Critter News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

It was not a whim or an attempt to get attention, as the sensationalist press will say; instead this is a response to the domination, objectification and commodification of millions of animals (mink, chinchilla, fox, raccoons, etc.)

Mexico 100

Mexico Chinchillas Fur Raccoons 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2011

Eastern flyway breeding populations appear to be maxing out their available habitat, and are subject to abundant natural limitations such as ground predation by coyotes, foxes, raccoons and opossums. The handful of pairs that are attempting to nest in Ohio appear to winter in Tennessee. What if they’re shot?

Kentucky 260

Kentucky Hunters Hunting Protest 260

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

You typically do not find a bird this naked or featherless outside of the nest unless there has been a storm or the nest has been attacked by predator like a raccoon, chipmunk, squirrel or corvids. What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it? That is probably one of the adults.

Birds 265

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

When we arrived we looked and there was our one-eyed eagle, eating a raccoon that had been hit. I’ll never forget an orphaned Northern Cardinal nestling that I really fussed over a few years back,” said Arden Zich of Fox Valley Wildlife Center in Elburn, Illinois. “We That was 9 years ago. It’s a theme.”. “I’ll

Wildlife Rehabilitation 216

Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 216

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

In addition to these aerial predators, their eggs and young are often taken by squirrels, gray foxes, house cats, coyotes, gopher snakes, rattlesnakes, raccoons, American Crows and Western Scrub-Jays. Let us also not forget the two-legged predator with a shotgun.

California 214

California Eggs Gophers Rattlesnake 214

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2024

In the ominously named “Other” section often ending my posts, we have a Raccoon Dog , as seen on Tianmashan. Apparently, this is not much of a raccoon – its closest relative is the fox. Fortunately not Donald Trump. The post Birding Shanghai in February 2024 first appeared on 10,000 Birds.

Raccoons 130

Raccoons Birds Fox Turtles 130

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I have a dog, cats (domestic and feral), birds raccoons, hawks, owls, coyotes, foxes, bunnies and mice…they all share the yard and the woods. And if we are going to count cats as part of nature, they’re like a foxes or coyotes. Cats are a breathing warm blooded creature like so many others.

Feral Cats 177

Feral Cats Feral Cats Family 177