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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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But “Hawk”’s active ingredient, a deadly second-generation anticoagulant, bromadialone, has been implicated in the deaths of Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, and other raptors : American Kestrels, Barn Owls, Golden Eagles, Great Horned Owls, and Turkey Vultures. And their pest control services are free.

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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham

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Nestling songbirds fed hamburger and cat food,” wrote Sean O’Brien. I had a finder bring me a bird he’d correctly ID’d as a merlin – a not-too-common falcon – but when he brought him in, I could see he’d been trying to feed it BIRD SEED!” “Probably because people see so many Red-tails taking down pigs.”. “At

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Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man Who Brought It Back from Extinction–A Review

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In addition to longtails and rats, Wingate battles developers (of course), a rare Snowy Owl that kills 5% of the cahow population (Wingate shoots the owl, to the dismay of many), and the U.S. Ultimately, the story always comes back to the cahows, whose population grows slowly.

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Extinction Week on 10,000 Birds

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Keep cats outdoors? Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Mauritius Owl. Fly in airplanes? Drink coffee? And it is a rate of extinction that is speeding up! Black-fronted Parakeet. Canary Islands Oystercatcher. Pagan Reed Warbler. Amsterdam Duck.

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