10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

When I was a kid (and don’t you hate it when blog posts start like this, with the author apparently just assuming that you care about how he spent his childhood), the first pets we had were a pair of Budgerigars. ” Funny how the difficulty of breeding a species can be illustrated in simple monetary terms.

Birds 147

Birds Australia Sheep Zebras 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so, these goats ate the flora of the island: unique species of Indian paintbrush and woodland star, bushmallow and wirelettuce and morning glory. And so, most had been neutered, adopted out to soft-hearted landowners as odd pets, conversation pieces. Also, they were infested by a species of ear mite unknown to science.

Goats 159

Goats Bald Eagle Fox Feral 159

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. Cocker writes about the species within each family with a literary specificity softened by a tone of conversational patience.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 205

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2013

And if a feral cat colony is near an endangered species, the colony should be eliminated. “Why can’t the kittens be adopted,” I asked in her comments section. ” I argued that the kittens were young enough to be socialized and pointed out that she had pictures of them letting her hold them and pet them. .”

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Family 176