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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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Undesirable alien: there are an estimated 2 million Grey Squirrels in Britain An English Red Squirrel. An Estonian Red Squirrel , looking more grey than red One introduced animal that we are unlikely to ever eradicate from Britain is the North American Grey Squirrel, a mammal I see nearly every day. One day, perhaps.

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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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I’ve yet to see an English pine marten, but I once watched one hunting red squirrels in the Bialowieza Forest in Poland. The hunted squirrel ended up climbing to an outer branch of a pine tree, where it was relatively safe as the branch wasn’t stout enough to support the weight of the marten.

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Albino Squirrel

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After seeing an albino squirrel in a Redgannet post , The Management wrote to me suggesting that they would like one of those. He had seen Mike’s white squirrels , but they just weren’t white enough. When I arrived there was no sign of the white squirrel. “ This post comes by way of an assignment.

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Lapland Adventure

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Its family must have flown south Finding mammals is always a challenge: we saw Red Foxes several times, and Red Squirrels daily, though disappointingly the majority sported grey rather than red fur. Reindeer cow A grey Red Squirrel The post Lapland Adventure first appeared on 10,000 Birds.

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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Baby Grey Squirrels in a shoebox wrapped in a dude’s old tighty-whities,” said Michelle Wellard. “No, Debbie Faires in South Carolina had a baby squirrel delivered in a mink hat. . “A lady put American Robin nestlings in a small Tupperware container and put the lid on,” said Jodi Swenson in Massachusetts. Yes, we did!”

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Tufted Titmouse Plucking a Raccoon

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This behavior is not at all out of character for Tufted Titmice as is explained on All About Birds : They line this cup with soft materials such as hair, fur, wool, and cotton, sometimes plucking hairs directly from living mammals.

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Poop From The Front End Of The Bird

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It’s not fecal material, but parts that are not digestible like fur, bones and the exoskeletons of insects. For example, since eagles and hawks tend to rip their prey apart and have stronger digestive acids, their pellets look like wads of fur. Birds will barf them back up out of their mouths.

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