Horned Owl Under His Wing
Mr. Ben David paid a visit to the Gazette Tuesday with his newest charge, a three-week-old great horned owlet that fell out of a nest near the Blue Hills reservation in Quincy.
May 25, 2017
A Gentle Man With a Wild Soul, Gus Ben David Is Island's Dr. Dolittle
Gus Ben David considers his yard. There is a pond with two trumpeter swans, two mute swans, a flock of geese and two call ducks. Then there are the giant water tanks containing large snapping turtles.
July 18, 2011
Gus Ben David, Osprey Daddy
Three baby osprey chicks are being hand raised by Gus Ben David in Edgartown following an accident aloft over Chappaquiddick last Thursday. The birds, which are about two weeks old, fell from their nest when the electrical pole that held them and their nest caught fire. Suddenly homeless, the three little birds were rescued by NStar crews and turned over to Mr. Ben David, a noted naturalist and owner of the World of Reptiles and Bird Park off the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.
