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An Open Letter to Outdoor/Feral Cat Supporters

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Dear Outdoor Cat Owners/Feral Cat Supporters, Does the photo above sicken you? I have received countless numbers of wild birds mangled and/or killed by outdoor/feral cats, such as the Orange-crowned Warbler pictured here. If you love your cats so much, why don’t you protect them? It sickens me.

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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The potential for contagion through clicking on links has long been acknowledged and with a desire to protect our precious readers, the links have been discontinued. You may notice a few non-commital “sp” entries and/or a few domestic/feral/hybrid forms. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii).

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

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This was where I set up my bird feeders, just one at first, then expanding as everyone expressed delight in seeing the Carolina Chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, and Downy Woodpeckers. I picked up a Downy Woodpecker, an every-day visitor. I was shocked when I found the first body, a female Towhee. The window silhouettes were gone.

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Exploring the Kapela (Chapel) Reserve

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A narrow bluff-top buffer zone is also protected. Feral Pigeon – Columba livia. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos minor. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos minor. Syrian Woodpecker – Dendrocopos syriacus. Common Tern – Sterna hirundo. Common Cuckoo – Cuculus canorus.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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Afraid that their ideas for the development of the area, including a ski centre, might be restricted by the nature protection regime, the officials rejected the idea. Feral Pigeon – Columba livia dom. Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major. Eurasian Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis.

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Manky Muscovy Ducks

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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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Domestic or Ganky Geese

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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.

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