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Feral Cats in American Cities

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The other day, Minneapolis, Minnesota passed a feral cat ordinance. So I put together a “carnival” (of sorts) of Feral Cat Ordinances and Issues that samples current events across the US. From the Star Tribune : Feral cats win a round at Minneapolis City Hall. This got me wondering what other cities were doing.

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Counting Feral Muscovy Ducks in Florida

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You see, Muscovy Ducks are countable in the American Birding Association area due to wild birds from Central America making their way up into Texas. The birds in Florida, on the other hand, are of domestic stock gone feral. feral Muscovy Duck at Blue Heron Wetlands, Titusville, Florida. And why is it still there?

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The Urban Birds of Austin, Texas

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Though I have been birding for a few years now, I had only birded west of the Mississippi once before my recent trip to Austin, Texas. These birds live in Texas and the southwest, and until that power line I had never seen one. Given how far west I found myself, I was hoping for at least a handful of new birds.

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Manky Muscovy Ducks

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When this native of Mesoamerica and South America is spied in the wild, usually in some corner of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, it elicits admiring oohs and ahs. Feral Muscovy Ducks seem to attract many of those epithets. Such is the lot of the Manky Muscovy.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

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Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Blue Ground Dove – Claravis pretiosa. pueblo nuevo marsh 2. 13 Dec 2019. White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi. CalleCollege Periodistas. 02 Dec 2019.

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

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There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. They range from the successful eradication of feral cats from Marion Island (hear that, Corey?)