10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds.

Fish 147

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Geophagy, the intentional consumption of soil by vertebrates, has long been documented in a number of bird and mammal species – including wide-spread use by humans – which consume soil to increase absorption of certain minerals not naturally occurring in the local diet. That’s right – birds eating clay.

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

You can make a similar map for the small carnivores, the Mustelids, such as minks, ermines, otters, etc. In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids. It isn’t like not killing the cat is in any way humane, considering the number of animals it will kill over time.

Feral Cats 257

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 257