10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Yes, it’s the same species that so many North American birders have looked for around the San Pedro River (myself included) and like those Arizona birds, our urban Gray Hawks likewise use riparian zones. In Costa Rica, the urban raptor can take more than one form but usually, the local avian top predator is a Gray Hawk.

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Costa Rica Mice Arizona Squirrels 283

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Despite depicting 540 species/56 families, it is a lightweight book of 173 pages, easy to pack and carry. Mammals of South Asia follows the latest taxonomy, describes all the species recorded within the region and provides a range map for each species. Larger species, that is, excluding dolphins and whales.

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Asia Mammals Sri Lanka Bhutan 173

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2015

We call it a “mouse gradation year” I was not able to find a catchy English term for “gradation year” – it’s what happens when a certain species showing population cycles reaches a peak year. If however you are a larger “mouse”-like rodent you are a rat. No “gophers” etc.

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Fox Rodents Gophers Germany 163

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2014

To civilians who may have been puzzled by the wildlife crowd’s tossed-off references to peefas, modos or mice cubes, here is a beginner’s guide to Rehabberspeak. Raptor rehabbers feed our patients mostly thawed mice which, when frozen, are called either “mice cubes” or “mousesicles.”

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Mice Vet 223

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2013

She got out and began taking photos and quickly realized that the owl was being baited with white mice. But as she stayed and mice were being tossed out, she decided it wasn’t for her, and she left the birds, and the group. I question the release of non-native mice into the wild. My own take on that mirrors it.

Owls 185

Owls Mice Tethering Chickens 185

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2021

In fact, this is probably a species that has substantially expanded its original range through the pet shop route and the resulting escapees. In fact, it seems to be one of the species employed by past ornithologists to establish their own monument in the shape of a subspecies. A challenge for young birders, maybe.

South Africa 221

South Africa Africa Lesotho Nigeria 221

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Given the complexity of the research, the result feels like a bit of a letdown – “northern populations start migration earlier than southern populations, especially in autumn” The species name of the Chestnut-eared Bunting is fucata , from the Latin “fucare”, to paint red.

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Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 196

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2014

Like leg hold traps, glue traps are indiscriminate, with non-targeted species making up a large proportion of their catch. The homeowners were trying to catch mice. However, many people who wouldn’t dream of setting a leg-hold trap use glue traps, which accomplish the same thing – just on a smaller scale.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Mice Rodents Rescue 279

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2015

I’ve rescued field mice to horses, and everything in between. Can your hearts be so species-specific? Dear Outdoor Cat Owners/Feral Cat Supporters, Does the photo above sicken you? It sickens me. I have been rescuing animals, both wild and domestic, since I was a child. It’s natural.”).

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Rescue 255

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!

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Mice Indiana Game 126

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

What’s even more frustrating is when animal rights people learn of plans to cull nonnative species. Yes, of course it is too bad that so many animals (most often rats, mice and rabbits) have to be killed. As you can see here , PETA does not even address these issues at all, while portraying themselves as indeed giving a damn.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 202

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Greater and Lesser Yellow-headed Vultures are so similar that for a long time were thought to be the same species. The fact that one, the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, acted so differently and favored a different habitat alerted ornithologists to look closer and determine that indeed they were two separate species.

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Mice Killing Turkey Mammals 166

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Smaller frogs and toads, mice, bugs, worms, dog food, and carrion, you name it. I suppose it’s no big surprise, Marine Toads can get as big as a small quail and they will basically eat whatever they can fit in their mouth. Birds too, if they can catch them.

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Costa Rica Investigation Shelters Illinois 250

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2015

I thought so too when I first went out, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how many species I do encounter every day! They are partially covered with Sea Oats and other vegetation, providing habitat for beach mice, shorebirds, and other species. Why bother?” My walk on one particular Thursday provides the perfect example.

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Florida Birds Mice Breeding 157

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2015

Another species of Python, the African Python ( Python sebae ) has established a small population in the 2,877-acre Bird Drive Area (BDA) in South Florida. Photo Credit: Invasive and Exotic Species of North America (www.invasive.org). The invasive Burmese Python ( Python molurus ) is well established in the Florida Everglade.

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Pythons Florida Mammals Reptiles 178

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. With the exception of species that number in the hundreds, conservation biologists are not as concerned with the fates of individual animals, it is only when such fates of many individuals are added up do they begin to worry.

Animal Rights 257

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 257

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

They are omnivorous and will follow plagues of mice or locusts and have been known to eat the invasive pest the Cane Toad without ill-effect. This is the best time of year for finding this iconic species in the north of Australia! They approach the water hesitantly and then drop down to drink. Australian Bustard drinking.

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Australia Mice Eggs Eagles 103

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

I remember, several times while motionlessly surveying birds, I found myself being investigated by Striped Field Mice , who would dare to come to sniff me. I already have a history of searches for this species. Those mice I began with had me thinking of what it would be like coming close to something big, really big.

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Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 171

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

A personal encounter with a wild species changes one’s perspective. Inserts in rodent poisons that assure the public they will not kill anything but the offending rats or mice pedal the same questionable claims as those of the snake oil salesmen of bygone days. Will the population of the species be affected?

Wildlife Rehabilitation 189

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2015

They are typically easy places to reach, easy to get about in, safe, and serve as a natural primer for many of the species you’re going to be seeing on a trip. I have seen unconcerned Cape Grey Mongoose and Four-striped Mice though. Which can often have less to see, or at least see easily as a visitor, than a national park.

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Africa Birds South Africa Mongoose 181

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

And New Zealand has a fairly aggressive programme of conservation measures in place to protect native wildlife by killing native species, again something I have defended on th is site. Even wiping out one species, like possums, or stoats, or hedgehogs is probably beyond current methods.

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New Zealand Possums Cats SPCA 114

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Here we should see the flightless Lyall’s Wren , once called Stephen’s Island Wrens (after the island they were first described from), as they scurry around the forest floor like mice! And of course you’ll be keen to keep an eye open for Mantell’s Moa , one of ten species you should see on your tour.

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New Zealand Ducks Australia Mountain Goats 193

Critter News

JUNE 4, 2009

The EU's executive Commission last year proposed a range of measures to improve the welfare of the 12 million vertebrate animals used in experiments each year, mostly mice and rats.

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Medical Research Medical Research Apes 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Frizzell explained that a large population of feral cats is ultimately detrimental to the overall environmental health of the base, its native species and ecosystems. They’re a big impact on wildlife. That’s why I’m concerned,” Frizzell said. ‘‘The

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Compassion 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The section South Georgia Wildlife describes 65 species of birds, 20 species of sea mammals, nearly 60 species of insects, and more than 40 species of flowering and nonflowering plants. Thirty-six Tubenose species are covered to varying degrees, depending on their status.

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Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 172

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2013

And if a feral cat colony is near an endangered species, the colony should be eliminated. I have a dog, cats (domestic and feral), birds raccoons, hawks, owls, coyotes, foxes, bunnies and mice…they all share the yard and the woods. We see several different types of species.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Family 176

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2011

So it’s probably ironic that his name is applied to such a range-restricted and cryptic species, a true birder’s bird. The grass is about ankle-high, and the longspurs move like mice. But Smith did have one thing going for him in the race to ornithological history. He knew people. One person, in particular.

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Missouri Baltimore Maryland Mice 159

Animal Person

JUNE 1, 2009

In each case, "rational man" had to rethink human identity ¯ his species identity common to all other humans, or rather, all those counted as "human" and as part of the valuer´s community. Humanized' mice speak volumes (scienceblog.com). Check out the rest and let me know what you think. Why can we talk?

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Speciesism Morals Vegan Humane 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

Fortunately for we humans, placing primates properly phylogenetically in relation to the other mammals requires an act or two of faith at the deeper ends of the family tree, but it is probably true that primates and rodents share a common stock to the exclusion of others, so maybe we are all mice.

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Camels Whales Whaling Apes 195

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

Whooping Crane is not listed as a “sensitive species” for Florida, and there are reports for other locations in the area. ” [[link]. Which pretty much describes our adventures finding these birds. An eBird mystery. I also noted that the U.S.

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2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 148

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

than with any genuine concern for species diversity or even animal welfare."

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Animal Rights Rights Broiler Chicken Animal 100