10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
They would realize that wild owls fly silently through the night and grab unwary rodents, not unsuspecting packages of processed cow meat. That is, until the ducklings grow up, are released into a pond, and greet the local feral cat colony as long-lost relatives. In a perfect world, people would know better.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2019
But come spring, an even luckier few may even find a fellow survivor of their own kind with whom to start a family, unwittingly causing contentious debates among birders about the countability of established feral populations in the process.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 23, 2015
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. A normally quiet species, that walks a lot more than it flies, takes on a whole new role once it has laid eggs.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2017
He has seen them before in Cape Town, but those were introduced and feral birds, while in the Balkans they are indigenous and – countable! And this winter I saw a flock of 500 swans in Belgrade – nothing exciting about them? Well, for me – no, but for Nicolaas, Mute Swans were a lifer species. All photos (6) by Vladimir Milovanovic.
Animal Person
JULY 22, 2009
Maybe sugar processed with bone char isn't worth boycotting a restaurant over. I'd rather trap a feral cat and have her spayed. didn't know that), there's only so much you can do, and each person has to draw their own line in the sand. Maybe it is. Arguing about that line with other vegans, though, doesn't interest me.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
Falconers want to be part of the process, they want to get as close as they can to the exciting hunting potential of a bird of prey. The previous snowy was a good hunter but unfortunately that owl caught a feral pigeon that had frounce and died not long afterwards–something that could happen with a wild snowy.
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 8, 2011
Half a decade ago, in a little mountain town about 60 miles northeast of San Diego, a feral kitten dragged his front left leg uselessly. They help people express their emotions, and, in the process, reveal their true selves to those around them.
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