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Cats and chicks

10,000 Birds

In the UK, so figures indicate , 10 million domestic cats account for 275 million prey items, of which 55 million are birds. in the USA, a 2013 article states , the number reaches 3.7 In Australia where the endemic prey population has evolved without cats, the problem has reached the stage where drastic measures have been imposed.

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It may be hard to swallow, but Bumpus could get bumped to the back burner

10,000 Birds

This was proposed as an example of what we now call “stabilizing selection” … variation is constantly introduced into populations, but every now and then “selective forces” culls the variation out. Please go visit: Golden Eagles and Free Coffee! and show off your bird identification prowess. __. Brown, C., & Bomberger Brown, M.

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