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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands. In addition to killing birds of prey, brodifacoum has also killed coyotes, grey foxes, red foxes, kit foxes, mountain lions, bobcats, black bears, Pacific fishers, and other animals, including domestic dogs and cats. Sincerely, Craig A.

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Love in the Time of Conjunctivitis

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This blog was written by Arden Zich, volunteer with Fox Valley Wildlife Center in Elburn, IL: Congratulating myself for leaving the house on time, I got into my car and drove off to meet up with a friend for lunch. Not one minute later, I noticed a small feathery mass sitting in the middle of my lane.

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The Great Bustard Search is On (1)

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What remains of their range is currently protected as the Pastures of Great Bustard Special Nature Reserve, but in the last several years there are only a dozen birds left, and only one adult male among them. Not the strictly protected bustards, but Red Foxes, Brown Hares, Pheasants , as well as Hooded Crows and Rooks.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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If you think it is rather pretentious to start a birding blog post with a Kafka story, I fully agree with you. Tianmashan bonus mammal: a Raccoon Dog – though it looks a lot like a raccoon, it is actually more closely related to foxes than to raccoons. I just want to point out it could be much worse. Did the bird thank me?

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You’re Not Helping

10,000 Birds

The subject is one that comes up a lot in this blog and other bird blogs, the subject of cats and their effect on wildlife. Cats, along with other introduced mammals, are genuinely a problem in New Zealand in a way they aren’t in most of the rest of the world (Australia has similar problems mostly with foxes and cats).

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011)

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If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows.

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Flight to Freedom

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You can follow their blog, Flight to Freedom , to get updates on how the lions are doing, and to read the full story and see videos like the one below. ADI gathered evidence has led to campaigns and legislative action all over the world to protect them. ADI also rescues animals in distress worldwide.

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