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If You Think Squirrels Raiding Your Feeders Are Bad News…

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5 Responses to “If You Think Squirrels Raiding Your Feeders Are Bad News…&# Jochen Mar 17th, 2011 at 10:17 am What is it with North American birders and squirrels?! I, an American birder, like squirrels and they must sense that because they never attack me. Wicked, right? Cute as a button! I was pretty scared.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. Over the pass, trees turn to pines – one very dark Eurasian Red Squirrel in them – and peaks around us become much higher. Further reading: Central and European Wildlife by Gerard Gorman (Bradt Travel Guides).

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Don't Forget the Birds of Brazil Giveaway

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If You Think Squirrels Raiding Your Feeders Are Bad News… Monk Parakeet Battle Continues in West Haven, CT The New Google Analytics Looks Good! Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? Get to it already! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

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Injured wildlife are not the most cooperative of patients. Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was working at the Coastal Wildlife Rescue Center here in Alabama, and he had either been blown in during a storm or caught a ride on a ship. Yeah right!

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Half Hardy

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The thought of an Oriole foraging in bare winter branches is as foreign as a Petrel on a pool and yet, there it was in my yard picking through an abandoned squirrel’s nest for what appeared to be spiders. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right?

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Starling & Grackle Bird Feeding Tips

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Now, most people are dealing with grackles on their northward migration right now. Safflower is not the favorite food of house sparrows, red-winged blackbirds and squirrels. I also use the weight sensitive “squirrel proof&# feeders to keep them out of my sunflower seed. Wicked, right? The proposal from U.S.

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Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage

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All of the shots in this post were taken on 12-13 March 2011 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? There is something for everyone at 10,000 Clicks ! So I switched to “Rubbery&#.

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