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A Non-Lethal Solution for Both Wildlife and Feral Cats

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But they are healthy, content, and they are safe. If every feral cat supporter were to take personal responsibility for housing two or more unadoptable cats, the number of miserable, disease-ridden strays would plummet, and the populations of threatened and endangered wildlife would rise. Have they become cuddly pets?

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The Hummingbird that Answered My Heart’s Calling by Noelle M. Meade-Izzi

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Meade-Izzi’s discoveries — that hummingbirds are tiny, and cute, and part of a remarkable food web that demonstrates the interconnectedness of all living things, that they can inspire a human to follow her instincts and work on contentment in her own life — are those of a nature novice, albeit a wildly enthusiastic one.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

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day, I had come home to a scraggy, skittish stray of my own. The process of taking in a stray isn’t usually instantaneous and straightforward. With respect to the stray cat Puck, we eventually learned her name was Jackie. One typical, blue-sky, L.A. But we lured her inside to keep her safe for the night.

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Searching for vultures in India

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Yes, some gruesome graphic content follows, but don’t blame me, you have been warned. The disappearance of vultures has allowed other species such as rat and [stray] dog populations to grow. Oddly, I saw no rats, only a mongoose or two and a few stray dogs. What was the weirdest place you ever birded? Some smelly sewage ponds?

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AOU 53rd supplement: Highlights and near misses

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Here, I present not a full detailing of the supplement’s contents but some highlights and reflections based upon my own interests and peculiarities. I include links to other excellent coverage at the end and also welcome your reactions and questions.

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“A wonderful bird is the pelican” – Pelican Brewing Company: Hazy Rock India Pale Ale

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It defines and organizes the content of our field guides, and I’m certain that most serious birders here own at least one matching pair of volumes devoted to each side of the Great Divide, no matter their permanent residence. In North American birding, east versus west is the most basic geographic division of the continent.

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Our Best Birds of 2020

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We are always content bird-watching around Broome anyway! But in 2020, with all my travel plans cancelled and pretty much everything shut down, I wasn’t straying too far from Albany, New York for birding. This year we were fortunate to observe birds in Victoria at the start of the year before all of the lockdowns.

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