10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2014
In Australia we definitely have our fair share of invasive species and the main problem is that we are such a huge land mass with such a small population. The population of Australia is concentrated mainly around the city areas along the coast and many invasive species have been able to spread with ease.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. The plethora of approaches to the feral Cat problem is not an outcome of a diversity of great ideas; it is the ugly chimera of inappropriate compromise among biased and often poorly informed stakeholders. Let me tell you this: They are.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. Sophie Osborn’s stories are personal and inspiring, but this is more than a personal memoir.
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. And they would realize that any species whose young tried to nurse with a pointed beak would be a short-lived species. In a perfect world, people would know better.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2016
Scanning the water for rarer species… S. 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. warns me of two locally rare Bean Geese. Watch for the dark beaks.” Yeah, right.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
Notably, this is a vey small number compared to the number of rodents killed by the same cats. Also, in relatively natural, or wild, lands in much of the US the feral cat population will be limited by a healthy wild predator population. Clearly the second choice will cause some species to go extinct, most likely.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 14, 2011
Dirt hawking is a form of falconry that involves hunting rabbits and other small game with Harris Hawks (other hawk species also qualify). One of the primary reasons that these hawks make such excellent falconry birds is because they are one of only two raptor species (the other is the Galapagos Hawk ) that hunt cooperatively.
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