10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

Now and then individual catfish of various species hunt nearer the surface and larger catfish such as the American Channel Cat will take a duck or other water bird. So, the modal catfish is a fish that hunts from below, can take large prey, and occasionally eats a bird. As noted, the fish-like mammals do this as well.

Fish 215

Fish Birds Whales Whaling 215

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. Part of the world they wanted to transport was natural. The Eurasian Blackbird was not found in new Zealand before man, but it is now.

New Zealand 162

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

So I put together a “carnival” (of sorts) of Feral Cat Ordinances and Issues that samples current events across the US. Free-roaming cats will hunt and kill birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish, resulting in wildlife mortality. And it goes on and on, this is just a sampling.

Feral Cats 226

Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 226

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In particular, birds that hang around with humans who don’t happen to hunt or eat them can become very tame. Part of that research was to document human avoidance by ground mammals, and that was stark and apparent. The study used many species, good sample sizes, and is statistically convincing.

Birds 131

Birds Research Humane Pets 131

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2012

That for the latter nature went on without them, letting them observe, seems to be proved by the fact that there doesn’t seem to be a big difference in your chance of getting wounded by a small to medium forest mammal if you are hunting them or if you are gathering plant products. Or get your own.

Birds 172

Birds Collecting Rodents Wounded 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

Read what you want about the origin of domestic cats; the genetic evidence is not properly sampled. When you throw the feral Cat in there, not only do they push out the indigenous wild carnivores, but they are hunting animals that are not quite adapted to avoiding them as well as they may be to avoiding other animals.

Feral Cats 257

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 257

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This fish hunting duck ranges from the northern tip of New Zealand to the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands (after which it was first named) but is common nowhere. There aren’t many mammal ticks on this trip, but the ones you get are pretty remarkable. It certainly has no known relatives. Laughing Owl.

New Zealand 217

New Zealand Ducks Australia Mountain Goats 217