10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2016

I assured him I knew what the situation was, and hurried out the door with a crate, gloves, and a large bag of frozen mice. I continued to toss, and he cheerfully continued to snarf up mice as fast as I could throw them. Guardians of human health, and a pretty awesome bird species as well … what a package!

Wildlife Rehabilitation 142

Wildlife Rehabilitation Mice Indiana Game 142

10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2015

This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens. They were not aware of wildlife laws, and thought they could raise and release them. We decided to raise them, and hoped they would wild up quickly if we followed the protocol for avoiding imprinting. She has a captive-bred education bird named Xena, a Eurasian Eagle Owl.

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Raised Mice Wildlife Rehabilitation Squirrels 241

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

Latimer refers to his previous two posts where he has "documented the ethical and moral shallowness of the 'animal rights' credo itself, which is based more on an anti-human self hatred, taking the form of a 'moral' squeamishness concerned more with stamping out human 'cruelty,' no matter what the social or economic costs might be.

Animal Rights 100

Animal Rights Rights Broiler Chicken Animal 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2015

As a bonus, they are often heavily visited and as a consequence the birds found in them are used to large numbers of people having picnics, regarding begonias, dating, courting, playing Frisbee, and are therefore untroubled by humans regarding them carefully. I have seen unconcerned Cape Grey Mongoose and Four-striped Mice though.

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Africa Birds South Africa Mongoose 192

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

In September, Abigail Ruth, a small human, was born and I became a grandmother. ” [[link]. I’m including photos here of both the Central Park KIWA (above) and one of the Mio KIWAs (below). And… There is one more bird at the top of my Best of 2018 list. Well, not really a bird.

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2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In contrast, the females need to make sure not to get duped into raising actual cuckoos – the buntings are a targeted host species ( source ). On the other hand, in the West, mice, and rats are also kept as pets, maybe with the same logic. Possibly a survivor of siblicide (which would make it a killer, right?).

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Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 222