10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Fast food containers are popular. “An Covered in fish slime! The prize for presentation goes to the folks who delivered this very small opossum to Michelle Wellard in Philadelphia. “Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.” wrote Debbie Souza-Pappas in Utah. What are the odds?

Transported 278

Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Common Myna , a fairly recent introduction, is practically a specialist in dumpster diving at fast food joints, roosting under vehicles near shopping malls, and nesting in neon store signs. If enough trees are present, Blue Jay and Red-bellied Woodpecker become distinct possibilities.

Miami 124

Miami Fast Food Florida Birds 124

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2016

One of the species he called out, Red-masked Parakeet , was present in numbers and nesting at the location. Then he pointed out a Least Tern that came in to hunt for fish on the pond as if I would be assuaged with another bird that has “Least” in its name! And could we just do a quick drive through at a fast food joint?

Florida 114

Florida Miami Birds Owls 114