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

10,000 Birds

Her experiences are framed within the larger scientific histories how once common species become endangered, and of how people and organizations have strategized and explored controversial paths to bring their numbers up and nurture them till they fill our skies. This is the most intense, tragic section.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

This would be a night drive, cold, dark, uncomfortable seats, loud engine in the giant 26-seater truck, scanning the brush and the roadside with three or four strong spotlights wrangled by volunteers among the nature-loving tourists, and of course, the headlights of the truck. And, of course, something interesting came along.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

An estimated one billion birds collide with glass each year in the United States* and most of them die; window collisions are considered the second highest cause of death of birds after cats (putting aside the big overall causes, like habitat loss and climate change).* There are far fewer photographs of dead birds than I expected.

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On Ducks and Geese

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Not to be confused with Little Girl, of course. I've written about the much-maligned Muscovy ducks before , and at our old house this time of year I was usually inundated with rescue situations and of course my patio often had images like this. Now I have the drama of the feral cats and of course the greyhounds.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

Eventually, of course, the wild turkeys in the entire Eastern region of the US were mostly or entirely wiped out, and it may well be that European stocks contributed to the reintroduction of Turkeys in the New World. The Spanish Colonial Experience and Domestic Animals. They may have also had hunting dogs with them as well. Speller, C.,

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

10,000 Birds

They range from the successful eradication of feral cats from Marion Island (hear that, Corey?) It was the first of six bustard species I would see over the course of both trips. That was easily fixed by adding a post-Safari trip to Eastern South Africa, led by dashing Rockjumper guide Clayton Burne, to my itinerary.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

10,000 Birds

Like all talented travel writers, Dunn is adept at drawing us into his experiences. There are also frustrations, such as the faltering efforts of the Isla Robinson Crusoe conservation group, which can’t stop the spread of invasive plants, feral cats, and bird disease that is probably dooming the Juan Fernández Firecrown.