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Feral Cats in American Cities

10,000 Birds

The other day, Minneapolis, Minnesota passed a feral cat ordinance. And she has a North American bird book that has so far taught her how to recognize a sparrow. Free-roaming cats will hunt and kill birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish, resulting in wildlife mortality. But I don’t want to do nothing.”.

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Jinx Warbler Vanquished

10,000 Birds

All the info I needed came in an e-mail from a Minnesota birder named Peder. I got out of the car, climbed a small hill where the shooting benches were and realized I was looking at a fabulous patch of habitat for a great gray owl to hunt. The day shift, hunting the meadow. I gazed at the bird, its eyes looking right through me.