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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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This would have allowed you to summarize your experience in sentences such as “A total of 98 boluses regurgitated by 52 chicks aged 1 day to 11 days after hatching form the sample and are shown to contain 323 food items.” It concludes that human activity influences the breeding activity of the lapwing. How efficient.

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

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When you think of invasives, you think of the birds that have been helped by human beings to get where they are, such as House Sparrow or European Starling. Cattle Egret has been introduced by humans to Hawaii and the Seychelles. Other species have certainly expanded their ranges, but never in such a rapid and global scale.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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So I put together a “carnival” (of sorts) of Feral Cat Ordinances and Issues that samples current events across the US. And it goes on and on, this is just a sampling. The other day, Minneapolis, Minnesota passed a feral cat ordinance. This got me wondering what other cities were doing. Conservation cats'