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Empty Pied Oystercatcher nests

10,000 Birds

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

10,000 Birds

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.