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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?

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On 14 March, 2013, the Orlando Sentinel published an opinion piece by Ted Williams under the headline “Trap, neuter, return programs make feral-cat problem worse.” Then he gave a couple of alternative solutions to the feral cat problem: There are two effective, humane alternatives to the cat hell of TNR.

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Cats and chicks

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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.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Eventually everyone made it to their computer, and created the Summer of 2013 Rehabber’s Wish List: Money. I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. “Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Change in Law. That’s easy!”

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Purple Swamphen: Supertramp or superspecies?

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The colorful Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio ) lives in wetlands from Portugal and Senegal all the way east to New Zealand and the Samoan Islands, and a feral population is now well established in Florida. Recognizing that in some fashion seems like a reasonable idea to me. What about Florida?

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I screamed: Ural Owl!

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Talking of gulls, I had a new meeting with an old acquaintance, the Black-headed Gull ringed in 2013 in the north of the country that I already met twice in 2015 and now again – I even recognized its ring because the combination of letters sounds a bit like “Yahoo”. Feral Pigeon – Columba livia. Common Gull – Larus canus.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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Vegetation is a key ingredient, and Klem cites a 2013 study that found “bird strikes were correlated positively to window area and negatively to development. The more glass, the more bird kills. A greater number of buildings in a concentrated area without intervening green space results in fewer birds and fewer killed.”

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Hawks At A Distance: A Timely Classic

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Sullivan) of The Crossley ID Guide Raptors (PUP, 2013). Sure, they’re beautiful and powerful, a reminder of the feral freedom of the skies. Also, a note that in this review I mention that I had never read Hawks in Flight, by Pete Dunne, David Sibley, and Clay Sutton. The Review: I confess, I don’t always love hawks.

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