10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2012

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. There are four pairs with eggs currently after the first pair lost their eggs, which they laid in the same location as last year.

Eggs 175

Eggs Turtles Feral Cats Investigation 175

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Turtles are the reptile everybody loves. Birders are always happy to see a turtle or tortoise, and there are times of the year when my social media feeds are sprinkled with photos of turtles beings removed from roads or crawling to land to lay eggs. Or that tortoises and terrapins are considered part of the turtle family.

Turtles 191

Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 191

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 “Instead of bringing them to another rehabber, like I told her, she kept them and fed them spaghetti – because noodles look like worms.

Squirrels 250

Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

It’s easy to choke it with food while you’re feeding it and chances are good that you’d raise the chick like a pet and you’d end up with an adult bird that doesn’t know what its predators are and seek humans for food and mating…aka an unreleasable bird.

Birds 265

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

Dragan continues to be teacher’s pet simply by sharing as he goes. Big Egg Marsh. European Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia turtur. ?apljin European Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia turtur. ?apljin Oriental Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia orientalis. Big Egg Marsh. It simple Beats, really it is. Cartagos 2.

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 200

Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 200