10,000 Birds
AUGUST 23, 2015
There are sixteen pairs of Pied Oystercatchers and they have varying success at raising young birds. The main problem appears to be feral cats, but there is also predation from birds of prey and the parent Pied Oystercatchers do their utmost to protect their young. Feral cat prints at nest site-eggs gone.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
The point is, Wildcat, the very close cousin to, physically identical to a domestic kitty cat but with a kick-ass attitude, is these days as African a beast as is the Lion (which once also lived across Europe and Africa) or the Okapi (which did not). I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. That was one of his cats.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2013
The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species? Change in Law.
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. But, yes, there are photographs of dead birds and x-ray images of the damage done to individual birds and photographs of the annual FLAP display, as shown below.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 11, 2018
We can only hope that by laying only one egg and having only one chick to raise that they may have more luck second time round. We do not add debris to protect the nests and the main threat to the nests still appears to be feral cats. Pied Oystercatcher nest site.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
The huge population of feral cats undoubtedly is having a detrimental effect on our bird life. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Handbook to The Birds of Australia, 1865. Until the problem with invasive species is addressed they will always be at risk.
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