10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Dauphine works at the National Zoo studying wild birds, where her research has focused on one of birds’ enemies: cats. An online lecture by Dauphine is entitled “apocalypse meow – free ranging cats and the destruction of American wildlife.”

Hunting 235

Hunting Feral Cats Free Range Rats 235

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2013

Normally I feed vultures, as well as hawks and owls, defrosted mice and rats. He ate through my remaining supply of rats and mice, as well as all my pinkies (hairless, day-old rodents, easily digestible and good for starvation cases). Did I have an answer for him. Sometimes a defrosted chick. He ate my last quail.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 212

Wildlife Rehabilitation Rodents Mice Rats 212

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Also frequent escapees (or very free ranging domestics) are guinea fowl and to a lesser extent a number of other gamebirds up to and including peacocks. Photo copyright The Smithsonian’s National Zoo, taken from the Guam Rail page. . It persists in captivity at a breeding facility on Guam and in a number of American zoos.

Puerto Rico 200

Puerto Rico Guam Virgin Islands Feral 200