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Pied Oystercatchers and Sand Goannas

10,000 Birds

We have to understand, though, that this was a natural predator and not one of our introduced feral cats or foxes. The Pied Oystercatchers moved around the vegetation and collected food for the chick. The moist Pied Oystercatcher nest site after the thieving. It was not a good result at all and not what we had hoped to find.

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

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The tiercels (young Peregrines) must deal with Golden Eagles, Ravens, adult Peregrines, and foxes; they must also learn to navigate the skies and make their own kills, luckily these skills appear to be innately learned. It’s not easy. Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections.

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You’re Not Helping

10,000 Birds

As most people know cats, both feral and domestic, have a pretty big impact on wild birds and other wildlife, and the effect of mammals is particularly profound in New Zealand. He isn’t arguing that the state should impose this, he’s arguing that we should act collectively.

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

10,000 Birds

Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population.

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