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Birding Singapore

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Would it worry you to sit next to me on a plane or train and listen to this kind of information for several hours? Completely irrelevant bonus information: according to a website we always all hoped existed, “thedairyalliance.com” , a pharmacist named Charles Sonntag created the sundae, naming it the “Sonntag” after himself.

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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She explains complex and sometimes controversial topics including captive breeding, environmental toxins, feral cats and other invasive predators, Hawaiian avian extinction, avian disease, California Condor distribution and history, legal loopholes, and lead poisoning.

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Mallards are a Threat to Mottled Ducks in Florida

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These wild birds migrate out of Florida to northern breeding areas in the spring and are not present in Florida during the mottled duck breeding season. State biologists are observing more and more mixed flocks and mixed pairs in the wild and these feral mallards are mating with mottled ducks, producing a hybrid offspring.

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Three Interesting Things

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Every spring, billions of migratory songbirds in Europe fly north to their breeding grounds. Unfortunately these are house cats, not feral, that live outdoors (for some reason). So this may not inform us much of what feral cats are doing. Giant Bats Snatch Birds from Night Sky. And daily feces analysis. Birds research'

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 2)

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Readers with a pornographic mindset will enjoy the following information about the Dusky Moorhen: “Simultaneously promiscuous, forming breeding groups of 2–7 apparently unrelated birds; individuals sometimes switch groups between seasons. If you are thinking of having kids, let this photo be a warning to you. ” (HBW).

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Invasive species in Australia

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Feral cats have been able to adapt very well in Australia and have grown larger over the years and can survive in areas that you would not expect. We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast.

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Pied Oystercatcher nesting

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Since discovering our first Pied Oystercatcher nest on Cable Beach in July 2000 we have observed the breeding of these local shorebirds along the coast between Gantheaume Point in the south and Willie Creek in the north, which is a distance of 23 kilometres. Feral cat prints at nest site-eggs gone.