10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2011

Naturalists examining old nests have identified raccoon, opossum, dog, fox squirrel, red squirrel, rabbit, horse, cow, cat, mouse, woodchuck, and even human hair in titmouse nests.

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Raccoons Woodchucks Opossums Squirrels 210

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Later in the morning I came across an Opossum that had been sliced nearly in half by the mower and I imagine that it wasn’t the only casualty of the poorly planned mowing. They do the entire landfill every-other-year instead of doing half each year.

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Bald Eagle Opossums Squirrels Meat 172

4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 31, 2012

Erubbermaids “Roughneck” homes create the perfect winter sanctuary for feral cats Opossums, raccoons and skunks. Other animals, like opossums, are more used to the cold but will take advantage of the spiffy new digs as well. If you’re looking for an inexpensive way to help the furry friends in your backyard, this is it.

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Feral Cats Feral Opossums Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2019

Like a Northern Goshawk on steroids with fancy plumage, these birds can take small monkeys, opossums, ibis, toucans, macaws, and other medium-sized animals of the rainforest. If a large, powerful bird of prey capable of terrorizing a Wild Turkey comes to mind, that may be a fair definition of a hawk-eagle. This curassow is great.

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Costa Rica Eagles West Virginia Opossums 166

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2012

Jeff Gordon and I were wandering around the seriously disturbed habitat behind the airport hotel we stayed in outside of Budapest when a bizarre mammal about the size of an opossum crossed the path in front of us. “What the #*$% was that?!?!” ” It turns out it was a hedgehog, a Northern White-breasted Hedgehog to be exact.

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Hedgehogs Hungary Opossums North America 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2011

Eastern flyway breeding populations appear to be maxing out their available habitat, and are subject to abundant natural limitations such as ground predation by coyotes, foxes, raccoons and opossums. The handful of pairs that are attempting to nest in Ohio appear to winter in Tennessee. What if they’re shot?

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Kentucky Hunters Hunting Protest 260

Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

And let's not forget the required sanctimonious quote from an animal researcher “Our primates are essential partners in medical progress, as are mice, rats, guinea pigs and opossums. Without them we would be stripped of the very tools we need to open new paths of discovery and to challenge old dogma.” Oh brother.

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Primates San Antonio Guinea Pigs Biomedical Research 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

I wish people would start appreciating the misunderstood animals out there, like snakes and opossums,” wrote Elissa in New York. They’d also have to pay for every aspect of care the injured bird requires, as well as the emotional suffering of the wildlife rehabilitator!”. Change in Attitude. “I Change in Government Attitude.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 234

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Sometime later, it was already dark and I was in a bathroom when Serge knocked at the door: Look out, opossum at the feeder! Like most of the lodge, this bathroom has a glass wall, this one overlooking the feeders and my lifer mammal, my first opossum ever. Checking the field guide, I came with a Common Opossum.

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Costa Rica Opossums Mammals United States 217

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2014

I got a sewer rat a lady thought was a baby opossum,” chimed in Charis Palmer. “A “I had a cockatoo, a vulture, a Snowy Owl , and various hawks that all turned out to be pigeons,” wrote Joanne Cina-Dreeben. And once I took in three pit bull puppies that turned out to be squirrels.”. “I

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Falcons Pit Bulls 238

Animal Person

JULY 7, 2009

I don't know if she was being sarcastic, but in my town I see dead armadillos, opossums, raccoons, all manner of turtles, and squirrels dead in the middle of the road frequently. I tweeted about a similar incident about a month ago and someone replied that she was glad there was someone fighting for the safe-dining rights of hawks.

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Opossums Raccoons Cats Squirrels 100

Reddit Animals

APRIL 18, 2021

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Opossums Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 52

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2021

I’ve noted at least nine species of reptiles and amphibians, even our native opossum and squirrel. Over fifteen different butterflies frequent our yard now, but I’m certain there are more as I’m not that good with insects in general. Of course, various species of bats as well.

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Opossums Barn Owls Hunting Reptiles 262

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

When I rescued a mother opossum and her babies from a trashcan full of filthy water, she bit my finger,” said Bettina Bowers. And it wasn’t even the opossum, it was the nasty water.”. “My asked Johanna Walton. “My My ophthalmologist said it was one of his ‘top three professional lifetime bizarre stories.’

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 151

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2018

Zealandia is one of those areas, where an entire valley has been set aside, with a rodent/weasel/opossum proof fence all the way around it. Years and years of work to remove every single predator has resulted in a wonderland of bird species.

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New Zealand Opossums Charlotte South Africa 100