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Cats and chicks

10,000 Birds

in the USA, a 2013 article states , the number reaches 3.7 There is a cat curfew for domestic animals in some states and a cull has been instigated to try to reduce the number of feral felines, currently estimated at 2 million. billion bird deaths. They rely on cover from which to launch their hunting attacks.

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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. The new study is about Cliff Swallows ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ) in southwestern Nebraska. because of collisions with vehicles.

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