10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2021
We have to understand, though, that this was a natural predator and not one of our introduced feral cats or foxes. Last year they were successful at raising one chick, so we just have to hope they are this year too. The moist Pied Oystercatcher nest site after the thieving.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings! That is, until the ducklings grow up, are released into a pond, and greet the local feral cat colony as long-lost relatives. Explanations are simple: only a mother rabbit or a highly trained rehabilitator has a chance of raising and releasing a healthy wild bunny. How cute!
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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. The last time they successfully raised a chick was in 2012.
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.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2016
I say “luck” because there is a problem with predation by feral cats and it really is beyond their control as it were. Sadly we don’t expect them to successfully raise chicks this early in the season, but you never know! Pied Oystercatcher tracks in the dunes.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 2, 2011
Sadly a lot of eggs are lost to feral cats and chicks are sometimes taken by birds of prey. She successfully raised a chick in 2007, which has been living in a large flock to the south of Broome. We had one pair attempt 5 times in 2009, so they don’t give up easily!
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.
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