10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

This species is an example of a bird having an equal-opportunity type of English name (both male and female are olive-backed) … … while the Latin name “jugularis” (“of the throat”) seems to refer only to the male. I got quite excited seeing an Oriental Pied Hornbill at the Singapore Botanical Garden.

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Singapore Birds Zebras Feral 249

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

On 14 March, 2013, the Orlando Sentinel published an opinion piece by Ted Williams under the headline “Trap, neuter, return programs make feral-cat problem worse.” He also quoted a biologist pointing out how extreme the TNR people are and gave a few examples. But the TNR lobby has blocked its registration for this use.

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Feral Cats Trap Neuter Return Tnr Extremist 272

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2014

State biologists are observing more and more mixed flocks and mixed pairs in the wild and these feral mallards are mating with mottled ducks, producing a hybrid offspring. These hybrid offspring are fertile, which further compounds the problem. The Meller’s Duck is highly endangered in its native Madagascar. What Is Being Done?

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Florida Ducks New Zealand Feral 227

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

For example, there are years with a strong winter and an influx of northern species, making them quite easy to chase, and years with mild winters where these species will be much harder to track down. For example, the ABA rules clearly state that one may only count species that are found on the ABA checklist. Which is fair enough.

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Feral Species Asia Rights 220

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2014

” But the Feral Pigeon has much about it that should be admired. For example, Dragan recently looked at pigeons world wide in a fascinating post. They are survivors, able to exist in urban centers, farm fields, and almost anywhere in between. Embrace the pigeon. You know you want to.

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Rats Feral Farming Collecting 174

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

No, it’s not learning how quick one can identify and ignore feral Rock Pigeons (you may still need them on a Big Day after all), it’s that thing that people have been attempting to predict and rely upon since the days of dealing with dangerous Megafauna; the weather. Watch birds from cover, wait out the heavy rains.

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Costa Rica Birds Feral Laws 185

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2014

For example, to irrupt , at least as far as animals are concerned, is simply to enter a region suddenly and in very large numbers. – Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand – The Cattle Egret Expansion – Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere) – It’s a Myth – Isn’t It?

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Species Feral Cats Feral Miami 160

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2012

They are popular as caged birds and escapees have established a number of feral populations beyond their normal ranges. For example, the Nutmeg Munia, Lonchura punctulata , has managed to maintain a presence in California and Florida for some years.

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Asia Feral Breeding Africa 207

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2015

Pranty had a particular challenge for Florida, where exotics and feral forms of species like Mallard are seen throughout the state, especially in the southern peninsula. ” In addition, he adds ten exotic/feral species to the checklist in the back of the book, astericking them as non-official checklist birds.

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Colorado Florida Birds New Jersey 257

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

The colorful Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio ) lives in wetlands from Portugal and Senegal all the way east to New Zealand and the Samoan Islands, and a feral population is now well established in Florida. These birds have greenish wing coverts and apparently somewhat variable head color (example of a paler-headed bird ).

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Papua New Guinea Philippines New Zealand Florida 207

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2021

Anyone interested in birds, bird conservation and, in particular, the strategy of feral animal control will find it fascinating. From the retired to school students Kiwis [the people] were shown planting trees, checking feral animal traps and explaining enthusiastically the reasons for their participation. Kakariki Parakeet.

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New Zealand Feral Animals Feral Parrots 264

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 3, 2010

A feral kitten captured and neutered by a small non-profit, somewhat militant organization, was on display at our local Massachusetts Society Prevention of Cruelty Association branch, which often took these feral cats in the hope of finding homes for them. My youngest daughter spotted the exceedingly shy black cat and wanted her.

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Pit Bulls Rescue Massachusetts Feral Cats 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Also, in relatively natural, or wild, lands in much of the US the feral cat population will be limited by a healthy wild predator population. These are the dolphins in your tuna fish, for example. In other words, cats may be a very severe problem in some places, but in other places not a factor at all.

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Killing Cats Fish Birds 274

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

There are many examples in the animal world of pack behavior. I will admit that there are legitimate concerns that have been raised about falconry – birds that are not native to an area sometimes escape and become feral; humans should minimize their influence on nature. Take lions, wolves, hyenas to name a few.

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League Against Cruel Sports Rabbits Falcons Hunting 270

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 8, 2011

Half a decade ago, in a little mountain town about 60 miles northeast of San Diego, a feral kitten dragged his front left leg uselessly. The pair, along with Henry’s two-legged Dachshund girlfriend Tink, teach humans by example to be curious, to learn the skills of resilience, and to focus on what they have, not on what they lack.

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San Diego Kittens Emotional Cats 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

There are four images of Roseate Tern in ffrench, for example, and six images in Kenefick; two images of Barred Antshrike, adult male and female, in ffrench, and four images, adult male and female, juvenile male and female, in Kenefick (images of Barred Antshrike plates are above).

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 218

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2012

A recent visit to Fort Tilden, on the coast of Queens, provided two examples in about fifteen minutes of how difficult it is for songbirds to find their way south. Another recent visit to Kissena Corridor Park in central Queens provided a couple of more examples. dead Common Yellowthroat Please, keep your cats indoors.

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Feral Cats Cats Killing North America 201

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

Portraits of John Gould and Elizabeth Gould, for example, are in the public domain and plates from Gould’s books, including depictions of hummingbirds, have been digitized by universities and are available online. In the Epilogue, he places the hummingbird’s place on the precipice within the larger issues of climate change.

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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

A classic example of what an invasive species is capable of resides on the island of Guam…when one species of snake made its way onto to the island via airplane, practically all of the island’s birds went extinct in a matter of a few decades. For example, when the U.S.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 230

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

The elimination of vultures had its own knock on effects, such as the increase in feral dogs (now that there was more meat available for them) and corresponding increase in rabies. This can be a very good thing, for example bring my late ass up to date on the EU’s idiotic attitude to diclofenac.

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Lions Giraffes Zoos Killing 150

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

For example, I had to be in Nashville (Tennessee) for a conference. Most of the time it’s sheer luck or coincidence that determines what you will see – I saw my first Black Redstart outside a meeting room in France, for example. But nothing beats a thorough preparation at home. Business hotels are thirteen in a dozen.

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Birds Nashville Unwanted Kenya 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. Passenger Pigeons, for example.

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 104