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Pied Oystercatchers continue to nest

10,000 Birds

Black Kites , Whistling Kites , Brahminy Kites and White-bellied Sea-Eagles are soon chased off if they fly along the coast in the vicinity of the nest and the Pied Oystercatcher returns to the eggs. The animal walks from nest to nest and it is clear that the nest had been there some time by the number of footprints.

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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

10,000 Birds

eagles and vultures ) so we need to pay attention. While cats do not fill a specific niche normally held by a native carnivore, there are reasons to believe that some of those birds would have been eaten by a wild predator had the cats not been in play. Climate change is an existential threat to humans and birds alike.

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Pahokee Opens for Project Treadstone

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A branch of Palm Beach County's Animal Care & Control that has been closed for a long, long time and has reopened. There are likely 30 unsterilized cats remaining, but they're doing a very good job of avoiding yours truly. Here's the biggest feral cat I've ever seen, who looks like somebody's house cat.