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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. The word manky means many things in British parlance from dirty and disgusting to inferior and worthless. The proposal from U.S.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

10,000 Birds

The Marvelous Spatuletail as it appears in a video about The Glitter in the Green. It is also a story about conservation: the danger hummingbirds have always been in from all sides, natural and human-made, and the ways in which individuals, community groups, and larger organizations are working to protect them. link] © 2021 Jon Dunn.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

There is also a video of Dr. Klem talking about his work on the website of the Acopian Center for Ornithology, Muhlenberg College. Solid Air: Invisible Killer- Saving Billions of Birds from Windows is a book about bird deaths, science, simple and complex solutions, and how one man’s passion and persistence really can make a change.

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National Justice for Animals Week

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The mascot for this year’s National Justice for Animals Week is Adam, a spunky black cat who was set on fire by two teenage girls in a vicious attack in Santa Rosa, California, as an eight-week-old feral kitten. ALDF is honoring Adam and all those who came to his rescue with a special video profile that will be available on www.aldf.org.

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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. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Wicked, right?

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