10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

Mice/rats in your house or business? ” Most people don’t understand what they’re doing when they use rat poison. The rodents eat the bait, stagger out of the building looking for water, and are easy prey for whatever carnivore happens to be passing by, be it wildlife or someone’s pet. Call the pest control company.

Rats 250

Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 250

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands. Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

Mountain Lions 267

Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 267

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I birded savannas of Southern Africa, I birded India and Central America, and I always missed having a local mammal guide with me. No, Madagascar is the most famous for an endemic group of mammals: lemurs, sifakas, indri, aye-aye – in total, 112 endemic species and subspecies of lemurs alone! Yet, those bird guides are hefty.

Madagascar 257

Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 257

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2012

I’ve written at length in the past about the circumstances of that extinction event, how the rich endemic fauna was utterly vulnerable to introduced mammals and how waves of invaders wiped out different groups of species. Hit the rats hard and quick in a single hit. New Zealand faces massive challenges in protecting its species.

New Zealand 175

New Zealand Rats Mammals Possums 175