10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2014

Because as I interrupted my self-doubt to step around a pile of dog poo in the trail, the great ghost of the northern forests lifted off from the ground on the other side of the clearing and then landed again, low in a birch tree in full view. And the day was unseasonably spring-like, not the weather I subconsciously thought of as owly.

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Owls Minnesota Montana 2014 225

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2011

I can certainly speak about the Midwest where states like Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, etc. Ferruginous Hawks are native to our western short-grass prairies and their diet comprises almost completely of prairie dogs. Perhaps, this is because we, as Americans, have destroyed nearly every morsel of prairie we have left.

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Prairie Dogs Colorado North Dakota Soreing 163

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Within weeks, with lots of love, patience, and socializing with other tenants and pets, she was a totally different dog. Ever since I got her, she’s been an absolutely wonderful dog. She is now the happiest and most popular dog in the building, she’s my little soul mate, and she loves everybody!! At 1:30 a.m.

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Tenant Shelters Puppies Minnesota 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

Dogs are similarly dispersed across size ranges, with Foxes, Coyotes, and Wolves taking prey across different parts of the size range. A hungry feral Cat in Minnesota goes and finds new prey in an area it previously had not explored, leaving the last few of one or another bird species alone for a while.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 254

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2012

So, this pair (I assume there are two, though I only saw one today) of eagles has a territory including small dogs and stray children, baby coyotes, crows, but mainly squirrels and marmots right around its nest, and a major river backed up by a large dam about a mile or two away (the Mississippi) and several lakes.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Coyotes Mississippi 174

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

What a horrible thing to happen in Minnesota ! Okay, I accept this is somewhat unconventional, but I can’t get away from the fact that the Painted Wolf , or African Wild Dog , comes up every time I try and think about this. Greg might have chosen a bird that he didn’t see but at least it was a bird! Duncan chose a mammal!

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2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 184