10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
ELs are fat around the waist, their weight is more pronounced towards the front end, and when you raise your fingers, letting ELs rest only against your thumbs, they start falling down, front end first. And when you raise your fingers, well balanced NLs happily rest against your thumbs, not falling to either side.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2021
We have to understand, though, that this was a natural predator and not one of our introduced feral cats or foxes. Last year they were successful at raising one chick, so we just have to hope they are this year too. The moist Pied Oystercatcher nest site after the thieving.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2022
The Asian Koel is a cuckoo species and thus freed from the obligation to raise its own chicks (though the birds like to refer to themselves as brood parasites, which sounds a bit less obviously selfish). If you take a feral pigeon, bleach it and then batik it using the right colors, the result might be a Pink-necked Green Pigeon (1).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
The 1st edition from 1999 was a complete revolution in just about everything, but predominantly the quality and realism of illustrations, showing what a field guide could be and seriously raising the threshold for other publishers. That made everyone happy (with the possible exception of other publishers).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings! That is, until the ducklings grow up, are released into a pond, and greet the local feral cat colony as long-lost relatives. Explanations are simple: only a mother rabbit or a highly trained rehabilitator has a chance of raising and releasing a healthy wild bunny. How cute!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2018
There is a cat curfew for domestic animals in some states and a cull has been instigated to try to reduce the number of feral felines, currently estimated at 2 million. Keep the feeders above 6 feet where possible and away from any raised surfaces which the cats may use as a launch pad.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 23, 2015
There are sixteen pairs of Pied Oystercatchers and they have varying success at raising young birds. 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. The last time they successfully raised a chick was in 2012.
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