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Fire and Rain

10,000 Birds

Later on — after seven years at most, in the case of the Black-backed Woodpecker — these first responders are gone and the holes in the snags serve as nesting cavities for martens, and squirrels and Mountain Bluebirds and Flammulated Owls. Conservation black-backed woodpecker endangered species fire olive-sided flycatcher'

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Despite birding in shattered forests with the constant background whine of chainsaws, the birding is phenomenal, with an incredible diversity and volume of rare and endangered species. The rare Rufous Fishing Owl was one of the many species seen by the group here. Birding Ghana rainforest'

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That Awkward Moment With Feral Cats and Family

10,000 Birds

And if a feral cat colony is near an endangered species, the colony should be eliminated. I have a dog, cats (domestic and feral), birds raccoons, hawks, owls, coyotes, foxes, bunnies and mice…they all share the yard and the woods. Then one of my nieces started updating about a feral family she was watching. .”