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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

But they don’t live in North America. I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids.

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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

10,000 Birds

Clapper Rails are common but rarely seen birds across the islands and on my own island are common in a range of habitats that may surprise readers used to seeing them in wetlands in North America. There are any number of concerns one could raise. Guam Rail Gallirallus owstoni. How ecologically similar are the two species?