Another Reason to Keep Your Cats Indoors – Bears!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2012
Some cats, like my Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Paul’s pet, Pippa, are not bright enough to realize that, you know, that’s a freaking bear! … a.
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High Elevation Birding in Costa Rica at Providencia
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
This is common with life-threatening situations and expected; any ancient ancestors who would have not paid heed to close calls would have likely been quickly and savagely selected from the gene pool (just trying to pet the Short-faced Bear again…). These smart looking birds are tropical sparrows.
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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2022
The main attraction for birders here are the hornbills – I have written about them before , so this post will be more on the other birds I saw there in 2017. Anyway, it is a very cute-looking bird if you are big enough not to be among its prey of (mostly) insects. I have written about the hornbills of this area before.
What Impact Will Drones Have on Birds?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
This is Liz’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. The rise in drone popularity over the past few years has been meteoric — and in our typical human arrogance, we’ve once again ignored the fact that for the past 150 million years, the sky has belonged to the birds.
Cat Owners: Can You Help Me?
10,000 Birds
JULY 1, 2016
All her pets are rescues. She doesn’t use pesticides, she loves the local wildlife, and she does everything a good pet owner should do. Since I am a wild bird rehabilitator and have seen, up close, the damage a cat can do to a bird, let me address the owner of the “hummingbird murderer.”.
Get Thee To A Wildlife Rehabilitator
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
Somehow they manage to get the bird or animal to a rehabilitator, even though finding one is often a feat in itself. With luck, there has been enough negative feedback to stop this kind of insanity in its tracks, although it bears monitoring because there are no guarantees. A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings!
Racing Pigeons, Swimming Crows
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2014
Say what you will about pigeons – they’re among the most extraordinary athletes in the bird kingdom. A few days ago my friend Melissa Gilmer called me from the Bear Mountain Zoo in New York’s Hudson Highlands. “We Maybe he’s someone’s ex-pet who grew up around ducks. Has anyone else seen irregular bird behavior lately?
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