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West Point Cadet’s Mouse Release

10,000 Birds

How about that West Point Mouse Release video ? The video begins with the cadet shooing a mouse out of a plastic container, saying, “C’mon, Whiskers! Rabbits scamper into the underbrush, only to encounter a coyote nobody saw standing there. Here is the video. His friend recorded the event. What’s our choice?

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Tufted Titmouse Plucking a Raccoon

10,000 Birds

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. As an added bonus here is a video of a Tufted Titmouse attempting to pluck a Raccoon that I found on YouTube. … a.

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The Bird Way: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

This way, you can easily look up images and videos of the many fantastic birds described. This is a bit of a rabbit hole, however, and you may find yourself, as I did, spending the day watching videos of Superb Lyrebirds singing and Kea Parrots making snowballs.

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Swainson’s Hawks in Plumas County

10,000 Birds

This video of a kettle of Swainson’s Hawks will give you some idea of this phenomenon. Like most buteos, the Swainson’s Hawk feeds its young rodents, rabbits and reptiles but not so during non-breeding season. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7tVjohOIdI. v=Q7tVjohOIdI.

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Happy Bunnies!

4 The Love Of Animals

The RSPCA is trying to dispel the common misconception that rabbits are easy to look after. They actually have complex welfare needs which need to be met so pet rabbits live happy and healthy lives. Thousands of rabbits come into RSPCA care every year.

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The Rusty Squirrel-Hawk AKA Ferruginous Hawk

10,000 Birds

They are often seen on the ground since their prey consists mainly of rabbit, prairie dog and, you guessed it, ground squirrel. In the meantime, I found a cool video of the Ferruginous Hawk in slow motion. This is the light morph. And this is what the dark morph looks like.

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On Trial: Animal Torture Videos vs. Free Speech

Animal Ethics

The statute defines a depiction of animal cruelty as “any visual or auditory depiction, including any photograph, motion-picture film, video recording, electronic image, or sound recording of conduct in which a living animal is intentionally maimed, mutilated, tortured, wounded, or killed, if such conduct is illegal.” Code, Title 18.48