10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 24, 2017
My annual sojourn to the Eastern Shore of Virginia delivered all manner of tasty coastal specialties from Seaside Sparrow to Piping Plover to Red-headed Woodpecker (not always coastal, but still cool!) At Chincoteague NWR, I was amazed to spy a Merlin playing a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse over the ocean with a Black-throated Blue Warbler.
10,000 Birds
MAY 29, 2013
If you get too close to an American Robin’s nest or if a cat or crow is lurking, you might hear this call. My friend Virginia texted me the other day with the message with an MP4: “What is making this high pitched sound in my yard?? It’s the chirrupy sound that many of us are familiar with.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2013
I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. Violation of the law would be punishable by substantial fines, plus the cat owners would be required to perform community service at a local wildlife rehabilitation facility.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
There are also hawks, small owls that eat birds, cats near the ground, and snakes, always snakes. If they don’t feel like it, they can just keep going and fly over a place the size of West Virginia in a day. Fly through the night, land and find cover, find food, keep eating and keep moving.
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 13, 2011
they are sending professional photographer Nanette Martin to take pictures of shelter pets at the Virginia Beach SPCA. The Bowl by Bowl goal for October is to donate 12,500 bowls of food to shelter cats and dogs. After reaching their goal of 10,000 bowls in Sept., Please visit the Purina One Facebook page and take the quiz!
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 28, 2012
If 10 birders all tell you this is a Sora , and you think it’s a Virginia Rail , I suggest you take the possibility that this is a Sora into consideration. The interwebs, aside from being a haven for cat videos, is a great place to learn. It is both funny, frustrating and sad. Listen to the people.
Critter News
MARCH 14, 2009
My division director loves Norwegian Forest Cats. She has had two for the past ten years, one she bought and had shipped from a breeder in Utah, the other from a breeder in Virginia. The woman still gets teary-eyed over a cat she lost 10 years ago to illness and these animals are like her children.
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