10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2014
With binoculars around my neck, I am leaving home, wondering which will be the first species on my year list. Obviously, I am talking of Feral Pigeons (also called city, town or street pigeons). The scientific name of the Feral Pigeon is Columba livia domestica and that last world tells the story. New Year’s Day 2014.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. The plethora of approaches to the feral Cat problem is not an outcome of a diversity of great ideas; it is the ugly chimera of inappropriate compromise among biased and often poorly informed stakeholders. Which would be even worse.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2021
The name of my 10,000 Birds beat is ‘Birds and Stuff from Down Under’ This foolish title is certainly broad enough to include content from my near neighbours. It is a story of recent and future conservation efforts within New Zealand to conserve their endemic bird species. I am not sure what I liked the best.
10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2014
Perhaps our outrage at invasive species can be a bit hypocritical at times. Listers are quick to put aside their condemnation of invasive species once they attain that coveted status of exotic: not native, not fully naturalized, but established well enough to be countable by the prevailing authority. That’s where we come in.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 3, 2024
For the birder it is therefore more important to value birding options over the contents of the mini bar. If you just go for business and stay in the city than you will be very likely returning home with a limited list – mainly featuring Feral Pigeon (shown in its natural habitat in the award-winning picture below).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2013
On 14 March, 2013, the Orlando Sentinel published an opinion piece by Ted Williams under the headline “Trap, neuter, return programs make feral-cat problem worse.” Then he gave a couple of alternative solutions to the feral cat problem: There are two effective, humane alternatives to the cat hell of TNR. So, is that it?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2012
The study was conducted on a population of Striated Munias, Lonchura striata, but it would seem that they are not the only species to take advantage of the body-building power of algae. They are popular as caged birds and escapees have established a number of feral populations beyond their normal ranges.
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