10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2012

We have had a pair move due to human traffic increasing through the dune system and others have had to adapt to the changing landscape. Feral cats are a huge problem in Australia and they do take a lot of the eggs. These are not pet cats, but cats that have only ever lived in the wild and can survive in extreme conditions.

Eggs 175

Eggs Turtles Feral Cats Investigation 175

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. Wildlife rehabbers are good, but what human can teach where to flip the best leaves to look for grubby larvae? What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it?

Birds 264

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Erin Smithies-Baker’s colleague Lisa Kelly took in two box turtles a woman had kept for years, feeding them nothing but spaghetti and meatballs. And scrambled eggs,” added Hilary Lewis. “I Human breast milk – no, don’t get me started. We ended up naming them ‘Ragu’ and ‘Prego.’”. That’s what we called them,” wrote Erin.

Squirrels 250

Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

Dragan continues to be teacher’s pet simply by sharing as he goes. Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Big Egg Marsh. European Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia turtur. ?apljin

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Fortunately for the buntings, they seem to detect most cuckoo eggs smuggled in (75% in one study). A study found that for Plain Prinia , egg characteristics in a mainland China location with many cuckoos make it much easier to spot cuckoo eggs than in a Taiwan location with few cuckoos ( source ). Better safe than sorry.

Birds 197

Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 197