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Manky Muscovy Ducks

10,000 Birds

Feral Muscovy Ducks seem to attract many of those epithets. Not only are the individual ducks hard to look at, but in groups, the feral populations create the same messes other masses of waterfowl do. Frankly, I find them gloriously grotesque, akin to New World vultures in their bare-faced beastliness. The proposal from U.S.

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Domestic or Ganky Geese

10,000 Birds

Feral geese run the gamut from pure white to almost entirely gray or brown. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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