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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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Read what you want about the origin of domestic cats; the genetic evidence is not properly sampled. I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. Also, feral Cats on islands seem to be a serious problem, causing the extirpation of some indigenous species. They are invasive species. But they don’t live in North America.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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” Writing about owls means writing about roughly 250 species (I counted 245 on the 2022 Clements spreadsheet, but I might have missed a few, and we all know that each classification system is different). These are behaviors that are most likely to vary across species and topics that make for compelling stories.

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Highs and Lows from the Champions of the Flyway Bird Race in Eilat, Israel

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Unlike other bird races where participants keep tight-lipped about bird species as mundane as a House Sparrow , this event gives a prize to the team that helps the most. But isn’t all of that data sharing counterproductive for a bird race where the team with the most species wins? This is a Masked Shrike.

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Administrative Procedure for Birders: Duck Stamp Rulemaking

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For example, the process applies to, among other things, the listing (and delisting) of species under the Endangered Species Act and interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently sought public comments on its proposal to permanently add a hunting element to the Duck Stamp art competition.

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Bird Science and Evolution: 2013 Year In Review

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But I’ve compiled a sampling of this year’s news and events for your edification. 02–19 There may be a crisis of the Duck Stamp, and the relationship between duck hunting, habitat preservation, and funding may be shifting as Duck numbers and Duck stamp sales no longer correlate. But there was this one in Australia.

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Mega Rarity Tour of New Zealand – Extinction Special

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And of course you’ll be keen to keep an eye open for Mantell’s Moa , one of ten species you should see on your tour. This species, the smallest, is endemic to North Island and should be fairly common in the wet lowland forests. Like many of its relatives, this species was also flightless.