10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

Mice/rats in your house or business? ” Most people don’t understand what they’re doing when they use rat poison. The rodents eat the bait, stagger out of the building looking for water, and are easy prey for whatever carnivore happens to be passing by, be it wildlife or someone’s pet. Call the pest control company.

Rats 241

Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 241

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands. Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

Mountain Lions 260

Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 260

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2018

Invasive species , particularly rodents, have long been a problem on the Hawaiian archipelago. Midway, which was once a military facility, has long had mice and it once had rats, though they were eradicated in 1996. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) wants to eradicate all of the mice on Midway. They are also disease vectors.

Mice 102

Mice Albatross Honolulu Endangered Species 102

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Inserts in rodent poisons that assure the public they will not kill anything but the offending rats or mice pedal the same questionable claims as those of the snake oil salesmen of bygone days. We use toxins, pesticides, and herbicides in many ways, from dusting our pansies to increasing the yield of thousands of acres of crops.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 189

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2012

Frogs and fish and insects and rodents yes, but not birds. Which keep eating rat poison. I did process a few incidentally found-as-dead birds but I was not into collecting them, and at that point, collecting birds was not considered typical. And in those days there were bird books with pictures in them. But I digress.

Birds 169

Birds Collecting Rodents Wounded 169