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The Effects of Wildfires on Wildlife

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While larger animals like deer and elk are usually able to escape the fire’s path, smaller animals like squirrels, foxes and snakes are not always so lucky. Birds are able to fly away, but their nests and eggs can be destroyed. Some animals are injured and killed by wildfires.

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Invasive species in Australia

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European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast.

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Comebackers

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That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. Clay-colored Sparrow – Spizella pallida. 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. Clay-colored Sparrow – Spizella pallida. 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. Clay-colored Sparrow – Spizella pallida. 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6. 13 Jan 2018. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018.

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