10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2020

This species was once restricted to North America’s Great Plains, where they followed herds of American Bison, eating both the seeds in their dung and the creatures that bison’s trampling brought into the open. In fact, this is not even a particularly large group. This is a rather typical group size for Bronzed Cowbirds.

Birds 156

Birds Blackbirds Mexico Cattle 156

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

But one tree isn’t going to reverse the damage occuring in Latin America. The neighbors had advised me, from experience, that planting trees without excluding the local free-ranging livestock would be an exercise in futility: first challenge overcome.) That would, of course, be better than nothing.

ALA 200

ALA 2016 Free Range Livestock 200

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

They argue for the elimination of free-range cats entirely. Arriving in North America around the time of Columbus, they have become “one of the most successful invasive species on earth.”. Marra and Chris Santella, authors of Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer (Princeton University Press, 212 pp.,

Feral Cats 262

Feral Cats Cats Tnr Feral 262

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Clapper Rails are common but rarely seen birds across the islands and on my own island are common in a range of habitats that may surprise readers used to seeing them in wetlands in North America. Releases on Guam have involved large enclosures designed to prevent tree snake encroachment with some success.

Puerto Rico 192

Puerto Rico Guam Virgin Islands Feral 192