10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
Many get their birds from breeders. The previous snowy was a good hunter but unfortunately that owl caught a feral pigeon that had frounce and died not long afterwards–something that could happen with a wild snowy. Falconers can trap any bird of prey any time they want.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 6, 2011
Like manky mallards, ganky geese display remarkable variety due to both the methodical manipulations of breeders and the variable volatility of the more natural kind of breeding. Feral geese run the gamut from pure white to almost entirely gray or brown. cygnoides ) ancestors.
10,000 Birds
MAY 29, 2015
Do much birding in the city, and your thoughts will turn again and again to feral pigeons. I haven’t measured this particular specimen myself, but some breeders of short-beaked pigeons are known to take things to extremes that prevent the birds from feeding their own young. The weird little crest is decidedly un-aerodynamic.
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