10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2019

Last week I introduced you to the first Pied Oystercatcher chicks of 2019 and so far they are surviving. There was evidence of feral cats and now we have seen foxes around Broome we know they will also be a threat to our local shorebirds. Pied Oystercatcher chicks can swim, but maybe feral cats will too if they are hungry.

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Feral Cats Eggs Feral Fox 119

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2019

We have observed the first Pied Oystercatcher chicks of 2019 over the past two weeks grow steadily. There are still very real threats of predation by feral cats and birds of prey, but we just have to be optimistic.

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Eggs Feral Cats Shelters Feral 122

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

An estimated one billion birds collide with glass each year in the United States* and most of them die; window collisions are considered the second highest cause of death of birds after cats (putting aside the big overall causes, like habitat loss and climate change).* Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds from Windows.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 249

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

More dramatically memorable is Dunn’s experience in Bolivia, where he hoped to travel to Chalalan Lodge, an eco-lodge run by the local indigenous population, but ends up facing the 2019 election protests with blockades and a threat of violence at every road leaving the city.

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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264