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National Feral Cat Day Didn’t Go As Planned

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feral cat with a Golden-crowned Kinglet by Isaac Grant. Pity the poor souls at Alley Cat Allies. So on 16 October, which Alley Cat Allies has turned into “National Feral Cat Day,” local governments got an earful. After all, someone is taking care of all those cats, right? Example one?

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Remotest Endemic Birds

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In other words what are the chances of one of these extremely remote species showing up in a less remote place – like my backyard in Lake Worth, Florida? Its numbers are declining rapidly due to feral cats and this duck is currently listed as vulnerable. Eaton’s Pintail by N.

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

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There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. They range from the successful eradication of feral cats from Marion Island (hear that, Corey?) And then there were the Flamingos.