10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Still, with the help of various sources, the authors have a try: Ninety million cats live in 46 million American homes; There are 100 million feral cats that live outside and eat mostly wildlife, and 50 million owned cats (i.e., Header image of feral cat with a Golden-crowned Kinglet by Isaac Grant. By Peter P.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Quantico Military Base is really behaving cruelly when it comes to the feral cats on its base. We do not support or promote feral animals on the base,” flatly stated Bruce Frizzell, head of the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs office. Feral cats may be an animal problem, but there is a human solution.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

As the rice paddies near Kota Kinabalu described in an earlier post , Tanjung Aru beach is not really a major birding spot in its own right. The Long-tailed Parakeet can sometimes be seen here feeding right next to the Blue-naped Parrot. The first one is the Blue-naped Parrot. Or US$ 8 for the pair below.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2023

And of course, there is a large number of Rock Doves (feral), particularly near one particular mosque. I did not actually go to Afghanistan for birding. In a barely disguised advertising plug, I will explain more at the end of this post (and probably in some other posts describing my travels in Afghanistan).

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Left – 2nd edition, right – 3rd edition So, not much has changed since the 2nd edition? Forget occasional escapees, there is an established feral population successfully breeding in the north of Germany, which was 131 birds strong last year. Yet, still a gauntlet thrown to other publishers, too.

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Europe Birds Woodpeckers Ireland 249

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

But as of right now there is nowhere in the United States where a birder can see a chicken and count it on his or her list despite the fact that there is a well established and long lasting Feral Chicken population in the Florida Keys. It is time for the Florida Ornithological Society to allow for the counting of Feral Chickens.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2013

After careful consideration of all of the enlightened arguments that have been made by those in favor of Trap-Neuter-Return for feral cats in recent blog posts , we here at 10,000 Birds have been completely convinced by their well-thought-out, logical, and airtight conclusions. Then share our fantastic new organization with your friends!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

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). These birds on Pulau Ubin may well be Red Junglefowl (they have grey feet), but they may also be hybrids – apparently, there is a genomic continuum from feral to wild Red Junglefowl in Singapore.

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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. The chick is just to the right of the adult bird in the photo below in the shade. The moist Pied Oystercatcher nest site after the thieving. It was not a good result at all and not what we had hoped to find.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

They are about the same length (NL 6.2in / 158mm; EL 6.3in / 160mm) and weight (NL 30oz / 850g; EL 29.6oz / 840g), and obviously, the same lens diameter, hence, they should feel the same, right? Nothing can be more wrong. The beauty of birding is that no matter how good you get, you can always find a way to challenge yourself.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Also, the chances for adding vagrants depend on the occurrence of storms from the right direction during the right season. And last but not least, the ABA list is constantly growing due to the inclusion of escapes and ferals with established, self-sustaining populations.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2020

In the header photo the Pied Oystercatcher chick is only just to the right of the adult. Feral cats are also a problem in Broome. The Pied Oystercatchers hide the chicks in the thick vegetation once they leave the nest site. This offers a lot more protection than the exposed nest site. In the photo below it is a lot clearer.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The group, founded in 2007, also provides a free, full-time spay and neuter clinic for homeless stray and feral cats, plus low-cost, spay and neuter services for tame pet cats. We know funds are tight for many right now, but if you have anything to donate to such a wonderful organization, please do. For more information, visit [link].

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2019

In the photo above there is one chick trying to avoid the wind under the vegetation to the right of the tail of the Pied Oystercatcher on the left. In the photo below the chick in front of the adult on the right is rearranging its breast feathers! You can also see that the legs of the chicks are almost as wide as the adults!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

There is a flock of Wild Turkeys that strut around like they own the place and they might very well be right. After all, there is no hunting and while I watched the turkeys they routed a feral cat that dared come near the flock of twelve which consisted of two tom turkeys and ten hens.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so, when Salvador Ramirez left, there were feral goats on the island of San Clemente, the southernmost of the Channel Islands off the coast of California. No wait, they were, but they had experienced so much genetic drift and selective pressure that they now constituted a unique breed in their own right.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2013

In this case, the signs were right. Also a sign when I spot other books by the same author on the shelf in the office of a member of my thesis committee, and on my own Christmas wish list. This is a good book. Other signs: Last night, as I was reading this in the bar, a man came up to me and asked about it (please don’t do that.)

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Critter News

MARCH 29, 2009

All I know is that the majority of vegetarians, ex-vegetarians, animal rights supporters, animal rescuers, animal shelter volunteers, and feral cat colony stewards that I know are women. Tags: animal rights. It's an intriguing question that would probably get quite a response at any dinner party. Frankly, I don't know.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

Geographically, species like Common Wood-Pigeon , European Turtle-Dove , or even feral Rock Pigeon seem most likely in this corner of Aquitaine – but for a rosé wine, how about a Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove as a mascot?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Yeah, right. The only mammals of the day were feral Nutrias (Coypus), aquatic rodents originally from southern South America released from the bankrupt fur-farms and well established here. I am checking for darker heads and necks, but the sunset is taking over… “How do you manage to tell them apart,” I ask him.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

That is, until the ducklings grow up, are released into a pond, and greet the local feral cat colony as long-lost relatives. Teach her to do the right thing, even if it makes her a little sad, because help without knowledge is no help at all. A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings! That is, until … you get the picture.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2019

Two hundred yards further, the first Common Goldeneye and Smew started to appear and, while counting Smew and geese, a Great Bittern took flight from one stand of reeds to another, right in front of us. And this one chose to fly right in front of us. It is not an uncommon bird, but being so secretive, I see it only every other year.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

You drive towards Jones Beach then hang a left down Ocean Parkway, ignoring the birder sitting next to you pointing out a possible Merlin and newly arrived Brant because you need to drive at just the right speed. The bird was right there, they said, pointing vaguely north. State police can be zealous around here. Or by a cat!

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

For most of the birding community, difficulties come in the form of locating coffee at the relevant time (that could actually be all day long), getting to the right habitat, and just seeing the birds. However, there is also that one factor over which we don’t have any control and which can make or break any day of birding, anywhere.

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Animal Person

APRIL 24, 2009

mikey, my stance can be seen in the posts about Project Treadstone (and if you type Project Treadstone into the Google Search box just below my half-blind, diabetic greyhound, Violet Rays, on the right, you'll get a dozen more posts).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

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. Wicked, right? The word manky means many things in British parlance from dirty and disgusting to inferior and worthless.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

As most people know cats, both feral and domestic, have a pretty big impact on wild birds and other wildlife, and the effect of mammals is particularly profound in New Zealand. Conservation was in the news again in the last few weeks here in New Zealand, and unfortunately not in a good way.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2011

These waste water treatment plants offer the perfect environment to bird-life due to the fact that water is constantly available and is fenced for further protection from feral animals. They are not an advertised tourist area, but ask any birder and they will point you in the right direction!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2014

By the end of a day, the best bird was the White-tailed Eagle that caught and ate a fish right in front of us – a species they have seen in the UK only once. a few weeks ago I guided a British couple around Belgrade, visited about four major sites and found more than 60 species.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 3, 2010

She has a new book out (which I am reading right now) called One Good Dog. A feral kitten captured and neutered by a small non-profit, somewhat militant organization, was on display at our local Massachusetts Society Prevention of Cruelty Association branch, which often took these feral cats in the hope of finding homes for them.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2017

You can hear its song in spring, but even then, it is a rare privilege to have one posing at the very ends of willow branches right next to one’s car. Feral Pigeon – Columba livia. In the Bird Identification guide, it is deservedly described as an introvert. A narrow bluff-top buffer zone is also protected.

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Animal Person

MAY 12, 2009

So there was no traffic, no noise, and each day we awoke to the drama of the creatures who lived right outside our door. Now I have the drama of the feral cats and of course the greyhounds. It wasn't much--clusters of mushroom-like townhouses that are ubiquitous in Florida--but it was on a lake. And a dead end.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

all the time pointing with my right hand while holding the steering wheel with my left, and the hardest thing, keeping my eyes on the road. Feral Pigeon – Columba livia. I screamed “UralOwlUralOwlUralOwl!!!”, Fortunately, B. managed to see it, his largest owl ever. Common Gull – Larus canus.

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Owls Greece Serbia Woodpeckers 104

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

By the last year of the war, the US increased its military aid to the Greek Government and introduced a new weapon: the first napalm attack after World War II took place right here! Feral Pigeon – Columba livia dom. Even 70 years later, the elders still do not like to talk about it. Eurasian Sparrowhawk – Accipiter nisus.

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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.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Today I’m exploring a couple questions that have been bouncing in my head for a while…I’d love to hear your thoughts…I’m not calling into question animal rights, just the focus of the movement. – The Great Ornithologist Felonious Jive Animal rights. This makes perfect sense.

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